balex marine south pacific ltd

Based in Tauranga, New Zealand, we’re a passionate and experienced team dedicated to all things boating. Designed and developed in New Zealand, the Balex® Automatic Boat Loader is our first product and has patents in place in New Zealand, Australia, US and Europe. It is the first in a range of products in the Balex® Marine Portfolio aimed at improving the boating experience. The Balex® Automatic Boat Loader automates the launch and retrieval of your trailer boat. You don’t even have to get your feet wet! No more clambering down the slippery boat ramp to attach the winch. No more cranking on the manual winch or slow unreliable electric winching. Transform your new or existing boat trailer into an Automatic Boat Loader for controlled, hassle free launch and retrieval of your boat. Who we are From grassroots beginnings, the idea for the Balex system spawned from a real life problem... inventor Lex Bacon's observations and frustrations with launching and retrieving boats. It’s difficult, often dangerous and always stressful! After multiple iterations and lots of great support from the marine and startup industry, the Balex Automatic Boat Loader 2500 was launched in 2014 to an overwhelming response, with Hutchwilco Boatshow Awards and industry accolades. In 2016, two Kiwi entrepreneurs and old university friends, Daniel Given and Reon Oak got involved with Balex and helped expand and streamline the supply chain. As keen fishermen and divers they saw great potential in the product, so in 2017 they took over management of the company. Building on Balex’s mission to make boating more accessible for everyone, the team is driven to develop products to help everyone spend more time out on the water enjoying boating.