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Whangārei, New Zealand

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Norsand boatyard Reviews | Rating 3.6 out of 5 stars (8 reviews)

Norsand boatyard is located in Whangārei, New Zealand on 10 Fraser Street, Port Whangārei. Norsand boatyard is rated 3.6 out of 5 in the category boat builders in New Zealand.

Address

10 Fraser Street, Port Whangārei

Phone

+64 94308485

Accessibility

Wheelchair-accessible entrance

Open hours

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Michelle Marshall

This is our 3rd year being hauled out here. It is a great place to get work done and prices ate reasonable. Very friendly staff amd owners. We have been happy with the quality of work.

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James Dillon

I was here working on a friend's boat for a week and everything was fine until I met the owner of the yard. Easily the rudest man I've ever met. I'm okay with never going here again. I would give it zero stars if it was possible.

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SR REGIS

Hi Gerry We are currently on sail crossing back from Great Barrier Islands. We are just hard on the wind and even with a belly Genoa (5 years old and 24000 NM) we are heading minimum 8 degrees better than before your intervention on the forestay. As you can see on the movie focused on the B&G, we are sailing 10 kn on Sea (eau) with 11 kn True wind speed at 40 degrees Apparent Wind Angle. So, yes, your operation provides us a significant improvement, A more thightened and balanced forestay with a smart solution is also safer, (as often withrigging) and much cheaper. I was already gratefull that you managed to finish everything in a day with your team, which was a BIG challenge and a relief when done perfectly on time. But know I feel happy as when it works fine on the boat at any time I was told that Norsand boatyard and Norsand Rigging had a good reputation, now I know why from my own experience. Stéphane on Peikea NEEL 45

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Ben

Have hauled many times on our world tour but had multiple issues with this yard: 1. Be very careful with recommendations from rigger on site. He said and did things which were dangerous and incompetent. Overcharged his time by 1.5 times. Of course you don’t find any of this out until you are offshore. 2. There are not enough toilets on site for the men. Be prepared to wait or stand in line. 3. There are grumblings amongst staff. They are forced to bill for every minute of the day. You end up over paying. An ok yard if you do most the work yourself. Use an off site rigger and keep careful track of workers hours.

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S.V. Crazyhorse

I can only guess as to what would have people bad mouth this yard. Did you go in demanding everything at once? Could not work out to use the womens toilets and lock the door whilst in there if all the others are being used ? We have hauled out at 6 yards now in the North Island and one in the South. Only one yard do we keep going back to and thats Norsand. Why? RELAXED!! There is no hassel, no demands and quite frankly if you expect everyone to suddenly drop everything at your beck and call, you will have trouble where ever you go!! Our experience: A complete replace of our prop shaft tube. Not only did Shane do a no nonsence job, after the boring was done and glass tube glued into place we did not have to realign the engine! It was perfect. The best boat builders are there and their advice is not only free but should be listened to. When we launched the engine overheated and I was panicking but the haulout guys said no problem they will take us back out if necessary. It was Kevin spending nearly an hour helping that we found the problem. What other yard would do that!!? Gerry and Max are top notch riggers, don't follow their advice and go cheap then don't go crying in here if it fails. If what these reviewers wrote was true, the yard would be empty, it's far from it! My suggestion is, go in, smile, be happy and let them do their job. They are very good at it.

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Chae Ball

Do Not use Norsand. Our Catamaran was not the same after hauling out. All jobs done by Norsand either had to be redone at the yard, or were found to be defective, after we had left. We have just hauled out in Asia a year and a bit later and the expensive keel Fibreglass repair job done by Norsand completely disintegrated. The yard here in Thailand is shocked by the shoddy job. Norsand had used mostly bog and foam with a thin layer of fibreglass. This goes with botched window Rebedding, a rigging job that fell apart 3 weeks afterwards and countless other things. On top of that they are chronic at over charging, didn't supply weekly invoice updates and overcharged us by 2000 which we managed to get taken off the bill after much arguing. Avoid at all costs unless you are doing it all yourself.

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Peter and Christina Palmer

Great boatyard. Have been hauling out here since 2006 when we first arrived in New Zealand. Owners Jo and Murray are friendly and absolutely easy to deal with. Friendly and knowledgeable staff with all different trades available on site including a boatyard store. Facilities include washing machines & dryers along with a Free-to-use BBQ for boatyard residents. Best yard we've been to in 20 years and countries all over the world. Always found costs to be fair and reasonable. Labour rates are much cheaper than in surrounding yards. The slipway crew are very professional and take time an care for a safe haul and launch!

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John Jarvis

Outstanding service. There was nobody we dealt with that didn't have a "can do" attitude. They were very accomodating on getting in and out dates. They have a good network of trades to help with all additional jobs. We will be back.

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