About Us
30 Years’ Marine Experience
Malone’s Maritime Services provides safe and convenient boat delivery services. Ever-expanding to meet the needs of more clients, we also offer maintenance solutions and project management for new builds. Spearheaded by Mick Malone, our team operates with more than three decades of experience under our belt.
Mick Malone grew his sea legs in the small seaside town of Kettering, Tasmania alongside his father Brian (Bull) Malone - a legendary sailor, jetty manager and cray fisherman in the notoriously treacherous waters of the South West Coast.
Mick’s Life On The Water Transformed Into A Career In The Late 80s
After he finished his mechanical apprenticeship and joined the salmon farming industry. He grew salmon on the east and west coast for 15 years until an opportunity to work at Hobart Ports arose and his love of big boat skippering was realised.
In his spare time, he delivered power boats and yachts with his father and completed two Sydney - Hobart races as well as many offshore races in Tasmania, including Launceston to Hobart and the Three Peaks Race.
In 2004, he and his first wife Lesa took a leap of faith and sailed their 31ft Camper & Nicholson yacht across Bass Strait and up the east coast of Australia on a working holiday. They spent 18 months cruising and working in many beautiful places including the town of 1770 where Mick worked onboard Spirit of 1770, taking up to 200 passengers to Lady Musgrave Island.
During That Time Mick Was Also Offered An Opportunity To Work On Boats In Antarctica
And spent two summers skippering barges and managing delivery of goods and machinery to the three Australian bases
Mick settled in Townsville in 2005 and has since been a tug boat skipper in the Port of Townsville. He has successfully delivered many white boats and yachts along the east coast tallying up over 15000 sea miles in the past 30 years.
Mick is passionate about all boats (motor and sail) and is very keen to help people realise their goals including advice on the right boat for you, maintaining a boat (including antifouling and prop maintenance products), getting a boat ready for a delivery, and/or delivering a boat. Mick’s qualifications include an Open Master IV, MED 2 and PART 2 (Restricted) Commercial Diver.
