I took my family out for a few hours on a boat we rented from Gloucester Boat Rental, and we had a…read moregreat time exploring the outer harbor and the Anissquam River. Highlight for my kids (and me too) was a seal that popped up and hung around for a few minutes. The boat was in fine shape, clean, and easy to operate, and while boating is never going to be cheap, the rates are fair. I hope to do it again in a few weeks, and explore some more of the area.

Great experience! Super easy to rent a boat. We had a great trip around Gloucester. Definitely will…read morerent again.

Nothing but good things to say about Jeff and the shop he runs. He is knowledgeable, professional…read moreand runs a modern clean shop. If you run an outboard in Ipswich then I suggest you maintain and repair it here. Jeff has gotten me back in the water many times and helped with a re-power to bring my boat into this century. It's nice to do business with a stand up guy.

Great marine mechanic! I had a quirky problem with my 25hp Evinrude Etec. Took it to another…read moreauthorized Evinrude shop where they couldn't find the problem, did shoddy work then brushed me off. Jeff at Diamond Marine really dug into the problem to figure it out. For a small job Jeff went above and beyond to find the problem and fix it then submitted it to Evinrude for the warranty claim. All this and I didn't even buy the motor from him originally. This is a business with very high integrity. A breath of fresh air after seeing what the competition does.

Best Place I've ever kept a boat, They walk the dock every tide to make sure all the boats are…read morefloating correctly. I asked for an extended season and they let me keep my boat in until they needed to pull the docks out. I needed to have my water pump serviced and they squeezed me in and had it done in an afternoon. Great bait tackle and parts shop and they had all the service records for my boat so looking up the correct part for the water pump kit was a breeze. I've been at a few other North shore Marina's over the years and I really love being at Perleys Only downside is it can be tough during peak Greenhead season :-)

Great marina, quiet, and easy to get to. Service is professional and well done. I would highly…read morerecommend

I was just looking up their phone number to schedule a pick up of our boat after winter storage and…read moresaw one review that was not a good one. I was outraged, to be honest and decided to write my own review, taking the time out of my life to do so. We have done business with Biggart for several years and have had nothing but great service and knowledge. I note Julie H. wrote her review in December. Well, most marina people take time off around the holidays and in winter months as they work so much in the summer when the rest of us are frolicking on the lakes. Biggart tells you that he is unavailable for the month of January, especially, as he and his family vacation then, when things are not busy. At any rate, we restored an old 1957 boat and we were hoping that our old motor could be spared, we did not protest when we were billed for some hours of work on the old motor as they HAD to do things to test the motor and their time is worth something. We could have insisted that it be fixed, but we were honestly told that it was not going to be in good running condition for long. We chose to scrap the old motor and Biggart assisted us in finding a new motor for our boat and also putting a device on it to adapt a longer shank to the boat. They installed it perfectly and we had absolutely no trouble or problems. They have winter stored our new boats for us and they have done a fabulous job, they even built it's own wooden frame so that shrink wrap is put on top well and there are no gullies where water comes in. They store our batteries, marked with our names on them, for us and re-install them. They have winterized the engines and done it right. The boats have been available when we asked them to be and we always get phone calls back when we leave messages. i don't know what this one person expects, but I feel Biggarts has performed above and beyond all expectations, politely and well done each time. Years of business connections and honesty are what draws us back to them again and again. Guess there is always one sour grapes person out there, but I highly recommend them without question.

After spending a 1500.00 to have my boat repaired. the first time that I went to use it the power…read moretilt would not go down. I brought it by and asked him to take a look at it and the owner immediately got defensive and argumentative and wouldn't even take a look at it. I was told to take it elsewhere to have work done on it. He said that the boat was junk and shouldn't be used. Funny he didn't say the same when he was able to replace an outdrive. I had never had any issues other that the power tilt not working, which he was supposed to repair. Bottom line, find somewhere else to take your boat for repairs, this place does not stand behind it's work. I would give them 0 stars but it is not an option. want to still use them?? you've been warned

Whoever drives your truck around turn is a crazy person. I just watched you almost cause a head on…read morecollision with two cars in heavy rain because you attempted to jump a red light fully onto incoming traffic. Be better before you kill someone

Great service not matter what you need. Great team. Came out this morning to replace a shredded…read morepennant line: got caught around the mooring ball. Excellent proffesional workmanship. Thank you Pete, Rich and everyone at DMS. You can count on DMS

While I was the least experience sailor on a three day intermediate sailing course with Captain…read moreJim, I had a fabulous time, learned a tremendous amount. Very enjoyable crewmembers and Captain Jim is an incredibly patient teacher on his beautiful Hunter 33. We were lucky enough to sail in lots of weather, pea-soup fog, bright hot sunny skies. Becalmed only briefly. Can't help but mention the whale and the porpoise we happen to view! Would I do it again? Absolutely positively looking forward to it!

My family and I had a wonderful time cruising with Captain James and First Mate Cam. Both are real…read morepros, and were just thoroughly pleasant guys throughout the whole experience. The 42-foot Arcadia was comfortable, clean, and well maintained. Everything was top-notch.

Great dive shop for rentals. We go diving on the weekends occasionally and this spot has been…read moreawesome for that. The location of the store is very convenient and close to a lot of dive sites. I bought the rental card which gives pretty good discounts on lots of gear options, and so far it's been a good investment - particularly if you're local it's a good place to fill or rent tanks. They also have scuba diving trips which seem cool - I'll update my review if we end up going on one of those.

They have all the toys and the staff is delight to work with. An excellent Shop for maintenance and…read morerepair of my regulator and console as well.

Bought a boat from Larry about 7 years still running all thanks to him and his crew. He had a boat…read morethat he was selling where the owner never disclosed a massive oil leak from the oil pan. We had already agreed to buy the boat and he caught it before we picked up the boat. The owner was not cooperative in fixing the problem and Larry, and his amazing staff (Ginette was an amazing help!) took it upon themselves to remedy the situation and swallowed the cost to fix it. I will absolutely recommend him to friends and family!