Brian's Mobile Boat Repair

the guy is a fraud Hired him to do an inspection Paid $500 did not report any of the minor items reported by the owner Brought the boat based on his inspection First time we took it out it didn't run right and stalled. Had to be towed in Its been in the shop for over two weeks the and expected repair bill for what is wrong is going to be Appropriately $10,000 I am filing a small claims claim against Brian.

I live in Seattle and had agreement to buy a boat in fort Meyers. I needed a boat inspection so I found Brian marine services on google search. I called Brian and he agreed to do a boat inspection and wanted to charge me $600, within minutes he collected my payment over the phone although we had not schedule a time for inspection yet. When he did go out for the inspection 2 days later, he called me after the about 30 minutes on the job and he said he was done. He told me the boat was great and but there was a leak otherwise everything is good with compression check at 150psi. I ask him for pictures of the engine and invoice. Unfortunately he was only able to give me a 8 seconds video of the leak and nothing else. His invoice were hand written with couple of notations. That was it for $600 for 30 minutes of his time. I then called my local mechanic and showed him the invoice and the Video. My mechanic then called Brian directly and asked him for pictures, which he had none. He asked him give the compression check of all the cylinders and the PSI. Brian responded they were all good and couldn't give him specific. He asked Brian, did you see all the rust in the engine? Was is sunken? Brian responded is Florida. My mechanic keep questioning but Brian had no answer. My mechanic told me to get another boat inspection because Brian didn't do anything especially in 30 minutes. I then spoke to the seller, and he said I wasn't going to tell you anything but he showed up shirtless smoking and continue to smoke during the inspection in the bilge. The seller even pointed out the issues but Brian ignored it. I called Brian and told him about all the issues I had with this inspection. I told him you need refund me $300 as I have to hire another boat mechanic to re-do his work. If he doesn't I will go on yelp let people know of my experience. He said no and continue to say that the seller has his own pictures. Really?? I hired Brian to work for me and give an objective view of the engine. All he did was spent 30 minutes and gave me 8 seconds video and said everything is good, when there were obvious things the selller, my local mechanic and I can see. It is my fault I should of researched Brian more and not take the first person that took the job. If you look up Brian marine services, you can tell there were many people share similar experiences on Yelp, google, and Angie's list. I wish I could give him zero star and put the heading as "STAY AWAY, STAY AWAY".

Could not find the issue after 2 hours. Claimed it had to do with starter, then the solenoid and then the computer. RS Marine service tracked all the wiring and resolved the issue in 30 minutes. Wires were hooked up wrong.

The first time Brian came and did several repairs that were needed. It seemed fine. The second time I called him about an issue with the boat he claimed I needed a part which could get THAT WOULD COST $1200. I had an experienced boater from the local power squadron. We went out on the water and I told him about the boat issue. He said it's very normal and not to worry about it. I felt really angry that Brian would try to get me to spend $1200 on an unneeded part. Not okay.

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Called to have service done on my boat. Brian call back with day and time to come out to do the work. At 5 o'clock of the day of the service I called to see if he was still coming and received no answer. 40 minutes later he call back and said he was tide up and wouldn't be able to come out that day after having some one wait all day. He said he would be back in my area the following week. That has been six weeks ago and still haven't heard back from them. This must be typical for SW Florida's contractors. Even with Angie's list and good reviews this is the third time I have been given the run around.

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125 Merc started as good as a new motor. Linkage cables had some problems and he came back and we put the boat in the water and fine tuned the linkage cables and carbs. I took it out for a 50 mile run and it worked flawless.

He cleaned Carbs and did a complete service on both motors

Excellent! Brian was diligent in resolving the issue. He explained everything and indicated he had to research this issue and return. He returned and resolved the problem.

He was friendly, informative, and most importantly got the job done!