Barry's Marine is a gem. Had a stainless steel prop, fish finder/sonar and an engine tune up all done by Barry. Barry's price came in lower than what the stealership wanted for the steel prop ALONE not to mention all the other work he did. The work is done well, on time, and you can tell he takes pride in his work. He told me that due to the curvature of my dash that a mount would be difficult to place where I wanted it but he was able to make it work and it looks great! How many places can you say that about?
Recently I had a skeg break off that was improperly (no pun intended) welded on. He recommended Mike's prop shop. Due to the poor craftsmanship that was done previously (by a previous owner, not me) they were unable to properly fix the skeg without potential damage to the lower unit. Barry did everything in his power to try to get the skeg fixed and even after I had already come to terms with needing a new lower unit, he still had one more weld guy he wanted to try.
The other welder confirmed it was not salvageable so I got a new aftermarket lower unit by Barry for less than 1/3 of the price of a stealership.
Each time Barry has touched my boat the performance is better than it was before, and noticeably so. My friend has a newer boat (by about 10 years) than I do and he says mine is quieter and works better than his.
Barry is my go to for anything I need done with my boat and in the short time I've owned my boat I wouldn't let anyone else touch it.
Thanks for being honest and a good business person. Hard to come by these days. read more