Purchased a used Boston Whaler from Dave Summerour and am extremely satisfied. Transaction went very smooth. Dave was very helpful and really knows his stuff. Received all paperwork in a timely fashion and even arranged to have boat delivered. Thanks again Dave , Ron & Anne Marie Raymus read more

VERY disappointing. Dave approached me to sell my boat for me. After a lot of thought I agreed. BIG mistake, He did not sell it. If you take your boat to him without mold. Next time you see it there will be mold. He took it out on the water *salt water* did not run fresh water through the engine or rinse the boat off. Left the bimini top up which had a speaker on it with LED lights. It no longer works. If you want to have your boat in good condition to sell it. Don't leave it with him. I would take him to court but would cost more then it's worth... read more

I'd give a NEGATIVE 5 start if I could!! Please read and be forewarned!!! Filing a BBB complaint! Husband and I took our boat in due to it stalling (chugging slow is the best way to explain it) and then the engine overheating. Husband explained what was going on to Todd, the shop owner/manager. Todd worked on it for some time- tested it, said he smelled gas, fixed this, and then said he tested it and it "ran great" 15 min after we took it on the water for the first time out of the shop, the boat was doing the SAME EXACT THING!! We spent 3700 dollars for NOTHING! And when we called him to explain, Todd ho hummed (literally) and never once even said "oh I'm sorry bring it in" ... we had to tell him we are returning the boat for them to fix properly! Over a week later, and After one unreturned text, 2 phone calls, Todd called my husband back and said "it'll be another 900 dollars"- supposedly 50% off labor- for several oxygen sensors to be replaced! On a very HIGH end for that to be done according to my research! When I called him asking why it's so expensive he started to list a slew of other things wrong! When I asked him "what happens if we pay another 900 on top of the 3700 we already did... and the boat is doing the same thing... we're going to bring it in and you'll charge us another grand??" ... and his reply was "probably" - I'm disgusted with this service! Then he told me he will not fix the boat because I obviously was jot happy with the service and he didn't feel comfortable! He told us to remove our boat off his property. In my opinion he felt uncomfortable because I called him out on his scam artist service!! He's a snake like other reviews said!! For claiming to be in business for over 30 years this guy apparently doesn't know how to fix boat engines!! Or he does and tries to scam people!! Poor customer service is an understatement!! I've contacted an attorney, getting his worked checked out by another mechanic to see if he did what he claimed, and also contacting the BBB! Stay way!!!!!!!! read more

I brought my boat to be evaluated. $700 they gave me some ideas what the problem might be but no definitive evaluation. The boat ran when I brought it in but not at high RPM's. I told them when I was going to pick it up that I would launch the boat and drive it to my boat slip. I was told that the carburetor had been disassembled even though it had been recently overhauled. If I wanted the carburetor reassembled it would cost an additional $70. I agreed to pay but when I picked up the boat they said I should not operate the boat because they were not sure it the seals in the carburetor were ok and there may be a gas leak. I was not happy with the service and the money that I had to pay read more

If I could leave a minus star, I would! Bought a boat from them and dealt strictly with John. John told us that he would have the boat detailed and make sure that all of the fluids for the engine were filled and that everything was working properly (noticed that the GPS had a short and he assured us that it would be fixed before we picked up the boat) Had a friend drive up to get the boat for us (we are in Fort Myers so it was about an hour and a half drive each way). When we got the boat, it was so dirty it was embarrassing. There was absolutely no gas in it, we were fortunate that we launched it right at the marina so we could fill it up. The cover for the bimini top was not there. We called John and he said that the boat had been cleaned and that he had no idea what happened to the cover, promised to get right back to us. Waited almost two weeks, so we called him back. Told him that we hadn't used the boat yet, but wanted the cover for the top. He said he was still looking for it, and swore that he had it, just couldn't locate it. Finally had a day that we could take the boat out and the trim didn't work! After looking through the manual (which we had to purchase) we discovered that there was NO FLUID FOR THE POWER TRIM!!!!!!!! This ruined the day for us. Also, found that the GPS was not working, there is still a short. Tried to call John, but now he no longer answers our calls or returns our messages. Stay away from this company and this man if you don't want problems. Definite scam artist, very sorry that we ever did business with him. He is a smooth talker until he has to deliver what he promised, then he goes into hiding. read more

