DOCKSIDE SERVICES Cost: No long legal contracts, we work for honorable clients. providing honorable services!
HELPING YOU INSIDE YOUR MARINA
Coming to your boat to provide repairs is a very specialized service. Everything about going to your marina to fix something is an uphill battle. Please read about some of the time consuming difficulties we face going out to docks to help you versus you bring boat to our boat yard,
There are a number of obstacles we face and charges you must pay when we have to go to a marina for a repair, including:
- We have insured all marinas since 1986, but many still treat us like an unwanted guest. It takes time to get a key, turn it back in, and transport all the tools and parts to your boat, clean up each day and protect boat.
- Some jobs just need a few toolboxes but, most of our work requires a fully loaded dock dollies full of tools, fasteners, connectors, and boat protection covers. At low tide it’s extremely difficult to pull tools up a dock ramp.
- We might not know your boat, and every boat has a unique personality or something that's broken or is ready to break. Technicians who have lasted as long as Greg won't break your boat, but we often find things damaged that's was already there. We’ll text you reports anytime we come across pre-existing damage, which will include a suggestions for repair.
- Everyone hates paying the bill. It will eat up half the day for us to come to your boat. It will cost you far less if you have a lot of work to do all at once or your boat comes into our boatyard (sorry 8 miles inland). We work as hard as we can and as smart as we can but, in a week’s time you could easily owe over $5,000. If you were on-board with us to see the work we do, you would understand but, when you don't see the effort and the hours that translated to big money, it's vital you understand where that time went.
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$3 PER MINUTE IS OUR 2025 dockside SERVICE RATE. $500 IS THE MINIMUM FEE TO VISIT A BOAT, AND AFTER 3 HOURS, IT’S $180/HR
- Most repair jobs are too complex for us to offer a fixed-price bid. It will take an unpredictable amount of time and materials to discover the issues and make the necessary repairs. When we are about halfway completed, the total cost will become more predictable.
- For best results, give the tech your marina key and boat key. Please MEET the tech on the boat, and don't be late or miss the appointment or we cant work for you next time. Please discuss the entire job and your expectations. We have almost zero problems when we work directly for the boat owner.
- Scheduling and promptness are hard for boat owners and techs. Please allow up to an hour for late arrivals to the boat and we will allow the same.
- If it’s a multi-day job, picking up tools at the end of the day and packing job boxes every night can cost you $100 a day extra. Please let technicians know if they have a spot to leave tools and or job boxes on the boat over night.
- Live aboards: it’s ok, we’ll help you but we cannot take orders from more than one boat owner. Married boat owners must designate only one owner to communicate all the decisions. You won't get all your space if we’re working and our presence, while needed, can make your space cramped and uncomfortable. We know it can be inconvenient and unenjoyable, but, like going to the dentist to have a cavity filled, it needs to be done for the pain to stop.