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Northside Marine... Your Boating Partners for Life!

Northside Marine- Jeanneau Powerboats

A Story of Passion
In 1957, Henri Jeanneau, already passionate about aeroplanes and automobiles, had just discovered a brand new passion for powerboating, one that began as he watched a boat pass by his window. Soon afterward, in Les Herbiers, France, home to a rich heritage of artisan work, he began building a wooden hull with which he participated in the 6-hour Paris race, the largest national race at the time. He was first to cross the line, and this galvanized him. So, a past time became a trade.

From here; the first production line powerboat, the Sea Bird was born. Jeanneau specialises in both powerboats and sailboats. From three boats being built per week to mass-scale production, the love has never left the design and building process for Jeanneau Boats. Jeanneau took interest in every aspect of boating; including powerboat racing. in the 1980’s, Formule 1 and Formule 3000 catamarans raced.

Jeanneau is a world-wide known brand, and has no plans to stop its expansion!
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Northside Marine has been part of the Queensland boating lifestyle for over fifty years. We are truly “Your boating partners for life!”. Come in and see for yourself why Northside Marine is Queensland’s biggest and best.

Check out the video on the History of Northside Marine – Celebrating 50 Great Years 1965-2015

History of Northside Marine

In 2015, Northside Marine celebrated 50 great years, and what a journey has inspired the Nickerson Family, and evolved into one of the largest marine dealerships in Australia.

Starting from humble beginnings in 1965, Keith & Marlene Nickerson opened a 30m2 store in Kift Street, Deagon to provide boating parts for local north Brisbane boaties. A year later they took on their first outboard brand, Johnson Outboards, which they continued selling for many years. The progression into selling boats and motors was a logical path as Keith had been sailing and power boating in the local area for a number of years.

Over the years Northside has cherished their long term relationship with many marque suppliers, companies like Malibu, Glastron, Stabicraft and Surtees, have now joined Whittley Cruisers (30 years), Club Marine (30 years), Stacer (20 years), and Yamaha Outboards (10 years) in presenting the best boating brands to their clients. Whilst there has been some brand changes, the one thing hasn’t changed is that it’s still under the Nickerson Family control.

Nowadays, under Greg & Trish Nickerson, Northside Marine is located on a purpose built 10,000m2 dealership only 20 minutes north of the Brisbane CBD in Boondall, QLD. It also boasts a 350m2 boating parts & accessories division, as well as a modern state-of-the-art service department.

Over the years the dealership has taken out numerous major national and international awards for customer service and sales, in recent times they have been awarded the 2014 Stacer National Dealer of the Year and 2014 National Customer Service Award, 2015/2016 Stacer McKeegan Award for Outstanding Achievement, 2014 Stabicraft International Dealer of the Year, 2015 Surtees International Dealer of the Year, 2014/2015 & 2015/2016 Club Marine Insurance Queensland Supporter of the Year (plus Top 5 & Top 10 Supporter for the past 4 years), 2014 Lowrance/Simrad Australiasia’s Most Improved Dealer, Bargain Boat Bits Dealer of the Year, Furuno Top 5 Retailer of the Year, GME Top 5 Retailer of the Year, to name just a few.

Further and a real credit is that many of their 35 staff members have been with Northside Marine for over 20 years, and some for over 30 years, with 2 father/son teams on deck, and their current staff having a total of over 450 years of marine industry experience.

Northside Marine Team

Why Northside Marine

  • Established for over 50 years and still under the founding Nickerson family control
  • Purpose built marine dealership on a 4 ½ Acre (10,000m2+) Site
  • One stop boating store – Boats, Motors, Accessories & Service
  • On site business manager for on the spot finance & insurance services
  • 24/7 Online Shopping & Research @ www.nsmarine.com.au
  • Our team of over 30 people have over 450 years of marine industry experience
  • Free boating advice & special customer activities
  • Confidence: Full back up and support for your purchase
  • Location: Easy 20 min drive north of Brisbane CBD
  • Over 350m2 of boating accessories with over 13,500 items on display
  • National Awarded Retailer for Major Electronics Brands
  • Comprehensive displays of the latest marine electronics & watersports equipment
  • We are NOT a Supermarket, we pride ourselves on one-on-one customer service & advice
  • National & International Awarded Boat Dealership
  • Comprehensive delivery process – including on water delivery tuition
  • Over 100+ boats in stock at any one time
  • Product development & comprehensive water test library
  • All used boats come with industry leading warranties
  • Modern state-of-the-art boat & motor servicing facility with the latest diagnostic equipment
  • Factory trained technicians
  • Service reminders & pick up capabilities
  • Servicing all outboard brands

CUSTOMER TESTIMONIALS

I called Northside for some advice on a new product I wanted fitted to my boat. I was put through to Wayne, who gave me some very wise advice, and probably saved me $20k and a lot of headaches. His advice was candid, honest and accurate. I’m not a customer of Northside Marine, but I will be in the near future.

