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New Zealand's leading advanced composite Boat Builders, specializing in both race and pleasure, working with you to build your  custom boat to the highest standards. 

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Nic de Mey takes great pride in building New Zealand’s finest custom advanced composite boats.

Nic and his team of professional boatbuilders specialize in advanced composite construction to create everything from small racing boats to luxury superyachts. They work in close communication with their clients, merging yachties’ dreams with boat builders’ experience to construct beautiful and bespoke custom boats built to an incredibly high standard.

As a qualified boat builder and a competitive ski racer, it’s safe to say nobody knows boats quite like Nic de Mey. In his company’s 25 years, his team has built everything from carbon rowing skiffs to ski race boats, superyacht parts to foiling catamarans and even weapon systems for the Australian Navy.

Nic de Mey Yachts has built boats for clients all around the World. Whether you are after a boat built for speed or one for pleasure, whether you’re a first-time boat buyer or a lifelong yacht enthusiast, Nic de Mey Yachts will deliver.

Get in touch with Nic today at 64 07 281 0078 to work alongside our team of passionate boatbuilders.

we are a yacht design practice producing thoughtfully crafted power and sail designs for clients seeking style, efficiency and performance

Lady Sterling

My studio is based in Auckland, New Zealand. I believe that the yachts I design should be beautiful, functional, and meet the owner's brief.

Our office motto > A successful project is a happy client.

To achieve this I work meticulously, considering projects from every angle, right through to the smallest detail. I strongly believe that good relationships are the key to successful projects, and our office prides itself on building a strong sense of trust and understanding with our clients and suppliers.

What's the point if the whole exercise is not a pleasant experience for all involved?

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With 17 years of experience, Built Boats has established itself as a premier boat design consultancy in the world-renowned city of Auckland, New Zealand – home to the America’s Cup. Delivering services tailored specifically for our customer’s wants and needs – whether pertaining to performance or style innovation– we collaborate with prominent boat builders worldwide, ensuring quality results that provide an unrivaled on-the-water experience. Our diverse portfolio comprises Super Yacht Tenders, Production Boats, and sophisticated appendages, setting us apart from other designing firms while being sought after by those seeking unparalleled excellence in boating endeavours.

Matthias Gibson BDes(Hons) AMRINA Nav.Archit 

Matthias Gibson was born into a family with deep ties to the seafaring industry, including his great grandfather being a former deep sea fisherman and his father looking for any opportunity he could find to sail. It only seemed natural that Matt would grow up inspired by these experiences, eventually pursuing boat design as an academic program at Massey University. After seventeen years of design experience – from high-speed planing craft to super yachts and more – Matt took it upon himself on embarking on this mission professionally; founding Build Boats alongside many successes along the way.

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At Q-West Boat Builders, we combine passion, design and technology together with the highest quality manufacturing and project management to result in vessels that exceed expectations and are performance-driven.

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From our base in Whanganui, New Zealand, which provides an ideal environment for us to produce and test the boats we build, we deliver and our clients will testify to that. Q-West is dedicated to manufacturing the highest quality vessels and exceeding the expectations of a global market. Q-West is more than a manufacturing business which specialises in steel and aluminium marine construction. It has grown on the back of the strategy of quality, building the best and tailoring every inch of the boats we build to our customers’ requirements.

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We know that reputation is based on trust, that’s why we commit ourselves to you and your vision to see it achieved on time and on budget.

Our powerful combination of Lean manufacturing, project excellence and technical expertise has established the company as a recognised manufacturer of market leading and cutting edge craft which can be found throughout the world.

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Our customers have confidence and trust that Q-West will deliver every time to the highest quality – because that’s what we do. We look forward to you experiencing that for yourself.

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Our hard earned reputation for innovation and quality has seen our work recognised via awards and, most important of all, happy customers. We have a strategic plan which sees us continuing to grow, deliver and be the best .

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Only expert craftsmanship will do in producing world-class results. We have the right team working on your behalf to see the vision come to life. They are passionate, loyal and committed to exceeding your expectations.

TECT RESCUE

TECT Rescue is a 14.8m search and rescue catamaran constructed for Tauranga Volunteer Coastguard Association Incorporated.  The state-of-the-art craft is equipped with enhanced capabilities for sea rescues, and is larger and swifter than their current vessel.  This is the first vessel constructed for this client.

Mahina is an 18.6m high-speed catamaran constructed as a pleasure craft for a private client.  The vessel has a high-end finish both internally and externally.  This is the first vessel constructed for this client.

