Grand Gesture Models has been in the business of custom yacht and launch model making since 1992. The business commenced making full models of working vessels such as the Queenscliff Couta Boat and the New Zealand Mullet Boat and famous contemporary racing yachts such as Herreshoff’s Ticonderoga and Sparkman & Stephens Finisterre.

The principal of the business is Tom Stephenson, a former boat builder and successful Australian sailor, best known for winning the Half Ton Cup in 1975 and for which he was subsequently named the Australian Yachtsman of the Year in 1976.