Slipping, shipwright work, rigging, diving, salvage. Hobart-based, on the water across Tasmania and Australia. Deep-water berths, hardstand, undercover work and the cranes and forklifts to handle whatever the day brings in.
Lift & hardstand
Working boats
Prince of Wales Bay
Most marine yards specialise. We've put four working trades under one shed so a single job — a refit, a re-rig, a haul-out, a salvage — can be done in one place, by people who already know the boat. If yours isn't here, give us a call — we'll know how to handle it.
Slip, scrub, antifoul, polish, anodes — the annual round. We organise the delivery to and from the berth so you don't have to, and the boat goes back in the water on schedule.
Timber and composite, repair and refit. From a deck rebuild to a full project-managed refit; from a Huon pine plank replacement to a carbon repair. The skills are here, the cranes are here, and the work goes out under our name.
Standing rigging, running rigging, replacement and tune. Hand-splice the running gear; specify the standing rig. Re-rigs delivered ready to step, with the certificate paperwork that insurers want.
In-water work, salvage, towing. Anode swaps without slipping, prop and rudder inspection, recovery and tow when something has gone wrong. On call around the clock when the weather doesn't wait.
Looking for something else — a survey, a delivery, an interstate transport, a winch rebuild? Give the yard a call. If we can't do it, we know the bloke who can.
A working yard isn't a boat that lives in a magazine. It's the place a working boat goes when something needs sorting out before next weekend.
Hurricane Marine works from Prince of Wales Bay, close to Hobart and within Tasmania's marine precinct. The two-site setup gives the team access to slipping, hardstand, undercover work areas, deep-water berths and lifting equipment, so larger jobs can be planned without sending the boat between providers.
The same crew works the slipway, the shipwright shop and the rigging loft. That means one phone call to plan a job that touches three trades, and one invoice when it comes off the slip. Word-of-mouth is most of our work, and that's the way we'd like to keep it.
A short list of who hauls out with us, because it's a fair question to ask before you call.
The annual haul-out, the long refit, the surprise repair before the cruise. We do the whole job, on schedule.
The Sydney–Hobart fleet, the Derwent regulars, the keelboats. Quick turnarounds for race weeks, full re-rigs for season prep.
Fishing vessels, charter boats, government craft. We work to the survey deadlines and the operating budget.
Old Tasmanian wooden boats. Huon pine, blackwood, celery-top. Shipwrights who know the timber and the technique.
Trailerable through to flybridge cruisers. Bottoms, fittings, electrics, transport — the works.
Tugs, barges, harbour craft, research vessels. AMSA-aware work, scheduled to the operator's calendar.
Hurricane took on a six-week refit job that had been sitting half-done at another yard. They sorted the timber work, the rig and the bottom in one place. Boat went back in on the date they said, on the budget they said.
Hobart yacht owner · cruising yacht refit
Phone call at 5am on a Saturday. They had a tow boat in the water before I'd finished the coffee. The boat was back on the mooring by dark. That's the only call I'll ever make.
Derwent racing client · salvage callout
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Call the yard during business hours, or any hour for salvage. If we miss it we'll call you back the same day and you'll get a real person on the line.