TE KAIHŌPARA

Te Kaihōpara was constructed for The University of Auckland.  The primary role of the craft is for research, survey and educational missions, led by the University of Auckland’s Institute of Marine Science, based in Leigh. This is the first vessel constructed for this client.    

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Every vessel has been delivered on time and on budget. Q-West has constructed every vessel to our complete satisfaction and without any disputes. It has been a pleasurable experience with each vessel.

Allan Drinkrow Pine Harbour Marina

The decision for Q-West to build the new Waiheke ferry was an easy one for Fullers CEO Douglas Hudson. Q-West has a solid reputation for building aluminium boats, from fishing and charter vessels to high-speed ferries. Q-West worked closely with our Project Managers to produce a quality craft that meets our expectations.

Douglas Hudson Fullers CEO

Port Taranaki operates on New Zealand's rugged West Coast which demands vessels of the highest build quality and design. In 2014, Q-West delivered, on time and budget, the most advanced pilot launch in New Zealand. With a specific eye on safe pilotage this vessel was the first pilot launch in New Zealand to be built under 'Class Rules', through Lloyds of London. Thank you Q-West for your skills, expertise, dedication, and most of all passion to deliver such a fine craft.

Roy Weaver Chief Executive, Port Taranaki

In 2010 the Wellington Police Maritime Unit took delivery of an 18.5m foil assisted catamaran built by Q-West Boat Builders Limited. Lady Elizabeth IV was delivered on time and on budget. Q-West constructed the vessel to our satisfaction and without any disputes. It was a pleasure working with the team at Q-West and I am happy to recommend them to any Company looking to build a vessel.

John Bryant, Senior Sergeant Officer in Charge, Wellington Police Maritime Unit

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Apr 30, 2019

Building on their obvious satisfaction with the success of their last acquisition from Q-West, Victoria’s Water Police have come back for another. Same designer, same yard.

January 26 2018 was International Customs Day, and was considered a suitable day for Q-West Boat Builders to officially handover to New Zealand Customs Service their newest vessel the 18.6 metre Teknicraft-designed Hawk V.

Q-West has delivered another prime Teknicraft-designed, Scania driven, Hamilton Jet-powered patrol vessel.

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The boat was finished to their  normal high standard and costs were held to the original quote. I cannot recommend Allan Tongs Boatbuilders more highly for their attention to detail and a great customer service.

 I had decided on a Bill Upfold Design and who better to approach than Allan and Nigel of Allan Tongs Boatbuilders, well known ‘Upfold fans’. The build was duly started and progressed very smoothly from start to finish.

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Bayesian sinking: four victims on mike lynch yacht died of suffocation, autopsies suggest.

The British tech tycoon and six others died when the family's yacht sank off the Italian coast last month. Photo: VesselFinder

Initial examinations of four of the people killed when British tech tycoon Mike Lynch's family yacht sank off Sicily last month indicated they had died of suffocation as oxygen ran out on the stricken vessel, judicial sources said on Thursday.

Lynch, his daughter Hannah , an onboard cook and four guests died when the Bayesian , a British-flagged 56-metre superyacht, sank during a severe and sudden weather event off the port of Porticello, near Palermo, on 19 August.

First results from autopsies on four of the victims - Morgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer, his wife Judy, lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda - suggested that they died from suffocation, having been trapped on the ship.

More forensic tests were ordered, with results expected in the coming weeks, the sources said.

The autopsies on cook Recaldo Thomas and Mike Lynch were expected to be conducted on Friday, with Hannah Lynch due to follow on Saturday.

The bodies of the dead, except for the cook, were found in the cabins on the left-hand side of the boat, where the passengers may have tried to search for remaining bubbles of air, the head of Palermo's Fire Brigade said last month.

James Cutfield, a New Zealander and the ship's captain, and crew members Tim Parker Eaton and Matthew Griffiths have been placed under investigation by the Italian authorities for potential manslaughter and shipwreck.

Being investigated does not imply guilt and does not mean formal charges will follow.

Griffiths, who was on watch duty on the night of the disaster, has told investigators that the crew members did everything they could to save those on board the Bayesian , according to comments reported by Italian news agency Ansa last week.

The sinking has puzzled naval experts, who said a vessel like the Bayesian , built by Perini, a high-end yacht manufacturer owned by The Italian Sea Group, should have withstood the storm and, in any case, should not have sunk as quickly as it did.

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