The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron has added its Smelting House Bay moorings at Kawau Island to the BookABuoy online booking platform, allowing members and visiting boaties to reserve a berth before leaving the marina.
The Squadron, home of the America's Cup, has a long association with Kawau Island. The move to BookABuoy brings the facility in line with a growing number of yacht clubs, marinas and private operators offering online availability and instant booking.
"We're really pleased to have RNZYS on board," says Chris Woodhams Jr, founder of BookABuoy. "The Squadron has a long association with Kawau, and these are exactly the sort of moorings we want to make easier for boaties to find and book."
RNZYS Membership Experience Manager Beth Orton says the platform offers flexibility for members cruising New Zealand waters. "BookABuoy gives RNZYS members and other boaties an easy way to see what's available at Smelting House Bay and book a mooring before they head to Kawau or last-minute. It also gives the Squadron a simple way to manage our moorings, and we're pleased to be supporting a New Zealand built platform."
For Smelting House Bay, that means boaties can now check and secure a mooring directly online instead of arranging it by phone or email with the Squadron, joining other operators around the country already listed on BookABuoy for availability, booking and payment.
