Service· Raiatea· French Polynesia — Society Islands
Raiatea Carenage (haul-out)
16° 44.2′ S · 151° 29.1′ W
The larger of the two Uturaerae boatyards and the busiest in the Leewards. Its travel lifts, trailer and a 70-ton railway take monohulls, catamarans and trimarans, including most of the charter fleet.
Practical
Equipment listed on its website: Marine travel lift 25 t (5 m wide), Ascom travel lift 50 t (5 m), ABI trailer 50 t (7.56 m wide), railway 70 t (11 m wide, 2 m draft). Hours: Monday to Thursday 7:30am–4:30pm, Friday 7:30am–3:30pm. Phone 40 60 05 45, VHF 68. A full-service, do-it-yourself-friendly yard: antifouling, spray painting, fibreglass, mechanics, electrics, welding, machine shop, carpentry, rigging and sails, plus a chandlery shop (paint, tools, fittings). It also refills blue Camping Gaz bottles. Published haul-out rates: monohulls under 46 ft 1,416 XPF/ft and 46–60 ft 1,819 XPF/ft, covering haul, blocking and 2 days ashore. Labour 4,000–7,000 XPF/hour. The rates page is undated, so verify locally. Cruiser reports praise the work but warn that staff get pulled onto other jobs, so agree a schedule. Book cyclone-season storage early.
Best for
Haul-out, refit and cyclone-season storage
Nearby
- BMS Raiatea (rigging, windlass)Right here
- Cyclone Season & Hurricane Haul-out (Raiatea)Right here
- Uturaerae Marine Trades (sails, canvas, aluminium)Right here
- Uturoa Laundry & Yacht LaundriesRight here
- Chantier Naval des Îles (CNI) – haul-out & liferaft service0.1 NM away
- ZMR d'Uturaerae (Raiatea)0.1 NM away
- Raiatea Large-Yacht Zones (Faafau, Moanataa, Ofaiputuputu, Raiatea 1 & 2)0.4 NM away
- Tenape Supermarket (Faafau, near Uturaerae yards)0.6 NM away