Boat Repair Shops in Traverse City, MI

Boat repair shops around Traverse City are spread across three counties, and this page carries 18 businesses: 11 in Leelanau County, 6 in Grand Traverse County and 1 in Kalkaska County. Some are based in smaller towns, including South Boardman, Maple City, Suttons Bay and Leland, while the shops name Harbor Springs, Charlevoix, Suttons Bay, Maple City and Leland among the places they work. Boaters here may drive up the Leelanau Peninsula or toward the Old Mission Peninsula to find the right yard.

Wooden and classic boats set this market apart. Seefeld Boatworks in Suttons Bay is a specialized shop for restoration and repair using traditional ship carpentry methods, on boats from schooners and motor yachts to row boats, and it is rated 5.0 from 5 reviews. Maritime Classics restores, repairs and maintains classic wooden boats such as Chris Craft, Garwood, Century and Hacker, with work that runs from minor repairs to fully restored show winners. It is rated 5.0 from 4 reviews. Sailing has its own businesses: Great Lakes Sailing Co. runs yacht charters and a sailing school on Lake Michigan and is rated 4.7 from 32 reviews, and Sailsport Marine sells sailboats and gear from Hobie, Sunfish, ILCA and Laser, RS Sailing and others, rated 4.9 from 15 reviews.

Engine and general repair is handled by shops across the area. John's Marine Service is a repair and restoration shop at 753 Mizar Court, across from TC RV, where John is a certified master technician. It works on Evinrude, Johnson and Yamaha outboards and on Mercruiser, OMC, Cobra and Volvo Penta stern drives, and it is rated 4.9 from 55 reviews. Premier Marine Services handles repair, storage and hauling, from tune-ups to rebuilds and re-powers, plus electronics installs, rated 5.0 from 13 reviews. Yacht Solutions LLC does marine electrical and electronics work to ABYC electrical standards, rated 2.7 from 3 reviews. M & M Sports Center in South Boardman, in Kalkaska County, is a powersports shop for boats, jet skis and snowmobiles, rated 4.7 from 35 reviews.

Large yards and dealers are here as well. Action Water Sports is a dealership with locations including Traverse City, with service that covers winterization, detailing, fiberglass repair, pickup and delivery and boat storage. It is rated 4.8 from 129 reviews. Irish Boat Shop has served Northern Michigan boaters since 1961 from Harbor Springs, Charlevoix and Traverse City, and it runs full-service boatyard work for power and sail, with Travelifts from 15 to 50 tons at its Charlevoix and Harbor Springs yards. It is rated 4.7 from 12 reviews. Walstrom Marine is a dealer and repair shop with the most reviews on the page, rated 4.7 from 372 reviews, 333 of them five stars and 20 one star.