We kept boats at Spring Cove Marina for approximately six years. We will never return to that marina and warn you to avoid it as well. The marina changed ownership and it has been a very negative experience ever since.
One of these owners of the marina called us laughing to tell us our boat was damaged by another slip holder and to come to the marina right away. We were not met by anyone when we rushed over to assess the damage. We flagged a dock hand down who also laughed stating it was not as much damage as the last boat this person hit. This nightmare ended our boating season early in 2022 and to this day the damage has not been fixed properly. The owners have never inquired whether or not this has been resolved.
There is no longer any security or any functional cameras monitoring your boat. On two occasions we returned to our slip to discover our lines/ropes were stolen. Several times we arrived to find our sliding glass door was ajar letting the air conditioning or heat to escape for who knows how long. This door takes much effort to open so we do not know who was entering our boat. We had the fear someone would cause more damage trying open our locked door as that happened to another Spring Cove Marina customer on the marina property. We noticed this stopped happening once we installed cameras on our boat. However, when our boat was not in our slip, we could not see who was stealing our lines.
The pilings and docks are dangerous. The pilings are so loose they wobble as you walk and try to board your boat using a finger pier. Some of these pilings are so short, you cannot see them while trying to dock. They also hit the sides of your boat when the tide changes and your lines need to be adjusted. Nobody will adjust your lines or contact you to come down to the marina. With the pilings being so low, it is also very hard to remove or grab your lines as they are below the rub rail. The nails on the severely splintered docks stick up, will cut your feet, stub your toes and cause tripping. This also contributes to boards popping up when you stand on one end.
The power is inconsistent to the pedestals. The power will go out or surge regularly. If there is a storm, the power will be out for a great length of time. This required technical support, many system reboots to repower our boat and new batteries all at our expense. After returning to our boat and discovering lights and televisions turned on, we set up cameras on our boat to rule out trespassers. We discovered the power surged regularly causing our lights and tv's to come on. We also noticed the meter spun quickly even with nothing plugged into the pedestal. Our electric bills were outrageous even when were not in our slip very much as we also had a slip at another location. We were also charged for electric they did not provide that resulted in another costly technician reboot and set of four new batteries.
While the boatyard was still owned by Spring Cove Marina's current owners, they increased the charges significantly for repairs, work and maintenance. The improperly applied Propspeed and bottom paint that we were overcharged for did not even last seven months. We also paid for repairs that were not performed properly, leaving our generator and stereo inoperable. When we inquired why the technician was not returning to our boat to repair them, we were told our technician was pulled off of our boat to work on the Spring Cove Marina owner's personal boats, therefore our generator and stereo where never repaired even though we paid for the repairs.
The accounting practices at this marina are suspect and will cost you with lots of surprises. Even when you leave this marina, you will receive bogus bills.
These are only a few examples of our negative experiences. Sadly however, our experiences seem to be similar to so many others here in our boating community.
While the marina may boast nice amenities, you will pay for it with the possibility of damages to your boat or person and you will be overcharged for it to boot.
With excitement we really wanted the new owners to be an asset to our community and for Spring Cove Marina to be a marina we could be proud to support. However, it has been a costly nightmare and very disappointing. read more