
TEN YEARS on and some 500+ boats sold... Business partners Andrew Rose and Darren Finkelstein continue to ride a wave of success at St Kilda Marina. Our boutique Boat Sales and Service Centre businesses are thriving because our service is great, our prices are competitive and our approach is straight-down the line. We offer boat owners the full range of marine services to ensure their boating experience is both complete and pleasurable. Wonderfully located right on the water’s edge at St Kilda only 8kms from Melbourne CBD, each boat we service is fully bay tested giving our clients the added peace of mind. We are truly a one-stop shop!
With expertise and experience spread over our businesses, Andrew runs the Service Centre team of qualified mechanics and Darren manages Boat Sales. A business partnership that is strong, customer focussed, its longevity and strength is testament.
We're in the LIFESTYLE business, we are constantly Making Dreams Happen. Every boat buyer, has at some time dreamt of a boat they’d love to own, the fish they want to catch or the destination they want to anchor. Our customers are wanting to voluntarily, take a step back from the everyday be-it; the office, the traffic or the daily routine. Now they can play boats, in the fresh-air, on the water, out in the sunshine. There's simply nothing better to recharge and refocus, it clears the head. Remember 'quality time' with family, friends or even by yourself. It's all about Lifestyle, afterall 'Life Is Too Short'.
We have been described as the guys that give 'boating advice straight-up', without the 'fluff and without obligation'. Really well-respected, majority of our business is by referral from delighted customers telling their colleagues, friends and family. Most wanting to share their experience of dealing with us!
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Our success didn’t come by chance nor overnight, it has been many years in the making and even some mistakes along the way. It all started when we were kids, with a love of all things boating – the passion still continues today and passed down to our kids who love the water as well.
St Kilda Boat Sales is a Victorian & Tasmanian Caribbean Runabout and Big Boat dealer. Uniquely positioned and well-credentialed, we are the only Caribbean dealer in Australia to market the entire Caribbean product range. Every model from 16ft trailerable Half Cabins and Runabouts, to the classic and timeless lines, of the Bertram inspired Flybridge Cruisers to 49ft.
We have emerged as one of Australia’s premier, new and used boat dealerships and boutique brokerages. As a Boating Industry Association 'Accredited Dealer' we demonstrate that our business is following a set of guidelines and procedures’, created to provide higher standards of service to our customers, delivering excellence within our own dealership and across the boating industry.
St Kilda Boat Sales and our Service Centre are both located at St Kilda Marina, in bayside Melbourne suburb of Elwood. The famous St Kilda Marina was originally built from reclaimed swamp land by Archibald Spooner in 1969. Make no mistake; St Kilda Marina is the home of Caribbean Boats....
Known as Melbourne’s central on-water brokerage, proudly offering all makes and sizes of quality USED boats. Brands include; Bertram, Caribbean, Riviera, Maritimo, Mariner, Sea Ray, Sunrunner, Mustang, Four Winns, Quintrex, Streaker and Haines. We offer quality, well-maintained used boats, most have low engine hours. Victorian boat owners are very fussy and given the geographic location of Melbourne, many have never been seriously fished. Well over 50% of our used boats sold, are to residents of; WA, QLD or NSW. Interstate buyers just love Victorian Boats. Australia-wide transport is available.
- Safe Boating Always -
St Kilda Boat Sales and our Service Centre are both located at St Kilda Marina, in bayside Melbourne suburb of Elwood. The famous St Kilda Marina was originally built from reclaimed swamp land by Archibald (Arch) Wilberforce Spooner in 1969. Make no mistake, St Kilda Marina is the home of Caribbean Boats....
Today still hand-making Caribbean Boats the old fashion way, the next generation of Spooners led by grandson Richard (the 3rd generation) is the companies Managing Director. Arch's youngest son Greg manages the St Kilda Marina location. Interestingly, the Spooners were the first to introduce fibreglass into the process of boat building here in Australia. True industry pioneers, now having all three generations, hands-on building boats!
Now fifty years on and some 50,000+ boats later, International Marine are still boat building at their original Caribbean Gardens factory in the outer eastern Melbourne suburb of Scoresby. Proudly, still Australian made and sold all over the world.
Advice for Used Boat Buyers
Things You Must Know - Before Buying A Used Boat (.pdf)
Proud of our credentials:
Our Vic Roads Certification enables us to inspect, register & transfer 'in-house' any vessel and/or trailer, that are purchased from us.
SURF N' SNOW
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Print-out vessel inventories with photos, for boats of interest. Call us to arrange an inspection!
Our unique and exclusive MP3 Audio Commentary, accompany these listings.
Our professionally produced Video Tour is streamed <live> over the internet in HD, for your viewing pleasure. (Broadband connection required)
Select by: Length, Price, New or Used - then browse our listings.
Advice for Used Boat Buyers (Acrobat .pdf)
Things You Must Know - Before Buying A Used Boat
No better test conditions than out in Port Phillip Bay! Where possible, every boat we service is fully bay-tested before customer handover.... Just one of the many customer benefits of our unique location, right on the water’s edge.

All works/repairs undertaken by our Service Centre, are subject to the customers understanding and accpetance of our: 'Shiprepairers - Standard Terms & Conditions of Vessel Slipping and/or Repair'.
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Shiprepairers - Standard Terms & Conditions.
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| ULP | $ 1.610 | per litre |
| Diesel | $ 1.650 | per litre |
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Safety Warning & Fuelling Instructions. Please read before refuelling. Tip: Print and keep onboard (Acrobat .pdf 1mb)
As a preferred supplier of quality fuels to; Water Police, Marine Safety Victoria, Coast Guard & Department of Defence (Army & Navy), our Fuel Dock is Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The system is operated by 'pre-paid fuel cards' available for purchase by Cash or Credit Card from;
In accordance with vessel and engine manufacturer's instructions, we DO NOT supply and/or recommend the use of Ethanol Blended Fuels for marine applications whatsoever.
30 January 2012
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- Andy Warner (President)
- Paul Benjamin (Vice President)
- David Heyes (Immediate Past President)
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