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Boat Mechanic?
Posted: April 1st, 2007, 9:47 am
by Fishman
Can anyone suggest a fair and honest boat mechanic.My boat motor is leaking gear oil from the foot of the motor.Don't know if its a seal or bearings gone bad or both.Any suggestions would be apperciated.
Posted: April 1st, 2007, 10:04 am
by wevans
Posted: April 1st, 2007, 8:57 pm
by Speardivertampa
Advantage Marine has taken really good care of us in the past.
-Chris
Posted: April 3rd, 2007, 2:22 pm
by beatswork
Fair/Honest and Boat mechanic?
Posted: April 3rd, 2007, 2:58 pm
by One Keeper
Porter Marine (421-1490) Waviel Porter is about the best I know around.
Posted: April 3rd, 2007, 3:01 pm
by Sir reel
Back on Jan 17th, I took my boat to Waviel Porter in Woodville. We talked about several items that needed attention of which the most urgent was a bent prop shaft. He looked at it and said "I can straighten it... it'l cost you too much for a new one."
He made a list of the things we agreed on and I left it with him. When he was done, the shaft ran straight and true. I picked up the boat, paid him the agreed upon price and came back to Tallahassee. When I got home I realized that there was one item that hadn't been addressed. My trim motor had been showing signs of corrosion and Mr. Porter had suggested cleaning it and then coating it with an asphaltic product. I called him on the phone and he said, I forgot all about that. I checked the invoice and it had also been left off of it. Mr. Porter told me to bring it back and he'd take care of it which I did. He did the additional work that we had "verbally" agreed on. I picked up the boat and went on my way with no additional charge. That's about as close as you can get to a Fair/Honest Boat Mechanic (imo)
Posted: April 3rd, 2007, 4:02 pm
by seatrout99
Mr. Waivel is hard to beat. From my experience, he is fair and honest.
Posted: April 3rd, 2007, 4:22 pm
by grim reeler
Will Porter work on mercs?
I seem to have heard a rumor of him not liking them.
Posted: April 3rd, 2007, 4:27 pm
by Jumptrout51
He does not care about doing mercury.
He is fair and honest and less expensive on all other repaires.
Posted: April 3rd, 2007, 4:27 pm
by birddog
He told me he would.
Posted: April 3rd, 2007, 4:30 pm
by Jumptrout51
birddog wrote:He told me he would.
That's because you are so special.
Posted: April 3rd, 2007, 4:30 pm
by Atticus
Can someone post his address and phone number? Thanks.
Posted: April 3rd, 2007, 4:40 pm
by birddog
One Keeper wrote:Porter Marine (421-1490) Waviel Porter is about the best I know around.
There's his #
Posted: April 6th, 2007, 8:36 am
by Fishman
Thanks everyone I'll give Porter a call.
Posted: April 9th, 2007, 10:49 pm
by dolphinatic
Mr. Porter is the man......I heard the same rumor about him not liking Mercs also, but he worked on mine without hesitation and she runs like a charm...even for being a 1975 Merc 850....runs like a new one
