Sailing Adventures: Hauling Out at Dockland 5 and Rudolphs

We Kathe and Bengt Salbro living onboard our sailing boat s/y Ariane of Stockholm, have sailed from Sweden to Whangarei, New Zealand.

When it was time to haul out, we looked at the different places to go and found that Dockland 5 was a good choice. It was not too far from the city and could provide a vast variation of companies with marine experience close to the yard.

Due to that we first of all needed to clean the bottom thoroughly and get new antifouling, we asked our Swiss friend Herbert staying at Riverside Drive Marina where he went to have his keel blasted and painted (he was very satisfied with what had been done) and his comment was: Rudolphs, they know what they are doing! Further more, they are as close to Dockland 5 as they can be - they are neighbours!

We stayed at Rudolphs and had the bottom blasted totally clean to get new epoxy and antifouling. It was 24 years since the boat got painted and still, the steel hull is in very good shape. It surely pays off to have it done by professionals and at Rudolphs, they are definitely professionals! We also took the opportunity to do some touch ups on the top side. We are very pleased with the result.

During our stay with Rudolphs, we have only good memories and all the staff is very kind and helpful.