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| David Beckham at the
helm of a one-off ICE Marine powerboat created for the 2012 London Olympic opening ceremony |
Stone Pier Boat Yard occupies a prime
position close to the entrance of the River Hamble in the village of Warsash.
The River Hamble attracts both racing and cruising yachts and motorboats from
around the world due to its close proximity to the Solent and the popular south
coast harbours.
The premises were available on a new full repairing and insuring lease at a quoting rent of £36,000 per annum, exclusive.
Ice Marine Ltd was founded in 1995 soon after the founder and owner, Jeremy Watts, successfully won the 2 litre World Championships.
Jeremy Watts, Director, Ice Marine commented: “We are excited to be able to acquire additional facilities allowing us space to manufacture high speed commercial craft taking a project from concept through to realisation and on to production, providing our clients with a turnkey service.”
Holloway Iliffe & Mitchell, who let and
manage Unit 11 said: “It is exciting to see the ongoing regeneration of Stone
Pier Boat Yard with a boat building company taking space formerly occupied by
other well-known names in the marine world including Cougar Powerboats and
yachts made by Westerly and Victoria.”
Other occupiers at Stone Pier Yard are Marine
Matters who offer bareboat charter, marina berthing and RYA training. R.K.
Marine, who offer boat lifting, launching, pressure washing, anti-fouling,
storage ashore and marine engineering. GP Sails, who offer sail making and
repairs and Sea Start, who run their marine breakdown service from this Boat
Yard.
