Jonathan Brett commenced JB Shell Repairs in 2013.

While employed as a Rowing Boatman for one of Brisbane’s private school rowing programs, Jonathan was consistently being asked to fix boats and oars by people and clubs all along the Brisbane rowing catchment.

With limited finances and a horse trailer full of equipment, JB resigned from the school boatman program and travelled from shed to shed, repairing broken boats and refurbishing oars.

Finally, in 2016, after three years on the road with his mobile trailer workshop, JB was offered a site at the Freer’s Factory at the base of Mt Coot tha. The Freer’s Factory has a rear annex, 30m x 6m which has proven an ideal location to heal damaged shells.