(Left-right) Mercury’s Director of Sales David Meehan, David Thorn from Bays Boating and Mercury Australia, NZ and Pacific Islands General Manager Brad Zoelle.
Bays Boating is named as Mercury Marine’s Dealer of the Year for 2022.
Bays Boating has taken out Mercury Marine’s most prestigious award, named as The New Zealand Dealer of the Year for 2022.
Located in Motueka, Bays Boating was started in 2004 by Dave Thorn in his parent’s hop shed. It has since grown to be the region’s largest marine retail and service centre, now employing over ten staff.
In 2019, Bays Boating opened a spacious new showroom and purpose-built workshop where there are five full-time mechanics.
Mercury Marine’s Director of Sales David Meehan said the win by Bays Boating was “thoroughly deserved”. It was a hotly contested competition with many worthy candidates but Bays Boating were the standout, highlighted by them being the first South Island dealership to become a Mercury Premier Service Centre”.
The team from Bays Boating and all the other winners were recognised at the 2022 Mercury Marine Awards held at SeaWorld on the Gold Coast just recently in March 2023.
