At the Helm
Air New Zealand makes it easy to travel to Picton (at realistic prices) to check out any of the boats we have on our site. There are direct flights from Auckland to Blenheim with its Low Fare Finder Rates quoting $200 return trips (as at 30 July 2010) and we will pick you up from the airport, take you through to Picton, show you the boat(s) and drop you back at the airport free of charge!
Using Air New Zealand Low Fare Finder Rates from anywhere else, it is generally easy to get a flight from anywhere to Wellington (From Gisborne $160 return, Hamilton $160 return, Napier Hastings $140 return, New Plymouth $150 return, Tauranga $180 return, Rotorua $180 return and Wanganui $132 (all fares as at 30 July 2010)
Our Sales Berths are right in front of our office here on the Waikawa Marina.
Yachts: Lotus 9.5 - "Bright Life", Townsend 25 - "Impedance",
Launches: Riviera 40 - "de Barque", Pelin Coaster 41 - "Sharana", Prima 52 "Gazumped"
Please note that over the Winter we are open 6 days, normal weekdays from 8.30am to 5pm, Saturdays from 9am to 2pm. Outside of these hours please call one of our team to make an appointment - we will be pleased to help!
Welcome to Vining Shipbrokers Ltd's new web site we hope you enjoy surfing/sailing through our pages!
Photos used as banners on each page have been taken to express our appreciation of the Marlborough Sounds and all that happens on and around our pristine waters.
Vining Shipbrokers main office is located at the picturesque Waikawa Marina, Picton, in Queen Charlotte Sound, we enjoy on a day to day basis scenery and a lifestyle that many people come from all round the world to enjoy for brief periods of time. Many are drawn back year after year and our population is quite diverse for that reason.
While we all enjoy the waterways and all that the Marlborough Sounds have to offer (1156 kilometres of Bays, Coves and inlets all protected from the open sea!) Others are more interested in Marlborough's world famous wines and many an enjoyable afternoon is spent touring and tasting at the various wineries as well as at the Chocolate Factory!
The Queen Charlotte Track also attracts large numbers of keen "Hikers and Bikers" keen to experience the walk and with stopovers like Furneaux Lodge, Punga Cove Resort and the Portage Resort Hotel along the way who can blame them!
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