The superyacht No Comment became the first real commissioning trial for the Tauranga Marine Precinct's new Cimolai vessel hoist this week.

The Cimolai hoist has a posted 350 tonne capacity and the 47 metre No Comment weighed in at 311 tonnes in the slings on Tuesday morning.

That was after pumping out 50 tonnes of fuel and taking the anchors and jetskis ashore. Fully laden with fuel and water No Comment's displacement tonnage is 370 tonnes – displacement is what the ship weights, as opposed to its volume, which is the gross tonnage.

'We were supposed to depart for Fiji last week but in fuelling we discovered an issue with the bow thruster that required her to be hauled out,” says skipper Cy Wastell.

'The closest option we had available was Australia and we were picking our brains where we could get hauled.

'I don't know how the connection was made but our engineer got hold of Phil, (Tauranga Marine Precinct project director Phil Wardale) and Phil came to the rescue.

'Phil has been instrumental in making this happen. There were no other options available for us.

'He's really pulled all the strings to make this happen. There's a bright future for the maritime industry in Tauranga I think, especially with the America's Cup coming up, there will be a hell of a lot more boats down here. They are all going to be required to have work at some stage. I think it's a great facility.”

He says other boats in Auckland are also interested in hauling out in Tauranga.

Cy was speaking while on his way to Auckland to pick up a replacement bow thruster which is expected to be installed over the next couple of days.

When back in the water No Comment is expected to resume the voyage to Fiji and the rendezvous with the owners.

There's a crew of nine on board. The engineer is a New Zealander as is the bosun who is new. The rest are a mixture of people from the UK South Africa and Ireland.

Cy grew up near Christchurch. His father was in the business and he thinks his mother, a New Zealander, met him while they were both involved in the yachting scene in France.

'I studied yacht design after high school and in summer breaks I would go working on the boats. And when it came time to get a job it was either a desk job - or go travelling a bit and earn a bit of coin. So I went that route.”