Boat refit services:
A wealth of knowledge & industry experience
Finding the right people to execute a specific job or manage a complicated yacht refit upgrade can be daunting. At Chapman, we’ve seen it all. With over 60 years combined experience in project managing, servicing and maintaining high end performance power boats, world leading sports cruisers, production motor yachts and superyachts, Chapman has the knowledge, network, partnerships and the right people off-hand to ensure your fault, upgrade or overhaul is executed in an on time and efficient manner whilst ensuring the highest standards are achieved.
Chapman specialises in large scale, comprehensive refit projects and yacht upgrades. No other organisation in Australia has the in-depth local knowledge and industry experience of our tradespeople, specialist technicians, suppliers and shipyards. Whether you’re choosing to refit your existing yacht or have purchased a vessel with the plan to upgrade the yacht to suit your requirements and tastes, Yacht Refit is the perfect opportunity to breathe new life into a vessel.
During 2024, operating from our Queensland headquarters at The Wharf, premium office premises at The Boat Works, CHAPMAN was entrusted with vessels of the calibre of100-foot (30-metre) charter yacht, Shadow, 68-foot (24-metre) Greenpeace sailing yacht, Oceania and the classic 29-metre charter yacht SEA RAES.
Each of these refit projects was carried out more efficiently and in greater safety and comfort for tradespeople at each stage thanks to the new in-water facility at The Boat Works, known as The Watersheds – two 100-metre chutes providing berthing solutions for up to nine 35-metre motor yachts.
This game-changing facility is the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, and allows safe and easy access for the Project Management team, trades, equipment, refuelling and provisioning.
The Watersheds are a brilliant addition to the superyacht yard at The Boat Works and have enhanced our efficiency, cutting timelines without compromising quality.
The world-class facilities at The Boat Works include large Hardstand space, state-of-the-art Supersheds with 20m clearance, six travelifts for haulout, access to more than 90 marine trade businesses, and every amenity for visiting crew – plus a few luxuries like waterfront bistro and bar, free laundries and landscaped gardens.
