Catamaran Boat Yard 33037

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L. LEWIS

Needed hull cleaned after 1 year in water. The owner, Sam, gave me a written estimate and was able to do a good Job for less than offered. He keeps his word. I recommend this business. Service: Boat cleaning

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Kristy Juan

We anchored just outside for the night on our way down south, and wanted to top off our tank before continuing and Sam let us fill up our Jerry cans free of charge. He even offered to let us dock up to fill water, but we’d already dropped our anchor. Sam also let us dinghy up at the dock (marina next door) for a few hours to get some dinner in town. Would recommend.

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Michelle McLean

Awesome place with everything you could need to make your boat ready to be launched from their onsite boat ramp. Key Largo is a slice of island paradise! 88 TON MARINE TRAVELIFT They haul up to 27' 7" WIDE AND UP TO 80' LONG Services: Boat cleaning, General repairs & maintenance

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FIRST LAST

The owner is an ex con and well known in the keys to be a con man. Stay away, he is a crook with a small man complex.

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Dave McCaslin

What a great experience. Sam requested I give him a call prior to arriving so he could be there. He has a couple of work sites, I wouldn’t want him hanging around waiting on me anyway. Sam helped launch the boat and show me where my slip was. He went above and beyond what he had to do. Slip was perfect and has water/electric. Great guy and business. Thanks for all your help Sam!! I would recommend his business. The camp ground looks really nice too, very clean and nice people there.

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Michael Benedetti

I used them (July 2021) for trailer storage and dropping in and hauling out my 32' center console. I dealt with Sam and he was friendly, very polite, and very accommodating. The ramp was in great shape and super easy to use. They have a hose area for water wash down/flushing also. I came in on super low tide and the channel is easily followed. I would 100% recommend them.

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Redneck Tyler

Had to use their ramp and short term storage for my jet ski on vacation it was a very painless and chill experience, they had a well marked channel out to deeper water though at low tide it can be quite shallow with nothing but rocks on the bottom but a great option for someone who cant find a public ramp or anywhere to park their boat!

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Jennifer Greenwalt

Never again. The place my family and I were staying at recommended this boat yard to launch and store our boat trailer for our weekend in the keys. The guy we worked with, Sam, was anything but pleasant. We arrived at the gate and gave him a call. He stated he tells people to give him an hour heads up prior to arrival, however he never told us any such thing. After waiting for about 35 minutes for him to show up, they had to move a giant sailboat crane out of the boat ramp launch. We paid an extra $40 for unlimited boat ramp access...however when we asked if that crane would be parked there again... Sams response was “well then you’ll have to wait”. We were told we would be charged a full day if we picked it up at 6AM the last day so we informed him we would pick it up the day before. He was very rude and let us know if the trailer was there a minute past midnight he would have it towed. However, he then texted us the last day around 4:30 PM and informed us it would be towed if it was a minute past dark. The quality of service and boat yard is very poor for $25 a day along with the $40 boat ramp access. Save your money and your time and take your boat to the Caribbean Club.Service: Boat trailer service

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patrick lyle

Great location. Secure and easy to access. For a fraction of the price that our resort was going to charge us for a boat slip we decided instead to keep the boat on the trailer and park them at Catamaran. This allowed us to either use the onsite boat ramp or easily hook up and drive the boat to another island. It really made our trip to the keys a much better experience.

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Sailing Joya

It was a painful experience. I don't know where the positive reviews come from. We haven't meet one happy sailboat owner while we were there. The site is a junkyard but could be nice and Sam could be pleasant at times if he wasn't such an autocratic, penny-pinching profiteer. Ask for a copy of his contract BEFORE you make your decision. In his contract it is stipulated that you HAVE to buy everything that you'll need to fix your boat through Boat Yard Catamaran ( Sam ). Everything. The paint, the primer, the little brushes, plastic sheet, acetone... etc. This caused us problems besides the fact that his stuff was super expensive ( he charges West Marine prices and sometimes more) and he has to order some products for you. Ex: two small rolls of 1 inch vinyl tape at $37 dollars a piece, 2 paint brushes at $40 dollars each, the cheap little dispensable brushes at the dollar stores were $3 dollars each and on and on. The yard hasn't had the channel dredged for years. It's not wide enough for comfort if you have a wide beam like us (25ft.) We met 6 sailboat owners while we were there and 5 of them touched bottom coming in or out or both. It's also poorly indicated. There are only two visible metal posts that indicate the way. We now know why. Sam can always claim that you didn't follow the channel and that way you are the problem. If the passage was clearly marked then, when touching ground, the yard could be responsible. Sam will tell you nobody touches bottom in the channel. Not true. The GPS coordinates don't work ! Why ? There's NO channel anymore ! We got stuck at high tide at the entrance of the channel. But what really hurt us was when we docked the boat on the lift dock. We hit a coral shelf right at the dock. Really ! At The Dock !! We couldn't move at all. When the tide got lower our boat listed to one side. We had to work so hard to move her that we broke our 2 keels. One lost a big chunk ten inches long and the other one was cracked in many places. Sam took zero responsibility.There are NO signs whatsoever on his dock that warn of a shallow bottom. Boats drawing more than 4 feet should stay away. Our recommendation, if you absolutely MUST haul out, is to enter at full moon high tide. It says in the contract that you can be charged a fee to stay on your boat. It's a privilege that Sam gives you (to not charge the fee) but he can change his mind anytime. We met a boater who was not allowed to live aboard.The rules at CBY subject to the whims of the owner. Another restriction.You cannot work after 5:00 pm subject to a penalty of $500 dollars. You're not even supposed to clean your stuff after 5:00 pm. Now that was a real bummer because in the morning the boat was often soaked by the morning dew and we had to dry it to start glassing. It took time. If it rained we were also stoppedand the days were short. This rule didn't apply to his employees who were regularly working until 7:00 pm. Everyday around 5:00 pm we saw Sam in his truck come by our boat to check on us. The lot has bad drainage. Our boat was sitting in a pool of water for days after it rained. It happened twice.We worked in mud but this situation didn't apply to the whole boatyard. It's a shame this could be a good DIY yard. We had friends who wanted to go but followed our story and decided to pass. We personally won't go back there. I read all the reviews and the answers from Catamaran Boat Yard are not honest according to our experience.Service: General repairs & maintenance