Charlie's Marine Service Center, Inc.

Charlie's Marine Service Center, Inc. is a marina and repair shop in Pentwater that specializes in stern drives and inboards. Charlie Lamb started the service department in 1983, and the crew handles spring startups, oil changes, tune ups, bilge pumps, detailing, prop and outdrive repairs and winterizing. Indoor cold storage customers get winterization and spring start up, and outdoor trailer storage is offered behind the storage barns. The marina has a gas dock, a boat launch, slips with power and water, floating docks for small craft and a bait shop. Outboard, personal watercraft and sailboat repair are referred to other shops. Rated 4.2 from 33 Google reviews, 22 of them five stars and 5 one star. The service department also takes care of getting a boat ready in the spring for launch, and the marina serves transient and seasonal slip customers through the summer. Charlie's has a long standing crew, including Joe Lewandowski and Andy Watkins.