This year’s superyacht refit season is well underway at Oceania Marine Shipyard in New Zealand, with a line up of three projects one behind the other. These include the refit of the 34m charter yacht ‘Che’. Early on a March Monday morning, sailing catamaran yacht Che was hauled out. By mid morning, she was in position on the wash-down pad astern of a 37 metre Dubois sailing yacht and another large project in Shed C at the head of the slipway.

SY 'Che' On Oceania Marine Slipway

Oceania Marine Managing Director, Martin Gleeson, comments: “We are one of the few shipyard which can handle a catamaran of ‘Che’s’ dimensions but thanks to the width of the slipway and our flexible cradle system we can accommodate these types of vessel. We have put together 3 separate high quality Superyacht paint teams as well as all the other supporting trades to undertake the workloads that three large simultaneous projects generate. This demonstrates the depth of capacity the shipyard and the Port Whangarei area has.”

Oceania Marine Shipyard - Port Whangarei - Three Superyacht Refit Projects in a Row

“The race is now on to complete these projects in a timely fashion and clear other waiting clients before the South Pacific charter season commences in May. The key to achieving this is good project management and Oceania Marine has great strength in this department,” says Oceania Marine Shipyard Yacht Liaison Jim Loynes.