| 5 REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Whitianga Marina Whitianga Marina is within 20 minutes motoring of the Whitianga Waterways, a settlement under development in Mercury Bay complete with the canals, moorings and private boat ramps. Specialists in boat repair, marine painting and maintenance, H&M Pascoe has made integrity and quality craftsmanship its trusted hallmarks throughout its long history servicing the commercial and recreational boating sectors. Based in Whitianga, the successful business was founded in 1953 by Howard Pascoe and in 1977 was joined by his son Mitch, a quali ied and highly skilled boat builder and exterior marine painter. When Howard retired, Mitch took the helm of the business and was later joined by his wife Phyll, who assists with the administration side of the growing business. The majority of H&M Pascoe's projects come from the Whitianga Marina where the company has four small workshops/storage sheds along with a 16-metre purpose built movable shed, allowing for all-weather work. The company also uses the Whitianga Marina sheds when clients request. Some of the work is carried out a short distance away at the company's boat yard in Dundas Street, which has a fully equipped woodworking workshop, an 8-metre shed to house trailer boats, as well as a shed capable of housing 12-metre vessels for major repairs. "We mainly work on boats between 10 to 15 metres," says Mitch. "However, we have worked on a boat which was Integrity and craftsmanship over 21 metres long. We're reliant on the boats being the right size for the marina's travelift limit. We also work on trailer boats and even Jetski's and campervans occasionally." While branding itself a boat repair and maintenance business, with Mitch being a highly quali ied boat builder, H&M Pascoe does quite a lot of boat building work including itting transducers, installing bow thrusters and repairing damaged or worn teak decks or rebuilding from new. "It's a very important part of our business and very rewarding in job satisfaction," explains Mitch. "Our core business though is doing maintenance, painting and repair work, including antifouling and Propspeed, ibreglass repairs, paint touch ups, full paint jobs and plumbing. Many of the add-on components, such as hatches and portholes, have a inite life before they start to leak. Repairing or replacing those items to keep the vessel's interior dry is another of our key services. With two, soon to be three, quali ied marine painters, we can prepare and paint hulls, complete vessels or areas speci ic to the owners' requirements. We also repair damaged and rotten areas of vessels that need to be restored. Once this work has been completed, we can repaint the entire vessel or the areas that have been repaired.” BOAT REPAIRS, PAINTING & MAINTENANCE
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