So what’s the purpose of this blog? It’s not for profit… not for spite… you’ll never see an ad and it won’t be used to gain favor.
It’s about accountability in the Marine Services business.
I wanna tout the honest professionals and out the ne’er-do-wells. I’m gonna post my experiences with these companies and individual contractors in the posts of this blog. My intent is to express my opinions and recount my experiences in short narratives; relating the work, attitude, and overall experience while dealing with these marine services companies as we travel and find them necessary.
Within the posts of this blog anyone, including the subjects of praise or the opposite of, can make comments that are in agreement with my opinions or not. Fellow boaters who have had good or bad experiences can share them here. Every boater that keeps a blog should do the same thing. Speak up! Word of mouth is cool, but our words will carry further online. Maybe we will find more positives than negatives and share those experiences and contacts for our common good.
This can be a good thing, could be fun.
Please make your opinions known and comment here… publicly or anonymously, they’ll show in the comment section.
We’ll see what happens.
Here’s to safe and happy cruises,
Cheers,
Bob
We’ve been using Barnacle Buster Palm Beach for a couple of years and yes they’re kind of pricey, but going with, “you get what you pay for” logic I never questioned their price or their work. The young fellow who had dived on Istaboa seemed competent and he always showed up like […]
We’re sorry to say that one of our favorite hideaways has decided to hang it up. Rumor is, the owner is retiring. It’s such a pretty spot, maybe someday… Here’s to safe and happy cruises, Bob
We’ve never been to Sarasota before, we always passed it by while heading south as fast a possible, but we’d always heard good things about Sarasota. We came to Marina Jack’s for business and were pleasantly surprised by what we found. This is a world class marina that’s located adjacent to the downtown sector of […]
Dave from Driftaway endured a bad experience with these guys. I’ll repost his comments: Green Cove Springs Marina WARNING! In preparation for our departure north, we needed to find a good place to leave Drift Away for the many months we’d be gone. Cost was an issue and we eliminated all the expensive marinas. We […]
Over the years we’ve pulled into The Bluffs several times. Last year we found shelter here during hurricane season and The Bluffs offers excellent wind protection from almost any direction. It’s a quiet marina and mostly used as a place to store your boat until you’re ready for the next trip. There are folks who […]
Passing on a review from Jan at Commutercruiser.com We hauled a few days ago at Charlotte Harbor Boat Storage, in Placida Florida (just north of Charlotte Harbor/Ft Myers). We’re having the bottom redone (including a small blister problem) doing a bit of work ourselves, repacking the stuffing boxes, replacing a depth transducer & speed transducer, […]
Boaterrated.com This is not a review of a review site, this is just to let you know it’s out there and another resource for researching the Marine Services you need and what others think about them. It’s a very professional looking site that someone has put a lot of time and effort into. You must […]
We’ve been using Barnacle Buster Palm Beach for a couple of years and yes they’re kind of pricey, but going with, “you get what you pay for” logic I never questioned their price or their work. The young fellow who had dived on Istaboa seemed competent and he always showed up like […]
