Blue Water Yacht Club, Merrick NY BOATERS BEWARE - This Marina is run by RUDE, UNFRIENDLY, UNPROFESSIONAL, MONEY HUNGRY SHYSTERS. Your boat will mysteriously have problems! Merrick New York

 I have been off the water for almost 10 years this year i bought a boat after searching all the local marinas in the area and talking to a lot of boaters it became aparent that the bluewater yacht club was the place to be from the moment i spoke to  customers who kept there boats there some for a long time soma only a few years the common theme was it was clean nice place to keep your boat and mechanical services were always fair with a helpful staff and the atmosphere was a family one all my dealings with the staff be it mechanical questions reguarding fresh water boat to salt and  dockage concerns were answered and planed for this spring im looking foward to the first summer there

This will be my fourth season at Blue Water Yatch Club.

Well, I also have to disagree with the OP. 2010 will be the 5th season that I have kept my boat at BWYC, and I have never had a problem with Gary, Justin, Kelly, or any other member of the staff. I find them to be nice and helpful. I'm sorry you didn't have the same experience. Did you ever have a conversation with Gary about your concerns?I know he's very hands on in running his business, and would want to hear anything a dissatisfied customer would have to say. 

let me just start off by saying blue water yacht club is A-1 & the family who runs it are the nicest people you will ever deal with!!!! i have had my boat in this marina for 4 years now and would never think of going else where why would i the marine service is excelent and affordably priced "no extra suprises in your bill" and justin is a helpfull and excelent mechanic not to mention a real stand up guy! As for the marina it is one of the nicest around well maintained ,landscaped in general 1000% taken care of in every way all i have to say is who ever wrote that about these people and their maria must not know anything about them their marina or their family because if they did they would have a verrrrrrrrrrrrry diffrent opinion of them like the 200 or so of us that dock our boats their year in and year out..join the yachting & fishing family at bluewater yacht club you will not be dissapointed but love the neighborly ,family atmosphere sincerly FF

I am a boat owner for over 30 years. I have had boats at several marinas throughout the East Coast. Recently, a few of my friends were meeting me (to go fishing one day) at Blue Water Yacht Club, where I keep my boat for the last ten years. My friends searched the net/web to get directions and found the report attached here on Blue Water Yacht Club. I sincerely felt the need to rebutt this report.

I own a MAKO boat which I had bought brand new several years ago. I had some problems with the boat after purchasing it. GARY's Marine Service which had nothing to do with the purchase or the waranty assisted me tremendously in getting the initial kinks out of the boat, and never asked for a cent. Eventually, it was realized that some of the poor performance issues had to be resolve by MAKO at the factory. When we sent the boat back to the factory, I was given a loaner boat that was larger than the boat I purchased. This meant I needed a larger slip. BLUE WATER and Gary gave me a larger slip,while the factory repaired my boat. Oh Yeah, Gary never charged me a cent for the larger slip.

I also am a business owner and I coach athletics at the collegiate level. So, I am a fairly busy person. The reason I write this is because I usually am late getting my leisure life in order. I consistently pay my marina bill late. I must say that every time I walk into the BLUE WATER YACHT CLUB office I feel like a college kid coming home for the holidays. Kelly greets me with a big smile and a sincere "How is everything". Kelly is a sweetheart and yet a serious business woman who has a tough job. She has to collect money from people like me who are never on time, and yet she is always smiling.

My boat is now nearly ten years old and I leave it entirely in Justin's hands all year round. Justin is a sincere youg man who seems to have a talent for understanding things that seem like nuclear fusion to me. He has a keen sense of who uses their boats for what, and how they treat them. He then kows how to address any problems or issues that arise, and as far as normal winterizing and summerizing he has given me advice that has saved me hundreds of dollars. I have never had to do more than I thought was needed to get my boat ready, and I owe that to Justin's awareness.

I have been at other marinas in both NY (L.I.) as well as other states. The BLUE WATER YACHT CLUB is a family, and they have treated me better than I could ask. I would put the service and hospitality of The BLUE WATER YACHT CLUB above any other marina I have docked my boat, or that I am familar with. I sincerely hope that anyone who takes time to write negative and nasty comments try and take some quiet time out of their own lives, to revisit their motives and their own leisure time. There are so many things people can do, these days, with leisure time, rather than thinking bad thoughts or writing negative reports on people that are honest and work so hard.