Boating New Zealand — January 2018

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“Not only for the sake of our shipyards but for school leavers seeking a

rewarding future career, the interior designers, the rigid-hulled inflatable boat

builders, the naval architects, joiners and all the other myriad trades who are

employed during a superyacht refit.”

Subject to Auckland hosting the Cup, 160 superyachts are expected to visit in

2020/2021. With an average spend of $2.7million each, they have the potential

to provide $436million of foreign exchange earnings to New Zealand – if there

is space to accommodate the work they will need.

Each superyacht undergoes annual maintenance as well as a major refit every

five to 10 years. “New Zealand is already the destination of choice for yachts to

refit in the South Pacific,” says Craig Park, managing director of Orams Marine Ltd.

“We need to ensure we’re ready for the rise in demand in the coming four

years and beyond, which is in addition to the refit and maintenance market

for commercial vessels from within New Zealand and across the Pacific.

That means having haul-out facilities with deepwater access in the already

established marine industry cluster in Wynyard Quarter.”

Orams Marine is ready to invest tens of millions of dollars in a new

superyacht haul-out yard at Site 18 in Beaumont Street’s Wynyard Quarter. It

will provide extra capability needed to get yachts up to 70m in length out of the

water for serious refit and maintenance work.

“We are currently turning down work due to lack of this infrastructure – and

it’s going to Australia,” says Busfield.

We need to ensure we’re ready for

the rise in demand in the coming

four years and beyond...

Two year’s free

education and

the expected

‘injection’ from the

2021 America’s

Cup spell good

news for marine

apprentices.

The Engine Room Ltd

Sole NZ Agents for:

BETA MARINE

PH: 09 480 2248 FAX: 09 480 2258

34 Enterprise St, Birkenhead, Auckland.

E-MAIL: [email protected]

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“Special Engine Foot” service

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