Riverside Drive Marina Boatyard Rules

Please read the following rules, terms & conditions before signing. Failure to comply with these rules and the
Resource Management Act 1991 may result in a fine or prosecution by the NRC.

1. It is the boat owner’s responsibility to instruct the travel lift operator as to the placement of the travel lift slings PRIOR to lifting. No responsibility will be accepted by RDM for any damage to any parts of the boat.
2. No cradle arm or prop shall be moved, except by hard stand staff.
3. Boat owners are responsible for the rented hard stand site which must be kept clean at all times and free of oil, fuel, paint or epoxy filler.
4. After water blasting topsides are rinsed clean by boatyard staff. If for any reason (such as strong winds) dirty water spray soils the boats deck, it is the owner’s responsibility to clean his vessel; it is not in any way the responsibility of RDM.
5. Any welding, grinding or spray painting to be undertaken must be the subject of prior notification to RDM’s office, together with the details of the entity which will undertake the work. RDM may at its absolute discretion, forbid such work to be undertaken.
6. It is the responsibility of the boat owner/owner’s agent to ensure that any contractor brought into the boatyard to carry out any work on the owner’s vessel is registered with RDM administration, which requires all contractors to have the necessary OSH documentation and indemnity insurance.
7. No hoisting of sails while vessel on hardstand.
8. Climbing of masts while on hardstand must only be carried out by a rigging Company, with RDM authorization.
9. The owner’s vessel is removed from the water, transported & stored on the hardstand area and inserted into the water (as the case may be) entirely at the risk of the owner. Except as otherwise provided in the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, all terms which would otherwise be implied by law, imposing liability on RDM for any damage to or theft or loss of the vessel or any goods or other property stored on it are expressly excluded. RDM and its employees and agents and contractors shall not be liable in
   negligence or otherwise for any damage to, or theft or loss of the vessel or any goods or other property of the owner while the vessel is in the premises of RDM or in the possession or under the control of RDM.
10. Account is payable before launching or removal of vessel from yard or marina. We reserve the right to charge interest at 2.5% per month and to charge a late payment penalty of 10% on any overdue accounts. If the account is not paid within 30 days after the due date, our debt recovery agency may charge you a fee of 25% of the unpaid portion of the price, but not less than $35.00.
    Where the total agency, legal and other costs arising from the recovery of any amount owing exceeds the debt recovery fee charged, our agent is also entitled to recover such additional coats from you. The service provider reserves the right to recover all cost incurred by it, legal or otherwise from the client should the client fail to pay the agreed rate as required by this agreement and subject to the terms and conditions of this agreement.
11. If a vessel is deemed high risk of carrying any marine pests, they acknowledge Riverside Drive Marina’s terms and conditions to have their vessel hauled out within 48 hours of arriving in the marina and appropriate action taken. Cost to be covered by the vessel owner.
12. If the owner is planning on living on board, their vessel must have a sewage treatment system OR be equipped with a sewage holding tank that has an effective outlet sealing device installed to prevent sewage discharges, this device remaining activated in the sealed state or position at all times while the vessel is moored.