While on a boating vacation our dinghy motor suddenly stopped running we called Joe at G-Marine at…read more4 pm on a Friday evening. He immediately came down, took the engine off our dinghy and went to his shop where he quickly repaired the motor. He then returned at 7 PM on the same Friday evening to reinstall it on our dinghy. The motor purrs happily now! I can't say enough about his quick response and how he was able to get us on our way again and save our vacation!

Great, great resources. Highly recommended if you need skilled support whether sailing or…read morepowerboating. Lilly's Marine are immensely skilled and smart people, and amazingly helpful for anything afloat. They applied thorough and safe project management, friendly support, frugal advice... their deeply experienced, marine-geek levels of expertise made a life changing project happen for me.

Best around!! Extremely Friendy and very knowledgeable! Reasonably priced. Would absolutely…read morerecommend to anyone. It is hard to find someone that knows boats as well.

Friendly, fast, and incredibly affordable, I can't recommend Welcome Woods enough. I live on a…read moretiny little island and after three ferries and an hour driving down the Sunshine Coast my car started making the worst possible noise. It was so loud and scary nearby cars were staring. I looked and looked and it wasn't anything obvious. It woke up the kids through all the closed windows and I pulled over. It was nearly 7 pm though and nothing was open. I called Welcome Woods and he said come on by. He could hear me coming! He diagnosed by ear, had the tire off, and everything fixed and put back together by the time we walked down the road and back. And he charged us next to nothing! What a lifesaver and a great addition to the community! Thank you Welcome Woods!

From the owner: When you need a car and truck mechanic on the Sunshine Coast call Welcome Woods Mechanic. We…read moreservice and repair all kinds of cars, trucks, boats, and equipment, big or small. Mobile repairs, welding and fabrication also available.

nicest people to deal with, I recommend them very highly and will be hauling there again this year.read more

I hate writing negative reviews, but our experience with Your Boat Shop was so serious and costly…read morethat I feel obligated to share it. We brought them a well maintained boat with no known transmission or drivetrain issues. They replaced our engine mounts but did not perform the alignment in the water afterward. Less than 20 operating hours later, our port transmission failed while we were underway in the middle of Puget Sound with our 3-year-old and newborn baby onboard. What followed was more than $25,000 in damage, repairs, towing, haul-out, inspections, and expert review. Multiple surveyors and marine professionals have since confirmed our findings: the failure was tied to misalignment after the engine mount work. This did not just cost us money. It took away over a year of boating with our family. We tried repeatedly to work with Your Boat Shop and hoped Dirk would take accountability, or at minimum engage in understanding what happened. Instead, Dirk declined to participate in the investigation and ignored our calls. The burden of investigating and repairing the damage fell entirely on us. This was also not an isolated concern. We had referred friends to Your Boat Shop, and their boat was also damaged after work performed there. They ultimately had to have the work corrected by CSR Marine, over $10,000 in damages. Mistakes can happen. What matters is how a business responds when they do. In our case, the response was deeply disappointing. I strongly urge other boat owners not to be fooled by the great reviews or attractive pricing. Based on our experience, I would not recommend Your Boat Shop for engine mount, alignment, shaft, transmission, or other drivetrain-related work. The risk and cost are far too high.

I hired Your Boat Shop to replace the engine mounts on my motor vessel. Less than 20 operating…read morehours later, my port transmission (w/ 1,000 hours) failed while underway, ultimately resulting in more than $25,000 in repairs. What makes this especially concerning is that before the engine mount replacement, a pre-purchase survey and gearbox oil analysis found no evidence of transmission distress, abnormal wear metals, drivetrain vibration, or shaft-related issues. The transmission failure occurred only after Your Boat Shop performed the mount replacement. Following the failure, Harbor Marine, a ZF-authorized service facility, documented approximately 0.010" of coupling misalignment and found the port shaft seized in the cutlass bearing. An independent SAMS-accredited marine surveyor later documented extensive internal transmission damage and concluded that the transmission-to-shaft coupling was grossly out of alignment following the engine mount replacement (SAMS report attached). The surveyor's opinion was that the failure sequence was precipitated by shaft misalignment after the recent mount replacement. What concerns me most is that this was not the only alignment issue associated with this shop. During my claim investigation, I reviewed documentation from CSR Marine involving another vessel serviced by Your Boat Shop. CSR found significant engine misalignment and concluded that the shafts appeared to have been reinstalled without properly aligning the engines, requiring substantial corrective work--over $10,000. CSR images and cost to repair attached. Equally disappointing was the response after the failure. Your Boat Shop was notified and given the opportunity to participate in determining the root cause but declined to become involved. The burden of investigating the failure fell entirely on me. Although my insurance carrier could not cover the loss because the work predated my policy, they still paid for towing, haul-out, and independent expert inspections needed to determine what happened. A routine engine mount replacement was followed by documented shaft misalignment, a seized cutlass bearing, catastrophic transmission damage, and more than $25,000 in repair costs. Based on my experience, the independent findings, and the shop's unwillingness to participate in the investigation, I have no confidence in the workmanship or accountability demonstrated by Your Boat Shop or Chris Tomlinson Marine Services and would not trust either company with any work on my vessel.

Don is a man of great integrity with fair prices and demonstrates old fashioned wonderful concern…read morefor his customers.

After spending over $12K and getting my boat finished at Blaine Marine Service it was put in the…read morewater but only made it about a hundred yards into the marina before one of the engines quit. The owner of BMS was on the boat and as we drifted into the dock he said he had my phone number and would call me. He never called, although the service manager called three days later to see if I needed anything. When I hadn't heard from them by the following morning I called Don at North County Marine. Although he was overloaded with work he said he would get to me as soon as possible. He showed up an hour later, diagnosed the problem and ordered parts. He returned a few hours after the parts were delivered and finished the job. Then, although he was just working me in between other scheduled jobs he completed the maintenance that BMS had failed to do and then accompanied me on a sea trial to make sure everything was functioning properly. When he presented the invoice I was pleasantly surprised by the fair price. I am an old man with years of mechanical experience and can assure anyone that Don knows his business and will treat you fairly. My wife and I can't thank him enough as he has saved our summer.