I am so grateful to have gotten my 42 foot Catalina worked on by Morton Marine. Ken was always a phone call away, very patient, professional, honest, and easy to communicate with. His knowledge about boats and issues made it simple to figure out what needed to be done in order to fix the problems I was having. The boat was having vibration issues and I was unable to rev the rpms which made it impossible for the boat to reach a normal speeds. After hauling out and pulling the shaft we needed to get a new shaft made, new prop, and just a full overhaul. I put all my trust in him and his team and ended up with better results than I could even imagine. It's like a new boat, I'm so happy. I was terrified of the final price at first but it was very fare. That's rare. Thank you Ken, Stan, Cole, and Luke. See you soon. Captain Liz Owner of Sterling Sails read more

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I had a very positive experience with Morton Marine Services. Initially, I was unclear about various businesses working together with Safe Harbor Marine, where I was hauling out my 33 foot sloop for bottom cleaning and painting. I advised them that I wanted two seacocks inspected and possibly replaced, as well as repacking of both the prop shaft and rudder post. Upon haulout, I was directed across the yard to Morton Marine for those engineering issues, as Safe Harbor was only handling the bottom exterior of the boat. Upon arrival, I met with Stan, who was aware of the work I had requested, and came with me to size up what was needed before the boat even left the water. He clearly understood my concerns and described a plan of action. He was certain the work would be completed within the 4 days Safe Harbor was allowing for the bottom job. Before I went home on day one, the boat was hauled and on jackstands. I was absent for day 2, but they must have hit the ground running as most of my work items were handled then. On the morning of day 3, I was back to the yard to check on progress, and found the Morton Marine employee Vadim just finishing the rudder post packing. Everything I'd asked for was done and the yard was planning for launching soon. He then told me that they had observed pin hole leaks of water from my engine exhaust hose that was next to the rudder post. I knew the hose was old, but was surprised that it was worn to the point of failure, allowing exhaust gasses into the interior of the boat, a very dangerous situation. Of course I directed that it be replaced, which was possible pierside after launching. This called for removal of a decorative panel covering a wooden box thru-way for the hose to rise vertically upward a few feet above the waterline to prevent vacuum siphoning of seawater into the engine. At this point Ken Morton (owner and ops boss) arrived and personally assisted in panel removal to ensure it was not damaged. Mine must've been the smallest job in the yard, but the attention I was getting was amazing. We then found very rusted and disintegrating stainless tubing at the top of the hose loop. Ken said he would try to find a replacement, but it might have to be fabricated (very expensive). I was resigned to the cash outlay since this was a serious safety hazard, but the next morning Ken called to advise that Stan had reminded him that a far less expensive fiberglass loop was available. Five hours later, everything was done, including Stan adjusting the prop packing gland for a proper drip rate with shaft turning ahead and astern pierside. The worksite (my galley, head, and aft cabin) was wiped down and vacuumed. Everything Vadim and Stan worked on was clean and meticulously done to the highest standards. I am very grateful to Vadim, and Stan, and Ken for their superb work and attention to a major safety issue I had missed. These are the guys I will return to for boat servicing in the future, and I wholeheartedly recommend them to anyone needing engineering work on their boat in the San Diego area. read more

Had some work done on my boat by Morton Marine. Great outfit. Ken is a straight forward business owner and his techs get it done! Brenden (spelling?) was on the spot with a review and repair to our through-hull exhaust fittings and made sure that it was done in a timely manner. Thanks for the good work. Tony read more

Want to get'er done??? Call Ken. Unbelievably reasonable pricing. Neat, clean, fast. Friendly? To the max!

These guys did right by me. Good work, fair price. I could not expect more. Ken and his crew, we're on the level with me, and we got the job done! read more

Recently had my 40' powerboat hauled and I requested that Morton marine do the mechanical work such as replacing a raw water intake valve with new, installed new cutlass bearings, installed new lumitec underwater lights, installing a new through hull for future bait tank and troubleshooting a problem with the shower drain and pump. This was my first haul out with this boat and when I delivered my boat to the boatyard, Ken Morton was there to greet me and go over things I needed done. The quality of Morton Marines work is outstanding and the pricing was reasonable and exactly as quoted. I highly recommend Morton Marine and will be calling upon them soon to install a new bait tank. Thank you Morton Marine! read more

