As
the 2015 summer season in New Zealand comes to a close, Hall Spars &
Rigging New Zealand is pleased to have been busy with work on several visiting
superyachts undergoing refit and maintenance work.
These
projects have included work for existing Hall Spars customers, including 37m
Dubois-designed Bliss and Escapade, 30.8m Oyster 100 Sarafin and 30m CNB Chrisco, which all chose to use the
services of Hall Spars NZ for their planned refit and survey work.
Bliss, built by local Kiwi builder
Yachting Developments in 2009, underwent a five-year service on her
five-spreader carbon Hall Spars mast and Oceanfurl boom. “Hall Spars NZ has continued to look after Bliss
from the time that the mast was stepped at launch over five years ago to the
major rig refit during five year survey period recently,” said Guy Waddilove of
8 Yachts, management company for Bliss. “We have been very happy with
the team’s technical abilities, their attention to detail and their fast action.”
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| Bliss and Escapade in Auckland's Silo Marina |
Escapade, built
by Fitzroy Yachts in 2014 and also managed by 8 Yachts, returned to New Zealand
for her one-year service, with overall work including the servicing of her Hall
Spars High Modulus seamless carbon mast, Oceanfurl boom and SCR carbon aerofoil
continuous rigging. She is
the first yacht of her size to feature solid carbon continuous aerofoil
rigging, which equates to reduced wind resistance. This innovative rigging
technology has been applied by Hall Spars across a wide range of smaller
projects, but to date Escapade is
still setting a precedent for this technology in the superyacht sector.
“Hall Spars’ global network provides support for
all our superyacht clients, both new and current, but we always particularly
enjoy working with superyacht customers at home here in New Zealand,” said Dave
Ridley, Operations Manager at Hall Spars NZ. “It was a pleasure working with
these long-term customers, and gratifying that they chose to work with us once
again.”
Hall Spars NZ welcomes all superyacht enquiries, whether for new build,
refit and service work, and offers uncompromising service and quality from
their Auckland base. The company is taking bookings for works periods for 2016
and beyond, with several yachts already confirmed for the coming season.
