Cartoon
Sydney Sailboat
The story
Sydney Sailboat (originally known as Bubble Bath Bay in Australia) is an animated television series for children that follows the adventures of Sydney the Sailboat and his fleet of friends who live in Bubble Bath Bay. The 11-minute episodes premiered on ABC Kids from 9 March 2015 with a second season screening in 2016. On September 26, 2015, it also aired in the United States on Sprout.
Main
Sydney Sailboat is the protagonist of the series. He is a plucky young male sailboat who dreams of one day sailing out through The Heads to explore the mysterious Big Blue Sea beyond the harbour. Occasionally, he puts out his special coloured sail to go faster. He also has a front compartment where he keeps his set of tools which he uses in certain situations. His catchphrase is “Spinnaker, fly!” He is voiced by Samson Hyland.
Zip is a feisty, young female trainee water taxi who is Sydney's best friend. She dreams of becoming the best water taxi in the whole harbor. Her catchphrase is “Hoop-dee-doo!” She is voiced by Frederique Sims.
Terry is a strong male tugboat, who is the leader of the fleet, and keeps Bubble Bath Bay in order. His catchphrase is "Anchors aweigh!" Voiced by Colin Friels.
Supporting
Bryan is a male green boat, and one of two chatterbox ferries in the harbour. Voiced by Jack Simmons.
Toots is a female red boat, and the other chatterbox ferry in the harbour. Voiced by Georgia Simmons.
Muddles is an uneasy male crane boat. Voiced by Paul Tylak.
Stormy is a female red Petrel bird who oversees the activities of the boats. She also rings the bell to signal certain operations. Voiced by Emma Tate.
Jet is a flamboyant young male speed boat. Voiced by Jack Simmons.
Rodney is a swanky submarine who wears a monocle. Voiced by Adam Longworth.
Cleo is a recklessly adventurous young female sailboat. Like Sydney, she is equipped with a special coloured sail to accelerate her movements. Voiced by Jacinda Papadopoulos.
Queen Josephine is a mute giant ocean liner who passed through Bubble Bath Bay on two occasions.
Min is a cute blue young male oar-powered boat who wears a sea monster's head on his bow. Voiced by Jack Simmons.
Slick is a playful seal pup.
Production
Development for Sydney Sailboat, aka Bubble Bath Bay was announced in September 2013, when Essential Media & Entertainment had announced a new CGI animated series comissioned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for its Australian TV channel ABC 4 Kids entitled Bubble Bath Bay with Essential Media & Entertainment would serve as production company for Bubble Bath Bay. A month later in October of that same year during Essential Media & Entertainment programming state at MIPCOM, the series became an Australian/Irish/Malaysian co-production when Esseential Media & Entertainment had ventured with Irish animation production outfit Telegael and Malasian studios which are Ideate Media and animation production company & video game developing studio Lemon Sky Studios to develop and co-produce the series while Lemon Sky Studios would handle animation services for the series, meamwhile former Walt Disney Animation Australia producer & director Steve Trenbirth have been named as series producer and actor Colin Friels have been revealed to be the voice of harbourmaster Terry the Tug, Canadian distribution cimpany Bejuba! Entertainment have been named as international distributor of the series outside Australia.