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    Gulf Coast Boating Centers

    3.2 (5 reviews)
    Open 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    Sunrise Marine

    Sunrise Marine

    3.1
    (19 reviews)

    Stay away from this place!!!! DO NOT TRUST THEM TO WORK ON YOUR BOAT!!! These mechanics cannot…read morepossibly be certified to work on Mercruiser. I took my boat there to have them run a diagnostic on it for an alarm. They called me and told me it was an oxygen sensor and they could replace it. I told them to go ahead and replace it. I wondered how they would decide which one was bad because the boat has two o2 sensors. A couple days later they called me back and said, "your boat has two oxygen sensors so we need to replace them. both". They told me they would not charge for additional labor only for the additional part. A week or so later they texted me and said they could not get to the rear sensor without taking the front motor mount off and taking the front of the engine completely apart to "try" and lower the front of the engine enough to get to the rear sensor, Or they could put a small hole in the rear of my boat to get to the sensor and repair it with a plate. Trusting they had adequate personnel who knew what they were doing I said ok. They called me approximately 3 weeks later and said my boat was ready. I asked them if they tested the boat and they said they ran the boat and everything tested out good. I picked the boat up and parked it for two weeks. I took it and put it in the water and it would not get up on plane, would not accelerate over 3000 rpm and then the alarm came back on. I did not have this issue before taking it to them. I texted the service person I had been working with, Adam, and explained the issues and ended the text with "Any Suggestion". Of course I heard nothing back from Adam. Ironically they have a large sign over the service counter with bold letters that says "Communication" is key. I guess Adam can't read because he sure didn't communicate after I just paid the nearly $400 for nothing. So now my boat is in worse shape, and Sunrise don't want to talk about it. So I called a few more Mercury dealers and found a fantastic mechanic in Alabama. I took the boat to him and explained the issues. He immediately noticed the "patch job" on my boat and said, "what the hell were they thinking." He immediately opened the engine hatch, pointed to the exhaust elbow and said all they had to do was remove four bolts and drop the elbow and the oxygen sensor is mounted to the elbow. They cut a hole in your boat for no reason.". His response did not surprise me because I wondered the same thing when they called me , but I trusted what they said as professional mechanics. The next day the mechanic called and said they (Sunrise Marine) never reset the code in the computer, so there was no way they ran the boat or tested the boat as they claimed. He stated he reset the code, ran the boat on the hose, then took it to the lake. He advised the boat ran fine. So I set up a maintenance repair replace to make sure the boat was top notch. I had him change several components like the water pumps, thermostat, etc. While he had it apart, he pulled both oxygen sensors, and showed me Sunrise only replaced one of them, although they charged me for both and told me they replaced both. Now I see this as fraud! I have taken pictures of them (one is clearly not a new sensor) and I'm going to give the manager an opportunity to make it right. We'll see how well his "Communication" is. If I don't hear from someone soon, I'll be posting the pictures of their work, and talking with the better business bureau. I should have listened to the salesman, Joe, who told me not to let them work on my boat for service because I could save a lot of money. ".

    They had a 30' grady-white 2012 listed way under value on facebook marketplace with two…read moredifferent locations and different prices they lied about the boats location, wanted a deposit before I made a offer, never disclosed all the information about the boat. I contacted grady-white myself to find out the right information When the sales guy called me back 2 hours later after we talked and i called him out of these things he told me the boat sold lol yeah right in 2 hours THEY WERE CAUGHT IN A LIE

    Safe Harbor Emerald Coast

    Safe Harbor Emerald Coast

    2.6
    (7 reviews)

    We were looking for a short Choctawhatchee Bay weekend aboard…read moreour sailboat. Found it at Safe Harbor Marina. Stopped by the marina one day and asked Dockmaster, Benjamin Budzinsky if he could find room for an overnight stay of a "local" boat. "Sure, when are you coming?" Next afternoon we called VHF Channel 69 to announce our arrival, and Danyella Sanchez answered, "We are expecting you". Go to "B" dock. A deckhand helped us tie up. Joined family and friends for dinner at "The Local's Eatery". Great food and service. Stayed overnight. Left the dock in the morning. No charge. Our dock fee was "comped". Was that great, or what?

    The salesman Daniel at Emerald Coast Marine was absolutely fantastic, professional, courteous and…read moretimely. After we decided on the Key West 263 FS with twin outboard 200's after driving same boat with twin 150's it was apparent they really wanted to sell the 2019 with twin 150's and not accommodate our decision. Understandable, to push the 2019's but it did not meet our criteria. Long story short we purchased exact same color boat/engines, 2020 model at another dealer after 2020 boat they quoted was not the color boat or engines and not in stock at the time we wanted and significantly more expensive than the one we purchased in stock. No harm no foul, until the sales manager called my husband yesterday and informed him he would have to get all warranty service elsewhere, really?

    Gulf Coast Boating Centers - boatdealers - Updated July 2026

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