Aquarius Boat Works

the owner chas is a complete JERK !! they have no mechanic or electrican. so they sub it out to a guy named bill who worked next to me at Liptons till a few years back. not many years doing boats.IMO.but they are better than breakwater cove & that isn’t saying much! never going there again with my boat. 24′ skipjack that I got back with more problems than before I gave it to them.

Aquarius Boat Works hauled my boat for the annual bottom paint and inspection. Right from the start they were professional and informative. I had some delamination where the keel meets the bottom of the boat and the rudder had some minor issues. The manager, Andrew gave me a couple of reasonable options to fix these two problem areas with a complete explanation. This was much appreciated. In the yard, Ray was a master at grinding, sealing and sanding the two areas. Both he and Andrew spent plenty of time to discuss and explain any and all of my questions. Thus I learned a little more about boat construction then I knew going in.
The boat yard allows one to do most of the work and repairs on your own boat thus saving some costs. This is a great option for those inclined. All in all I had a great experience at Aquarius.

These guys are the best! They do what they say they are going to do, they are honest about the amount of time involved, and they have integrity about the quality of their work. We learn a lot of useful information every time we have them work on our boat, and they are always available to give helpful advice. Also, personable and pleasant to do business with. We consistently have a good experience here. Highly recommend.

I needed a transducer installed and hired Aquarius Boat Works to haul the boat and install the transducer. We hauled the boat around noon, they got right on the installation finished it in a couple of hours, we left the boat on the transport overnight to allow the caulking to dry. I asked if I could get the topside polished since the boat was out of the water and they did a great and quick job on that as well. Boat hauled Thursday at noon and back in the slip by Friday at 1:00 doesn’t get much better than that!!!

THese guys totalled my trailer while loading my boat on it with their crane. I reached out to the owner several times trying to get him to do the right thing and fix my trailer. He didn’t even return my calls. I just had to hire an attorney to file a claim against them to recoup my $ 3,000. The owner has had a high turn of yard managers and mechanics in my four years in Santa Cruz and he is famous for padding the invoice. BEWARE!!!

Andrew and the rest of the crew gave us very profesional and personal service. He freely gave us different alternatives to the repairs and services we needed, and the merits to the different approaches. Their sharing of experience in boat maintenance was greatly appreciated in regards to understanding the things that really needed attention and timelines for items that they noted would be coming up. Also every step that would be taken to ensure the repairs and service would last. Our Catalina 34 will definitely return for it’s next service.

Aquarius is the place to go for work on your boat. With a very professional and knowledgeable staff, well stocked marine store, and competitive pricing this place is hard to beat. Thanks so much for helping me restore my 1932 Monterey Clipper to it’s original condition, without charging me and arm and a leg. Highly Recommend.
Kevin C.
F/​V Vita Marie

Never returned my phone call after a detailed conversation. Too bad.

We recently had our boat prepared for wet docked, there were cheaper places but the service here was certainly A+ and they gave us a tremendous amount of advise that came in handy. well recommended and pretty fast too.