A family affair founded by Dean and Glynis Ryder and also employing the couple’s daughters, Alice and Sophie and son-in-law Shanon, MYSC’s genesis dates back 40 years, when Dean was the service manager for Riviera motor yachts in New Zealand.
Later, when Bill Barry-Cotter left Riviera to start Maritimo, Dean Ryder was approached to fulfill warranty and after-sales service functions for Maritimo, a partnership MYSC has now maintained for more than 20 years.
These days, in addition to Maritimo, MYSC looks after a wide range of motor yachts, including models from Riviera, Grand Banks, Azimut, Palm Beach, and more. The company provides maintenance and management services, as well as facilitating more major structural and mechanical work, including upgrades, refits, repaints, repowers and more.
MYSC can cater for up to three boats in the water and seven on the hardstand at one time, including covered facilities for up to two 24m boats and a full workshop for 14 staff, which allows it to operate as a shipyard. The hardstand area is fully-sealed, there’s a 75-ton and 35-ton travel lift, and a fuel dock is about to be installed.
One of the company’s hero offerings is its Annual 250-point Service Plan, an annual preventative maintenance programme designed specifically to meet the needs of motoryacht owners. MYSC’s professionals check over all the electrical, electronic, mechanical, structural, plumbing and engineering aspects of your vessel, so you can be confident it is ready for action when you are.
In addition, all MYSC’s 250-point Service Plan customers can call upon their 24/7 emergency call-out service, whether it’s a simple question or a major issue that needs resolving. The team at MYSC are always on hand to help and ready to travel where they are needed.
Joining the service plan programme takes the hassle out of maintaining your boat and knowing that there is always one person who can help you with all queries on your vessel. The service plan boosts the resale value of your vessel (MYSC can look after that, too) and also lifts customer satisfaction by helping to make boating fuss-free. In addition, the service plan has bolstered the walk-on, walk-off vessel management and brokerage segments of the business, as well as feeding into vessel upgrades and refits. Marine electronics upgrades are especially popular, with the company installing, servicing, and maintaining all leading marine electronics brands, but specialising in SIMRAD, for which MYSC is an agent.
Motor Yacht Service Centre has also just acquired New Zealand agency for Anti-Roll-Gyro (ARG) stabiliser systems, the original gyro stabiliser renowned for its simplicity, reliability, and maintenance-free operation. MYSC supplies and installs the full range of ARG systems to suit boats of every size, from 8m upwards, including commercial vessels. Developed by Mitsubishi for space-station stability and manufactured in Japan by Tohmei Aerospace Engineers, Anti-Roll-Gyro is distinguished by its location-free installation and 180° flywheel travel (meaning more stability in larger wave heights). With no rams to service or fail, it is not only the most cost-effective option to buy but also to operate long term.
MYSC also supplies and installs Ultra anchors, a favourite choice among discerning motor yacht owners who demand the best anchoring performance.
