Be an A player.
No business cards.
A private community of A players. We gather on the water and ashore to build real relationships, with people before pitches.
Built for real connection
Duchess Fleet is a curated community of professionals who believe relationships come first. It started as a happy hour on the water coming out of COVID, and five seasons later more than 200 wealth managers, attorneys, CPAs, builders, operators, and founders have come aboard. Small rooms, great questions, and no business cards.
On the water
All summer, small crews of A players sail aboard the Duchess for the Happy Hour Mastermind. A couple of hours, a couple of great questions, and the kind of conversation you cannot have in a conference room.
Ashore
When the Duchess settles in for the winter, the conversation moves ashore. A few times each offseason, the Duchess Round Table brings the crew together around one table for time worth clearing your calendar for.
Four pillars
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Curated, not crowded
Small rooms, on purpose.
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People before pitches
Nobody comes aboard to sell.
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Give first
Open the door before anyone asks.
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Moments worth showing up for
The kind where nobody wants to leave the boat.
Heard This Week on the Duchess
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Season Five Is in the Books
Seventeen cruises, eighty crew members, and one rain out.
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The Harvest
Five professionals, one boat, and a grunge era album cover.
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Time Is the Real Currency
A Duck, a Coug, a Buff, and a Dawg walked into a bar.
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Builder vs Operator
Four roses and one thorn on the Duchess.
“Ninety percent of the time, it is relationship. Anyone can learn the technique.”
Abbey Miller, Heard on the Duchess