This review gets one star for dishonesty and a huge lack of bad work ethics based on my experience here. We contacted them on a boat they were selling. My father had talked with Dave and it seems every time i called i talked to john. Two different people and two totally different story's every single time. Dave and my father had decided that on the asking price for this particular boat it was agreed and set. So not assuming but knowing that everything is legitimate i make the trek from tampa to nokomis(1hr20min) to get a assessment for my father before finalizing a deal. I was told by john to just call 15 min before i arrive but yet i was willing to make an appointment, i guess it was more professional to just say be ther in 15... There selection of boats were far and few from the size of the lot and a trailer for a sales office. I was approached by john, the first thing he says is, there was a miscommunication on the price with dave... The storey goes its his boat and he payed 22700. for it and that selling it at 22000 is not negotiable. Well the story we got was it wasn't his boat and that it was a gentleman who had medical issues and needed to sell to make a quick buck to pay medical bills. Irritated at this point i ask whats your asking then, 23500. but i'm willing to take 22700. prevaricator... Needless to say we got baited and hooked but we managed to jump off that hook before they got us in the boat. Stay away not much good going on around here. read more

In September of 2018, I decided to sell my boat, a 2006 Sea Ray 240SD. Someone referred me to Coastal Marine. Talked to them several times and they were very enthusiastic and said they looked for boats like mine to sell and were confident they could get my asking price. At that point, I wanted to clear $31,000. The boat happened to break down before I got it to them so, I had them pick it up at a marina, for which they charged $50. Not a bad price. They did repairs to the tune of nearly $3,000. I raised my asking price to cover part of the repair cost. From then on, the only phone calls I got from them were, "you need to lower the price. We can't sell it for this price". Over the course of a year, my net price was reduced from $32,500 to $23,000. They still couldn't sell it. The last call I got from them about an offer, of which there were very few, was $18,000. I owe much more than that on the boat. So, I decided to take the boat back and have them move it back to the same marina I was in before. To move it back, recall they charged $50 to move it out, they wanted $150. Finally got them to agree on $100 with an agreed delivery date four days later. Late that afternoon the owner called and said the boat would not start and had no power. I had to remind him that they repaired it a year earlier including two new batteries. They had no idea what was wrong with it and, since closed on the weekend, could not check until Monday. I told him to go ahead and find the problem but do no repairs till they called me. The odd thing about this is, the owner told me they started the boat every three weeks and ran it up to operating temp to be sure it was running fine. Then, after doing this approximately 17 times, on the 18th try, it won't start? I find that a bit suspicious. With the help of Mercury, they managed to get power to the boat but, now it won't start. So, they expect fuel pump problems. Of course, the repair will be very time consuming as the position of the fuel pumps makes them difficult to access. I called and told them to stop working on the boat as I was exploring other options. A week or so later, come to find out that they pulled the fuel pumps, greased and replaced and it worked. But now they claim it is overheating. And, no one ever notified me that the fuel pumps were working or of the overheating issue until I found another mechanic to work on the boat and he called to arrange to move it to his shop. That cost for the above repairs was another $866. So, I have spent about $3,800 and the boat still is not running properly. Draw your own conclusions. Something is not right here. Coastal Marine Center, in my opinion, is dishonest and shady and I will never, ever do business with them or refer any business their way. Terrible experience, beginning to end. read more

I have just sold my 21' center console fishing boat and purchased a 28' center console through Coastal Marine Center in Nokomis and I could not be happier with both the value they got me for my old boat and the quality of the new boat I purchased. I worked with John who is by far the best business person I've ever worked with. His attention to detail and for my wants and needs was amazing and he handled both transactions quickly and smoothly with no problems to me. I would recommend anyone looking to sell a boat or to purchase a boat to speak with John before doing anything with anyone else because believe me, he is the most honest and knowledgable businessman I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. Tony Roberts Tampa read more