Marine Electrical Business For Sale
Opua, Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Sales, service, design, installation and consultation
More than 400 international yachts and boats visit Opua in the Bay of Islands each year.
Many others, perhaps as many as 2500 that belong to New Zealanders, are moored in the Bay of Islands year-round in readiness for summer cruising.
All of these boats need regular servicing, in particular batteries, electrical systems, navigation and communication systems.
Bay Marine Electric at the Opua Marina is the only specialised sales and repair business for boat electrical systems in Opua. The business was established over 20 years ago and has a strong clientele of commercial big game fishing charter boats and local private owned pleasure boats. It is ideally placed to service international yachts making their first port-of-call into New Zealand.
Bay Marine Electric has come on to the market because the owner has reached retirement age. This is a very profitable and growing business that would be ideal for an electrical engineer who wants an established lifestyle business that revolves around the sea. The business would also suit a new owner who wishes to employ a electrical engineer.
Bay Marine Electric offers year-round work, flexible working hours and great fishing is just around the corner. An interest in assisting international yachting visitors would be an advantage.
Opua is the marine service centre for the Bay of Islands The Opua Marina has marine engineers, sail makers, riggers, chandleries, boat yards and other marine related businesses. Bay Marine Electric is located right in the heart of all of this activity and provides sales, service, design, installation, and consultation for:
- Batteries - lead acid, gel, agm
- Alternators and smart regulators
- Battery monitoring and charging systems
- Anchor winches - Maxwell, Simpson, Lawrence, Muir
- Invertors - Outback, Victron Energy, Heart interface, Mastervolt
- Diesel and petrol generators
- Wind and water generators
- Switch boards
- Pressure and bilge pumps
- Solar panels
The business also has a wide range of second-hand parts for sale.
Leasehold premises right on the Opua waterfront
Bay Marine Electric leases Unit 6 on Baffin Street in the Opua Marine Park. Unit 6 (102 square metres) is part of a new building and provides a retail shop (40 square metres in area) in the front with a workshop at the rear. Office space is provided in a separate closed-in area on the mezzanine floor.
There is a fully equipped kitchen in one corner of the office along with a separate bathroom with toilet, vanity and hot shower. Customer parking is available outside the building.
The lease is for 3 x 6 years with favourable lease terms and a guaranteed lease extension.
Fittings and chattels being sold
A complete list of all lessees' fittings and chattels is available to interested purchasers. Main items include:
- Retail display area - counter, shelving, glass display cupboards
- Workshop - working bench, test bench, free standing drill-press
- Kitchen - refrigerator, microwave oven
- Storage area - shelves, desk, bookshelves
- Office - computer, printer, software, phone, fax, photocopier, mobile phone
- General - light fittings, potted plants, personalised numberplate (BME)
Day to day management at Bay Marine Electric
Business Hours:
Monday to Friday - 8.00 am to 5.00 pm (9.00 am to 5.00 pm in winter).
Saturday - by arrangement.
Staff:
Bay Marine Electric is operated by the owner with assistance from two staff. If required, the present owner is available to assist the new owner, terms by negotiation.
Stock:
Stock will total about $15,000.
Agency:
Bay Marine Electric are Agents for Hella Endurance batteries.
Database:
The business sale will include a customer database. Full details about agencies, distributorships, and special details from suppliers will also be part of the business sale.
Advertising and Promotion:
Bay Marine Electric advertises through signage on the building and advertisements in newspapers, in Telecom Yellow Pages, in marine-related brochures, local business and travel brochures and in the Opua Web site http://www.opua-on-line.co.nz.
Many customers come directly from the Marina, especially those who have just arrived after a long voyage. Bay Marine Electric has been trading from the same premises since 1985 and during this time they have built a loyal base of return customers.
Call Gerd on +64 9 402 7177 (day) or +64 27 276 1501 (evenings)
Opua is the principal port in the Bay of Islands
Opua is known as the gateway to the Bay of Islands. Located 60 km north of Whangarei at the junction of the Veronica Channel, Waikare Inlet and the Kawakawa River, Opua's basin and wharf afford the last deep-water anchorage in the inner Bay of Islands. Opua is busy clearing port for overseas yachts visiting New Zealand. Charter sailboats that cruise through the Bay of Islands are also based there. Many local cruisers stay in this sailing haven for the season because of its proximity to great sailing, diving, fishing, game fishing and other sporting and recreational activities.
The community of Opua is small and centred around its port, wharf and marina. There is a small convenience store with takeaway and bakery, Port operations office and a Post Office.
The tourist resort town of Paihia is only a few minutes drive away with water cruises, scenic tours, scenic flights and skydiving. Also nearby is the historic Waitangi Treaty Grounds. A car ferry takes vehicles from Opua to Okiato and the road to historic Russell. To find out more about Opua and the Bay of Islands, click on:
http://www.nzinfo.co.nz/opua.htm
http://www.bay-of-islands.co.nz
http://www.swordfish.co.nz/fishing/fishindex.htm
http://www.northlanddhb.org.nz/hospitals/bay-of-islands/
http://www.northland.org.nz
http://www.northland.co.nz
http://www.fishingpro.co.nz
http://www.kings-tours.co.nz/
