boatfolk Podcast
Mar 04, 2022
Folk Tales Season 3: Episode 11
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In this episode of Folk Tales we join Marisa Bell and Tim Norris from the boat sales arm of the boatfolk family, boatpoint.
Tim gives us glimpse of what life as a boat broker is really like and shares the story of how he came to be a Senior Broker for boatpoint at Deacons Marina one of boatpoint's eight offices within the UK.
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Originally from Birmingham, Tim has spent most of his life on the South Coast, learning to sail The Hamble waters at a young age. After studying for a BSc at Plymouth University, Tim joined boatpoint as a trainee broker.
And the rest, as they say, is history!
Happy listening!