Wait, you can review Fay's Point? Where's my sixth star??…read more Let me tell you a bit about me. I'm a proud Cal-Sag junkie. So much local history can be found in our waterways and so little of it is known. Briefly: Blue Island really was an island. Some 15,000 years ago, when glacial Lake Chicago existed, Blue Island stood proud above the lake. As it receded our rivers, creeks and wetlands were formed. Fay's Point, uniquely, sits just past where the Little Calumet River turns back on itself and empties into the Calumet River. Stony Creek meandered to the west. From the 1840s to the 1870s a feeder canal helped keep the I&M Canal filled, and in the 1910s the Cal-Sag Channel was dug, reversing the flow of the Calumet River and altering Stony Creek forever. The Cal-Sag Channel opens for business in 1921, at its widest only 60 feet across. In the 1960s it was expanded to its current width of 225 feet. Go for a walk along the north bank of Fay's Point. Across the Cal-Sag, on the north bank, you'll see some the "ruins" of the Blue Island lock. From the 1920s to 1960s this was the controlling works for the Cal-Sag, the boundary between Lake Michigan, the Illinois Waterway and ultimately the Mississippi River. You can still tour this amazing waterway. Local boaters often complete a "triangle tour" down the Cal-Sag, up the Ship and Sanitary Canal, into Lake Michigan and back to the Calumet River. The more adventurous might take the Cal-Sag into the Desplaines and Illinois rivers, into the Mississippi and all the way to the gulf. Who knew you could connect to the whole world from Blue Island?! Fay's Point features a marina with 88 boat slips. This active marina can hold boats up to 40+ feet. It offers an idyllic setting on the bank of the Little Calumet River. The north bank has been restored with native wetland plants and is a haven for birds and other critters. Across the river is the Forest Preserve District and Joe Louis golf course. It might be worth renting a slip just for a chance to hang out on the river in such a relaxing setting. This safe and modern marina is the best in the region. The Little Calumet River is also becoming popular with paddlers, and offers a great course for families and beginners looking to explore our region's waterways. Check out the Calumet Waterway Stewards website for annual paddling and clean up events.

From the owner: Built in 2006, the Fay's Point Marina sits on the Little Calumet River, just 25 minutes south of…read moredowntown Chicago. Many community members have already made the Fay's Point Marina a second home. Between weekend relaxation, aquatic sports, golfing, and barbecue gatherings, you'll never run out of ways to spend your hard-earned free time.

Great place. Nice people. Good amount of parking and I will go back. Not a lot of people eitherread more

Love the security, location and cleanliness here. A big difference from the Dolton Marina! One…read moreless lock to go through is always a plus! Granted, the marina in Indiana is surrounded by casinos and some factories, which I still consider an upgrade from having to go through the Cal-Sag with all the factories and garbage dumps!

Solid marina with knowledgeable staff and fair pricing. Most people don't understand what's going…read moreon with their boat and fewer understand these things cost real money to operate. I can tell you that the people at sunset bay have several commercial customers who rely on their equipment working properly and I've never heard anything crazy come out the people that work there. I've been with them a little over 2 years now and wouldn't consider any other place in the area for reasonably priced services from competent people. I've worked with marinas all along Florida, the Caribbean, and up/down the East Coast so I've seen plenty of what's out there. The only other place I'd trust to do the job right is Bock marine out of North Carolina.

DO NOT use this marina. Unorganized. Unreliable…read more Unprofessional. As a result of the incompetence, there has been damage done to our boat as well as false information provided from our queries, i.e., we were advised that our transmission was removed and sent out for repair, when in fact, two MONTHS later it was still sitting in the boat. And the list goes on and on: over priced, under serviced, filthy premises, unfriendly/unreliable staff.

Dealing with a handful of marinas on the Calumet, the only thing I can say is that their…read moreincompetence is only exceeded by their extraordinarily horrible customer service. In particular Sunset Bay. While Cal Side isn't the most "high end" of places, they are good, honest folks who always do what they say and can be trusted with your boat. In particular the manager Mary always goes above and beyond. She is pleasant to deal with, provides great customer service and will even pick you up/drop off from the train station. She has even picked up oil from the local Walmart for me to help save a couple of bucks. I cannot recommend Cal Side and Manager Mary enough - THEY ARE GREAT!!

This is a warning....stay away!!!! I will follow up with a detailed review before the end of the…read moreboating season. I was told to stay away and I should have listened. Got one star only because I had to give them something!! I have never been treated with such rudeness from incompetent, ignorant and unprofessional people...Tom and Mary, and the owner, Steve Brown. Spread the word please...I will give more details soon!!!

