Experience started off great, dealing on a new Barletta Tritoon trading our 10-year-old Formula. Our boat was super clean with 240 hours on it. The salesperson, Christian, said "I can sell that boat" and gave us a very good offer, sight unseen. Our boat was delivered to Walker Marine for inspection and shop review. After hearing nothing by the second day I called Christian. He told me I misrepresented our boat and they may have to have it repainted for a cost of $5,000+/-. Our boat is gorgeous and is in excellent condition for a 10-year-old boat. I ask, why didn't you do an on-sight inspection before making your offer. "He didn't have time to leave due to his sales". I'm sure Christian overextended himself with his offer and needed to back out. Dave, the owner of Walker Marine wouldn't talk to me to discuss the issue. Next thing I heard was "we're bringing your boat back and cancelling the deal." How do you tell someone we will give you X amount for a trade, make a deal, and then when they get the item that is pristine, say YOU as the seller misrepresented, when they didn't have the time to come and appraise. read more

Walker Marine - 2016 Formula 270BR - Boat Dealers Near Me - Walker, Minnesota

I've used them for years and they have always been top notch. Honest, responsive, and reasonable.

Worst boat service I've ever experienced. Took my old 2 stroke in because it wasn't running well. Seemed to be starving for gas. Replaced gas line, bulb, and fittings. No change. Took it in and told them I thought it could be the fuel pump or filter. They told me my tanks were bad. Didn't make sense to me, but I figured they were the experts - threw away my two old tanks and bought a new one ($200 for a six gallon plastic tank). With the tank, and labor, I'm up to $300 (I won't count the gas line and fittings - that was my idea). Took it out and there was no difference. Took it back in, told them to spend enough time to make sure it worked. They looked at it, took it for a test drive, and told me it was fixed. They said it was a bad fitting (one of the brand new fittings I just bought from them!!!! I asked them to look again, and to check the fuel filter and fuel pump. Also asked them to install new spark plugs. Less than an hour later, they said it was done. Talked to the mechanic, and he said fuel filter and pump were fine. The only problem was the fitting. Cost was a bit over $500, so now I've given them $800. Took the boat out again, no improvement! I pulled the case off the motor, and it was obvious that none of the hoses had been removed (they were old and grimy - no way can you pull them off without disturbing some of the grime. I decided to check the filter and pump. I removed the spark plug wires, and was shocked to see they weren't even hand tight - just barely started. So, he didn't torque them, or maybe didn't even install new plugs (but I did pay for them to be installed). I went ahead and checked the pump and filter, and the pump was bad. I bought a pump online, installed it, and the motor runs great. I called and talked to a manager, told him they didn't check the fuel pump and filter as I asked, lied about checking it when I asked, and didn't properly install the plugs (or maybe didn't even install them. He said he'd talk to the mechanic, and offered to call me back. I said that'd be fine, but I thought they should refund my money I paid for all the work they didn't do. I've heard no response from him. Save time and money and avoid this place for any service work. read more

Marina is not closed. Open from May through September every year. The main buliding - Dealership is open all year. read more