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I have never been a person that leaves any kind of review...it takes too much time, honestly its too much of a pain in the A$$. There are some companies out there that do business so bad that it literaly makes your jaw drop. Because of this situation, I have made it a "Rule" of mine to only write a review if the experience was so bad, I have no choice "but to leave a bad review". I feel I have to warn other people about this business. Most of my experiences luckily are good 99% of the time, and I am not going to leave good reviews. Im definately not going to leave a bad review if, for instance, my "soup" was cold, or the waitress was rude, ETC... It has to be "Jaw droppingly bad" for me to write a bad review. I have recently started with these type of "reviews" & remembered a horrible experience that happened with "Morton Marine". Even though it happened some years ago, I stronly believe people should be aware of the type of business this man does. The situation is as follows. I first had him start a monthly wash service on my boat, & everything was going great, till one day I noticed a crack on the plexiglass part of my hatch door. It was there right after they had washed my boat, so I obviously put 2+2 together and called him to say his guys busted the glass. The man is basically a "used car salesman". He talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked, & then he talked some more. Then, when I thought he was done, I tried to retort, then he would interupt and talk and talk and talk and talk.... well, you get the picture...He basically was not going to accept responsibilty..the guy is mind numbing!! I finally gave up & just said whatever. I continued to do business w/guy...figuring he would at least scold his guys & tell them to be more careful, even if he didnt accept responsability to me. They didnt break anything else, so I hired him to do some bottom work on my boat including through holes & redo the packing gland. It was expensive, around $7k I believe. About a year later, I moved up to LA with my boat. I took her out one day & all of a sudden I heard a big "CHUNK" noise come from my engine & the engine stopped. I ran below, & was shocked to see my engine compartment flooding with seawater. Luckily my bilge pump was working, but I was really nervous & ran out & got a new one in case my old one crapped out. It was a weekend so all the "boat haul out places" were closed, so I had to stay the whole weekend by bilge pump to make sure my boat didnt sink. Anyways, as you can imagine, it was a very long & stressfull weekend. Monday, I took day off of work to take it to boat yard, I was extremely lucky they had time to haul out my boat. They found the problem. They said in no uncertain terms, "the problem was, whoever installed the packing gland(Morton marine)put a rubber hose on that had no business being there. They could see that he had it clipped to the side & over the course of a year it finally worked its way loose & that day it got tangled on shaft & caused the issue." As you can imagine I was livid! So I called him.....I explained situation to him to get him to pay.....then of course, he talked & talked.....you get the picture. I didnt want to argue with him, so I just hung up. The good news is, the boat yard said this would be covered by my insurance...Wow!!! That was such a relief. The boatyard also put the full blame on (Morton Marine). I didnt check to see if the insurance went after Morton Marine, I was just happy that I didnt have to pay for it. In closing, this is the type of business this man does. I feel it was my obligation to let consumers know, & I feel bad that it took so long for me to write this review & hope that something similar has not happened to someone else. read more

I came in to get a new cutlass bearing. Stan pointed out a few other repairs I could do while my boat was out of the water. He called me every day to update me a the progress. There were not any unexpected repairs on the bill. I will use Morton again. Randy read more

Be careful when you're hauled out at Shelter Island Boat Yard and at their mercy. Morton Marine said they gave me a $350 estimate to press in a cutlass bearing, which I did NOT receive. I did make the mistake of not asking for one... it being such a minor job and we already had the part I wasn't too concerned. It was a 15min job, we stood by and watched. When I went to pay Stan he told me $250 (which I guess is supposed to be a good deal?). I was surprised and protested a bit and he said "how about $200". I said, that's still like $400 an hour and he said "well we had 2 guys on it and it's $100 each minimum". Shaking my head I wrote the check. This is not my 1st bad experience with boat yards and I think this is an all too common practice...just be sure to get EVERYTHING in writing BEFORE you're hauled out...I've given 2 stars instead of 1 because Stan did do it for us on a Friday with short notice so we'd have the weekend to work on the next steps. read more

My experience with Morton Marine was a disaster from the start. They weren't my choice to replace the through hull fittings and the dripless shaft packing on my boat but the original contractor handed the job off to them without my consent. First of all, they refused to replace the frozen 42 year old seacocks because it was too much work and told me that they would "rebuild" them in place instead. Three days later, a Friday evening, I got a call that my boat had been splashed and that I needed to move it from the dock where it was tied up -- unlocked with the ignition key in it and no security. Once I it got home, an inspection revealed that Morton had only worked on half the seacocks, there was a leak from the pedro tube and the propeller shaft was misaligned. When I discussed this with him later, he said that he had "talked to a man who said there were time and money constraints." I am a woman and I handled the negotiations myself since I am fairly well versed in boat maintenance. I brought the boat back for them to finish the work and they did a sloppy job of it, trying to fix the leak with a lot of Splash Zone instead of doing it right and doing nothing about the shaft misalignment. I ended up having to take the boat to Marine Group National City and pay over $16,000 to have the work done right. Given the poor quality of their work and their multiple instances of dishonestly, I can't recommend Morton Marine Services. read more

The folks at Morton Marine did some work on my 36' Columbia last week while it was on the hard. Not only did they give straight advice of what needed to be done, they also advised what didn't need to be done! Then when the inevitable last minute issue came up the stepped up and resolved it in record time helping me avoid an extra day in the yard. Also really nice people... Thanks Morton Marine read more

I own a 36' Regal Commodore power boat that was in dry dock at Shelter Island Marina for bottom paint and was in contact with Ken Morton of Morton Marine for the free courtesy inspection they perform while the boat is hauled out. Ken was very professional and timely in his inspection report and even gave updates on the bottom paint (which Morton Marine doesn't perform bottom paint) but was a nice professional courtesy since they are located on the dry dock yard. Ken explained honestly what all was wrong but more importantly what needed to be attended to immediately. He gave an estimate of charges to include labor and parts and in the end, it actually came out to be less. Ken went above and beyond to make sure I was satisfied with the repairs and the cleanliness of the boat after the repairs. Ken always tried to respond to my calls/texts immediately, which was never more than 1 hour. Thank you Ken for your professionalism and customer service. You came highly recommended from the other boaters in my Marina and I will recommend your services to other boaters as well. Thank you Ken! read more

Over 6 years ago Morton Marine was recommended to us as the best. Ken and his team have consistently proven to be just that. Our boat is a 2002, but people can't believe it isn't a newer model. read more