Let me start out by saying that I would love to have been able to give Lake Anna Marina a five-star rating, but that ship has sailed. Pun intended.
Last winter, we had Lake Anna Marina pull our pontoon boat for winterization and storage. They seemed like lovely people. They arrived on time as scheduled, pulled the boat, and did the work. GREAT!! Or so it seemed.
In the spring when they brought the boat back, they failed to lower the Bimini top for transport. In delivering the boat, their driver clipped the corner of a structure in the parking lot of our marina and ripped the Bimini off, destroying the side of the boat. He was sincerely apologetic, but that didn't change that the boat would require an extensive repair (turns out that it was more than $10K). It would also take approximately two months (at least) to get the repair parts from the manufacturer.
The boat went back to Lake Anna Marina so that they could estimate the damage. It was still useable (although dented and without a Bimini top) and we requested that they bring it back to our marina so that we could at least enjoy some time on the water. There was a question of whether Lake Anna would go through their insurance company or not. They finally decided that they would run it through insurance.
They brought it back, but not without a lot of back-and-forth. Rosie (the owner) required us to sign a waiver of liability, which we did under duress. Interestingly, she was initially willing to allow us to use the boat in their lake (Lake Anna) versus our lake (Lake of the Woods) while waiting for the repair.
After approximately two months, the parts arrived and they came back to pick it up and perform the repairs. They did, in fact, do most of the repairs, although there were parts out of alignment (gates) and we had to replace the clips that hold the Bimini in place because they installed them incorrectly (crooked and unusable). We also had to remind them to fix the depth-finder, which had been ripped off in transport.
When they "finished" the repairs, there were a couple of items outstanding. One was the decal down the side of the boat. Either Lake Anna Marina ordered the wrong decal (for the wrong side of the boat) or Sylvan made a mistake and sent the wrong one. Either way, the boat came back to us without the decal and with the understanding that, when they pulled our boat for winterization and storage in the fall, they would complete the outstanding items.
On top of that, they CHARGED US $250 to pull and deliver the boat for the repair. A repair that was caused by THEIR negligence.
Fast forward to November when we tried to schedule getting our boat pulled for the winter. All of a sudden, there was nobody available to pick it up. Sadly, there were some family crises and we tried to be respectful of that. But it seems that every time we called, we got a different run around. First there was nobody there to take the call from service. Then there was nobody there who could drive the truck. It was always, "I'll ask Rosie what we can do," but nothing materialized. The final straw was today when Rosie told my husband that we were out of luck and that they are closing for the season TOMORROW, so they can't store, winterize, pick up the boat. She asked why we didn't "just use [another business]". Well, we contracted with HER to do the work. Funny how they waited until they sucked that $250 out of our wallet to let us know they really don't want to do business with us.
One of the things that really sticks with me was that Rosie (supposedly such a good Christian) told my husband, "I can talk to God and know I did everything I can for you." Um...no...I'm not quite sure what Jesus would do, but it's probably not that. Rosie and her crew are lying manipulators who would just love to skirt the system. When THEY damaged our boat, it should have been cut-and-dried, but she tried her best to weasel her way out of responsibility. In the end, she didn't do anything but make our life difficult through lying, conniving, and stalling until it was too late to do anything.
I wouldn't do business with Lake Anna Marina if they were the last people on earth. Merry Christmas Rosie. I hope you feel really good about yourself. read more