As a charter business owner with two boats, I;ve had a exceptional first year at Pier 11marina with…read moreMike and Matt. Their pricing was more competitive than other Chciago marinas, making it an wasy choice. They provided seamless access t my boats whenever I needed and got me i nthe water as early as April 1st with my main boat which was crucial for my seson. One of the owners even picked me up at Diversey Harbor and Drove me in so I can have a car when I brought my boat in. I'm especially impressed that they are helping me with an upcoming engine replacement on one of my boats next week, using their equipment to pull the old engine and install the new one. This kind of supposrt is invaluable. I hightly recommen Pier 11 Marina to any boat owners. Jason Palermo Diversey Harbor Boat Rentals

Horrible management ! This place is dirty and they don't take care of your boat ! Took my boat next…read moredoor so much better !

If you have a boat and need to get it fixed, do it here. They will take care of all your needs.read more

Mike and the team are knowledgeable, precise, meticulous and punctual…read more I came to them with a problem, which another shop could not get resolved for weeks. Here the problem was solved in one day and I was back on the water. Highly recommend.

I was fairly new to boating when I met the good folks a Terpstra's Marine. I was looking for a new…read moreSuzuki outboard for my (new to me) vintage runabout. Their price was a bit high but they were super responsive to email and phone. Ultimately I drove 4 hours to save some money with another dealer. Huge mistake!!! The other dealer kept my boat for 3 weeks (supposed to be 3 days) and rigged the boat in such a poor manor that I ended up bringing my boat to Terpstra's to get fixed correctly. They promptly worked me into their schedule, re rigged the boat correctly, quickly and for a very fare price. Plus they provided detailed paperwork and that helped me get some money back from the original Suzuki dealer I worked with. Terpstra Marine is honest and hard working. They got me back on the water quickly and added a lot of value and safety to my boat. At the end of the season I got the boat winterized by Terpstra and again they treated me like family. I will never take my boat to another dealer. These guys are awsome!!!

When I went in I have the intention to look for stuff for my husband's boat. I felt that since I…read moredid not purchase my boat from terpstra's I didn't get the customer service they would have given had I would have put that money in their pockets rather than another companies. They weren't rude, they just weren't overly friendly. And I spent a pretty good bit on just minor things. The products are quality, and nice, but I think next time I would rather go to Cabela's where people are a lot more friendly. When we spoke the first time we talked about his daughter and her being in the medical field I'm not going to say it was specifically what she does and where she worked and I won't disclose that either. But it's the fact that I listen to him he just really didn't listen to me. That's how I felt. Today of course I walked up to the front counter where his brother was, and he was very nice. He walked me back to where the salesperson was I asked him questions he hurried through it and said he had to go and catch a phone call. He never came back. The lady up front and his brother also helped me as much as they could. He came back out I asked him another question. Again he hurried through it and kind of brushed me off. He doesn't know if I actually would purchase a boat from them next time or not. so when he came to the counter the last time and still didn't really acknowledge me but made sure to tell the lady up front that he was losing out on money because he didn't have a specific item in stock. That was it for me. I won't buy an expensive boat from them because I do not feel like I am acknowledged or appreciated in this establishment. I wish there was another boat sales, service, and maintenance place close. But since thes not, I will just be going somewhere else. Unless it's something really minor that I can pick up from here. I'm just one of those people that like to be able to converse and get a little bit more information on things that I do not know about. I don't like feeling like I'm just another customer that needs to hurry up and buy. I bought two mounts because I didn't know which one to get. And I felt like he just didn't care. It's really disheartening, Especially when I don't know what I'm looking for. They seem to know what they're talking about but don't really help you to understand the things that you need. And until they can do that and make me feel like a valued customer I don't think I would patronize this business again. This was the main reason I left last week and purchased the boat itself elsewhere.

Marine Services is a wonderful family owned business run by some very nice people! They have a…read morebeautiful facility that they keep very clean! The staff is all very friendly and helpful! I highly recommend them for all of your needs! Sincere Thanks for taking care of me! I am so glad that Captain Justin Recommended you to me!

Everyone was very pleasant and nice, but they slapped some new paint on a rotten boat and sold it…read moreto me. Granted it was my first boat purchase and I could have asked them to check the engine, but I had good faith that they--the nice people selling me my first boat--had already made sure it wasn't a piece of crap. They knew the previous owner, so they knew the (lack of) maintenance that had been done on the boat...but I was the one who found out that the long block rusted through, started to take on water, and slowly destroyed the inside of the engine. During my first summer, I was stranded more than a dozen times and towed to shore. It was scary. 2 years later, after completely overhauling the inside and rebuilding the engine, the boat is back in business. But I had to take it somewhere else to get it there. If you buy from here, ask for work orders. Ask for engine inspections. Ask for everything you can't see with your own eyes.