We were in town for the week and Brain's was recommended to us for a pontoon rental. Great staff…read morevery knowledgeable and just all around NICE!!! They calmed my nerves as a first time boater and showed us the way around the lake for fishing/shallow areas to avoid. Would highly recommend!!! Great price-great service-clean boat!!!

My family decided to rent a pontoon boat on a beautiful weekend. The boat was very clean, in…read morepristine condition, and had an amazing rate! The staff inside were very helpful and kind, and the owner made sure that we had an amazing time. There were two girls at the end of the dock who seemed to be cleaning boats, as well as filling gas, who were also very caring and kind. When we returned our boat, we unfortunately witnessed a rude customer, and the girls handled to situation with kindness and confidence. They most definitely did not deserve to be treated like that, as this business has surpassed all boat rentals that I have used in the past, in every aspect. I will most definitely be using Brian's Lakeside Marina again! 20/10 experience! Thank you so much! -The Debbie

Action Water Sports in TC is the absolute best. We recently purchased a Mastercraft XT23, our…read moresecond boat purchase from AWS-TC. Dave and Brett are really great to work with. Dave understood what we were looking for and found the perfect boat for our family. Highly recommend Actions sales and service departments!

I recently purchased a used 2007 Master Craft X1 from Brett Dense and the Action Water sports team…read more I am so thrilled to have this boat because Brett was very helpful with the information he gave me when I asked questions about the boat and the high standards the boat demands. He is very friendly, honest, and knowledgeable. I will continue to go back to Action Water sports if I have any upgrades that I want to add to the boat or maintenance. I recommend Action Water sports for any one that wants to purchase a water vessel to spend time and make memories with there family and friends. Thank you very much! Rob Lund.

Great marina to dock for a day or overnight. Access to bathrooms, showers, food and the best…read moresunsets.

Exceptional! Knowledgeable, attentive team from the person who answers the phone to the people…read more who greet you at the dock to the mechanic. It's clean and has a great restaurant. Family run and highly hospitable. Worth the trip across the bay through the narrow channel.

This marina is amazing! I can't say enough good things about it. The staff is nice and very…read morehelpful. The facilities are immaculate. The showers and changing rooms are perfect and part of the bathroom (which is great if you have little kids, like me). There is a really nice park right next door and 2 great sandy beach areas just to the north and to the south. Take your pick! The water is clean and aquarium-esc. A few kelp beds, but hey... They help keep the water clean. In July it fills up quick, so get their before noon, hopefully you'll get a slip, if not, and you have a smaller boat like mine, you'll be climbing the wall, literally. The docks are kinda high (water is low), but that's the case everywhere these days. Although some locals til us that next year (2013) they were planning to add 14 figure floating docks, so that'll be even better, for the smaller vessels. If that's the case, I'd have to give it 6 stars!

The last time I stopped in here was in 1992. It has been completely changed since then. WOW. It is…read morestill a relatively small and intimate marina (less than 100 slips), but the staff is friendly and the place is immaculate. When I say changed though, I mean they still have the same great service and location, but the set up of the marina has changed in that it no longer has the peninsula with the tree at the end, instead it has been dredged and reconfigured & modernized. very nice. Not only that but it is convenient to everything in this very small (one horse) village. One note though, the marina offers Air2Access Wifi, which is uber expensive, and ungodly SLOW. DON'T PAY FOR IT! You can get FREE high speed Wifi from the Leelanau township public library not even 50 yards up the street (on the right, next to the post office), where the signal is 4 bars from the street or even the park next door. There is also a Tom's Grocery store 100 yards up the hill (on the left). Great little marina! Can't recommend it enough. 5 stars!

We had a very pleasant experience renting a pontoon from Saturday morning to Sunday evening. We had…read morereserved the boat online. When we were shown the boat, it was exactly the one we had selected. Since we were renting the weekend after Labor Day, they are closed on Sunday but they allowed us to keep the boat overnight and return at our leisure on Sunday. Bill was very helpful in sharing information about the inland waterway and the time it takes to get from place to place. He gave us hints about shallow waters to avoid, sandbars to stop and swim. He gave us a recommendation for Hoppies on Burt Lake. We stopped for lunch and had a nice cold beer and good food.

Great rental experience. Very professional, helpful and friendly. Also the pontoon we rented was…read morehigh quality and in very good shape.

The boat was perfect and Doug even provided a cooler with ice! The boat was stocked with all the…read moresafety gear and even some fun equipment. Thank you Doug for making sure we had a good time!

Was charged $497 for 6 hours of boating time then, the next day they ran an unauthorized…read moretransaction of $48. Boat was left clean and gas filled up.

Second year in a row renting a pontoon for the 4th. The whole DWS team is fantastic! Christian…read morehelped us get our stuff into the boat, explained everything in detail. At the end of the day, he helped us remove all of our things and insisted on carrying our bags to the car for us. Not to mention, the boat was beautiful!!! Basically brand new!! Becky who is one of the owners is the sweetest lady! We will continue to go back, year after year!

It's actually comical that this place has any negative reviews. This is the absolute best rental…read moreexperience we've ever had and we are coming back to rent from them for our third year in a row. They are incredibly well organized, polite, kind and helpful. It's wonderful to experience. The boats are beautiful clean and high quality, they even have floats, towels, sunscreen for purchase, coolers to use for your trip, complimentary ice, and more. They have rules to protect their property -- and you can tell from the quality of the rentals that they truly care about providing a high quality product. We love dockside water sports -- and the owners are so kind. Don't listen to the negative reviews.

I purchased a used boat from Dewitt Marine that I was assured was in good running condition by the…read moresales rep. When I picked the boat up, I only made it eight miles when a wheel bearing on the trailer failed. While this was not a direct reflection on the boat's condition, it was preview of coming attractions. Dewitt replaced the failed bearing at their expense but I had to pay for the other three, which their service tech said were not likely reliable. After the wheel bearings were replaced, I picked the boat up again and tried to launch it. The engine turned over but it would not start. So another two hour round trip to take the boat back to Dewitt. They had the boat for a few days and said they found moisture in the engine compartment and bilge. They said they started successfully several times without issue. After another two hour round trip to get the boat, I tried to launch it again and it would not even turn over. Dewitt's response was it sounded like a bad battery and I would be responsible for getting it diagnosed and/or replaced. I now have a boat that I have never heard/seen run and Dewitt will not stand behind their initial assurance it was in good running condition. BUYER BEWARE!

We rented a pontoon this past week. Very easy booking. Extremely nice boat. Wait staff was kind and…read moreinformative. Great time on a beautiful lake!