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$ 27000
Sep 2007
San Diego, CA
42 ft cabin cruiser
9
Good boat insurance paid off  more... close row
$ 2700
Aug 2006
Dallas, TX
Bayliner 16' cruiser
7
Starboard side of boat
Boat insurance needed in case of expensive repairs  more... close row
$ 600
Jun 2007
Dexter, MI
Fishing Boat with outboard motor
24
Outboard motor and leak repair
Leak fixed as well as outboard motor  more... close row
$ 65
Apr 2008
Pine Bluff, AR
16' aluminum boat
15
leak in hull
Small hole caused leaking  more... close row
$ 2247
Mar 2008
Seaford, Delaware
V Haul 19"
1960
Major repairs and engine rehauled
Wonderful work on fixer upper boat  more... close row
$ 110
May 2008
Bismarck, ND
Medium sized pontoon
3
Repair much cheaper than expected  more... close row
$ 40
Mar 2008
Bronx, NY
Small (2 passanger) metal
5
Boat Bottom
Holes in boats need to be fixed  more... close row
$ 245
Apr 2007
Columbus, Ohio
Edencraft
3
There was a hole in the side of the boat
Paying for brother's accident  more... close row
$ 1100
Jun 2008
Brighton, MI
2003 Gekko GTO-22
5
prop and bottom repair
Boat repair after scraping the bottom  more... close row

Description of service

The service was repair to our Gekko speedboat. We recently took it on vacation and accidentally ventured into too shallow of water. We scraped the bottom and busted up the prop pretty good. The scraps and damage to the bottom was the worst. The repair was done at a local marina back home after trailoring the boat back. The $1100 was full fee for the boat repair, but included mostly labor as opposed to parts.


Review of Service

They say the happiest day is when you buy your boat, but the happiest day is also when you sell your boat. I now know why they say this. It is frustrating spending so much money to keep the boat in order. The repair itself went well, but spending over a thousand dollars for it just seemed like way too much. I guess that is the going rate though, so I couldn't really complain. Just hurts to have to pour so much money into the boat over and over again.


Tips

My tip would be to only buy a boat if you know enough about the maintenance and repair that you feel confident you can do most if it on your own. Otherwise you will be like me, stuck with thousand dollar plus repair bills!


$ 905
Jun 2007
Pittsburgh PA
21 foot Maxum 2100 SR
7
Bottom repair
Repair to bottom of boat  more... close row
$ 0
Oct 2010
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$ 350
Apr 2008
Coldwater, MI
22 foot speed boat
20
Prop
New propeller needed on boat  more... close row
$ 450
Mar 2007
Atlanta, Georgia
speed boat/fishing boat
7
bow
Leak in the boat needed to be fixed right away  more... close row