Another superyacht is getting work done in Whangarei, in another sign that the city's ship repair and refit industry is thriving.
The 45-metre Palmer Johnson superyacht Vantage - dubbed one of the finest yachts in the Palmer Johnson fleet and on sale in 2010 for US$28 million ($38.3m) - is getting a total repaint at Oceania Marine in Fraser St, which specialises in superyacht refit, repair and construction.
Oceania Marine client and marketing manager Jim Loynes said the sleek superyacht was having a repaint, engineering work and survey done in the city, with well over $1 million worth of work booked in.
Mr Loynes would not reveal who owned the craft to protect their privacy, saying only that it was an overseas owner.
It's the second superyacht the company has had in the last four months, after Umbra - a luxury superyacht that used to belong to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich - underwent a multimillion-dollar refit.