Boathouse sails again â but some are left high and dry Weâre sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement He's the hospitality wunderkind behind Sydney's Boathouse empire, which made headlines nearly two years ago when it crashed and burned, owing more than 500 creditors a staggering $21.5 million. But now Andrew Goldsmith says he's learnt his lesson and intends to prove his doubters wrong. "I remember telling our seafood supplier he was not getting paid. I was in tears at the fish markets. It was one of the hardest, most humbling days of my life ... but he stuck by us. He told me, 'You've just got to make more money'," says Goldsmith, 37, who personally bankrupted himself last May.