Fairview Beach Marine and Power Sports LLC

I can honestly say they are great people. Took my boat there to get engine replaced in my Yamaha SX230 back in June2023. They gave me a quote on engine and repairs. Ordered my engine while i was sitting there and i had my boat back within 30 days. The turn around was great! Boat runs like a champ!

I had been told locally in the Solomon’s island area that my boat would cost a minimum $8k to get running again. I sat on it for all of 2022 unable to come to grips with this. One night, unable to sleep, I expanded my search for a shop for a second estimate and filled out FvBM’s web request form and received a response quickly back from Gil.
Gil explained in extreme detail everything that could be wrong and was wrong once he had a chance to look it over. I received the boat back a few weeks after I dropped it off and it now runs better than it did when I bought it for $3k less than the minimum quoted by shops in my area.

We’re very happy with the service. Only recommendation is if FvBM could put the boat in the water when it’s time for a test drive, so I only have to pull it out when it’s time. We didn’t want to hassle with it and just brought it home that evening but lucky for us it ran perfectly as he said it did when he test drive it.

I conduct aquatic research for VCU/USACE and I've dealt with many marine shops/employees. A lot of places are too busy to give you the time of day unless you are paying them in advance. The good folks at this shop went out of their way to help us get set up at the marina and pumped out our boat at no cost when we were having some bilge pump issues. We didn't even ask them to pump out the boat, they noticed the problem and pumped it out completely on their own accord. Places like this a far and few between.

Gil get it done. And it's done right.

Support your Local Independent Business Owners.. Great staff producing quality work and always adding new streamline products and services to satisfy customers wants and needs.

These guys went out of their way to give me fast service, did a great job.

Thanks again for great service
Chad the ac guy

Great place to work and great people to work for. Super knowledgeable and friendly. Perfect combo!

If you want it fixed right the first time this is the shop you want to go to

Great group of people. Great knowledge. Highly recommend this place.

Absolutely top notch. They water test their repairs, and will not rush through a repair. When you get it back, it will be right!

Follow up. It's June 18th, 2023. I picked the boat up last fall and I was too ill to run the boat or even get on it. Finally up to par and had time so I took a fresh battery and hooked it up. Turned the key...all it does is bump. Will not turn over. This is the first time I tried to start it since I towed it home.
If I know Gil, he will make it right, or help me to get it going.
Update soon.

We dropped off our boat and waited weeks for a response. When we finally got one it was a week AFTER we picked up our boat,
because we were over waiting. They told us they had looked at the boat that past week (when it wasn't there mind you...) and they needed another $500 because it wouldn't stay running. I called their bluff and told them they broke our ladder. She had nothing to say. I hung up. Can I take my one star away and leave -1?