John Marlow (December 2020)

Sales team were excellent – Stacer Crossfire 481 purchase. Boat as ordered arrived on the day they and Stacer factory said it would, then fitout was done to time. They lowered the boat on the trailer (lowered rollers, and side console) so it could fit comfortably through my garage door. Price included a near 1 hour training / introduction session on the water and 1 hour in the shop. First service done all okay.

Roger Shelton (November 2020)

To the General Manager of Stabicraft,

 

Just a short and grateful email to thank you all your staff at Stabicraft for making such a wonderful boat that met all our expectations and more.

We surprised our son, Noah for his 18th Birthday and bought him this boat from Mark Golden at Northside Marine, Sandgate Road, Bondall, Brisbane.  Noah and I fell in love with it straight away with the layout, colour and safety aspect all found in this one boat.  We have been looking for years and that isn’t a lie!  Mark took us on a sea trial where we tested out the legendary short rough chop in Moreton Bay which the Stabi handled exceptional well.  Mark’s knowledge on the boat and it’s capabilities was challenged by Noah’s research and many questions to make sure we had the right boat. For myself, I wanted a boat that could make sure my love ones will be coming home from the sea with stories to tell.  We as a family came to the conclusion after watching the numerous u tube clips, tutorials and information on materials used, safety aspects and the stylish layout and interior this was our dream boat for Noah.

Thank you for making such an exceptional boat for us to make memorable memories.  Wishing you and your staff good health and all the best for the future.  I look forward to your reply.

Sent with Gratitude,

The Zenonos Family – Chris, Coleen, Noah and Scarlett (August 2020)

Hi guys, I just wanted to give Northside Marine a shout out, my Stabicraft rocks. Stef and I went out to the islands in super calm seas to fish over the weekend. We slept on the boat in the extra comfort of the extended vee berth and got right back into the fishing the next day. We came back in some bumpy stuff and sat on 3700 rpm punching all the 50 km back to harbour without a problem. What a tank! Any questions I have I just ring Mark; he has been the best for customer support, a real asset to NSM. I have been on the water now for 30 years and this has been the best boat I have ever owned. I took it to the marine elec to get a 25 watt radio fitted and he was blown away with the quality of the workmanship of the electrics. NSM I salute!

Alf & Stef (April 2020)

Matt H.- Customer Testimony

Legends. Mark was awesome to deal with. Purchased new 3.99 stacer proline. Awesome hulls
Matt. H (March 2019)

Tim- Customer Testimony

Hi Pep,I thought you and the team at NSM would appreciate knowing how appreciative my wife and I found your service yesterday.My wife told me that you all pitched in to give her excellent service when she came to pick-up our boat.I understand that you and a gentlemen helped hitch the trailer onto the car. And while doing this you noticed the trailer lights were not functioning correctly. I’m very glad to hear that this safety issue was resolved quickly and without fuss by Jason and perhaps others too.I’m very happy with the service you and Jason have been providing and look forward to the next time I require your service.All the best. 

Tim (October 2018)

Ian – Customer Testimony

Just to inform you what a great young guy Mark is in your Sales Dept.I contacted him early on this year over some accessory for my 495, he was totally helpful and a pleasure to deal with!He’s now assisting me come up with a trailer chassis I can bolt onto my pontoon so I can dump the 33 year old lifter and just skull drag the 495 up onto the chassis.I’ve had no end of trouble getting this project up and running but he’s been all over it and far exceeded any help from other businesses I’ve been to so far!Please treat this as your authority to double his salary forthwith!CheersIan (October 2018)

John H. – Customer Testimony

Dear Wayne,The Management Committee of Marine Rescue Bribie have requested I send you a letter of thanks for your generous support in getting gearbox problems rectified on our primary rescue vessel-Bribie 1.As you are no doubt well aware, voluntary organisations such as ours rely heavily on the fund raising efforts of our active members, government and general grants, and the valued support of businesses such as yours.Your support has enabled us to channel our available resources to our core function of marine rescue. Without well maintained vessels we would not exist .Your actions did much to alleviate the embarrassing situation where only one rescue vessel was available for us to carry out our duties.Again, thank you sincerely for your support. You can be assured that company’s generous support will be made well known to all members at VMR Bribie.John H. (August 2018)

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