Refits in Cape Town

The V&A Waterfront harbour has a Syncrolift and two dry docks. Yachtport SA has a 100-tonne Travelift at Saldanha, 60 nautical miles from Cape Town.

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Yards

Lifts and docks near Cape Town

The V&A Waterfront and Yachtport SA publish these figures on their own sites.

Place	Lift or dock	Size	Workshop and support	Contact
V&A Waterfront harbour, Cape Town	Syncrolift ship lift, 1,806 t. Robinson and Sturrock dry docks in the same harbour. Sturrock is 360 m, with a 456 m repair quay	Syncrolift: vessels up to 61 m and 15 m beam	Vetted network for boatbuilding, repair, chandlery and spares within 5 to 15 km	yachtoffice@waterfront.co.za, +27 (21) 408 7632
Yachtport SA, Small Craft Harbour, Port of Saldanha	Travelift, up to 100 t. Quayside and mobile cranes for wider, longer or heavier vessels	Typically monohulls and catamarans of 25 to 30 m. Loading dock 10.0 m wide wall to wall	Workshop 28.9 m by 13.5 m	+27 (0)22 714 4064, info@yachtportsa.co.za

V&A Waterfront superyacht page, and Yachtport SA home and facilities pages. Saldanha is 60 nautical miles north-west of Cape Town.

Support

Refit and maintenance firms

Yachtport SAYachtport SA says it also provides superyacht maintenance services within the V&A Waterfront marina. Its head office is at Techno Park, Stellenbosch, on +27 (0)21 880 2070. It says it has received over 800 local and foreign yachts since 2010.

Cape Town Yacht ServicesBased in the Marina Centre at the V&A Waterfront. Its site lists refits such as paint changes, new teak decking and navigation upgrades, and full refit project oversight.

Yachtport SA and Cape Town Yacht Services websites.

Saldanha

Yachtport SA gives its location as the Small Craft Harbour in the Port of Saldanha, 60 nautical miles north-west of Cape Town.

Travelift

100 t

Yachtport SA says its Travelift lifts up to 100 tonnes, in an extra wide loading dock 10.0 m wide.

Syncrolift

61 m

The V&A says its Syncrolift takes vessels up to 61 m and 15 m beam, and lifts 1,806 t.

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