The rather obscure entrance to this facility cuts west off the western shores of Charlotte Harbor, north of Burnt Store Marina.

We stored for 2 months at the Charlotte Harbour Boatyard and it was a very good facility with many people actually living and working on their boats while they were on the hard. If you are going to bottom paint you must have a tarp big enough to cover all the ground under your boat.
They have a very comfortable boaters lounge with a kitchen and toilet block and there was a great sense of “community” when we were there in March 2007. One boater even had her sewing machine set upon a table in the lounge while we were there!
It is a fenced gated yard but with so many people around security is not an issue. The owners actually live on the premises also.
An interesting route approaching the boat yard too – you have to go through a lock which your operate yourself and you travel along a freshwater river for some distance!!
We have no vested interest in this establishment – just sharing info as a very satisfied customer.
Clare and Bill Walker
“Rangatira”