Boat types
We detail pontoon boats, wakeboard and wake boats, center console boats and yachts. The seven services are the same across all of them, but the layout of a boat decides where the work actually goes: how much vinyl there is, how much stainless and aluminum hardware, how much hull sits below the waterline, and how much of the deck takes direct sun all day.
Two boats of the same length can need very different visits. A pontoon is mostly flat deck, fence panels, aluminum tubes and a large expanse of vinyl seating with almost nothing shading it. A wake boat carries dense upholstery, a tower with hardware in constant water contact, and dark gelcoat that shows oxidation earlier than a white hull does. A center console is open, hardware-heavy and dominated by non-skid decking. A yacht multiplies hull surface area and freeboard, so staged correction takes planning rather than a single pass.
That is also why we quote per boat rather than by a fixed package. When you send the boat type, approximate length and current condition, we can tell what the visit involves before anyone is standing on the dock guessing.
Pontoons live and die by their vinyl and their aluminum. The seating area is broad, largely unshaded and gets sunscreen, lake water and grit worked into the grain all season, so upholstery cleaning and conditioning usually carry more weight than anything else. Aluminum tubes and fence panels pick up hard water spotting and a dull film at and just above the waterline, and the flat deck holds standing water in low spots.
Wake boats are hardware-dense and vinyl-heavy, and they spend their day being climbed on with wet feet. Swim platforms, transom areas and tower mounts take repeated water contact, and the dark hull colors that look sharp new are exactly the ones that show oxidation and water spotting first. Interior seams, ballast lockers and storage under seating hold moisture that a wipe-down never reaches.
A center console is an open boat, which means very little is protected from the sun and nearly everything is reachable. The gains usually come from three places: non-skid decking, where dirt sits below the surface texture and a hose does nothing; the helm area, with gauges, switch panels and a console that takes direct UV from morning to evening; and the stainless hardware — rails, cleats, rod holders, ladders — where spotting and surface rust freckling make an otherwise clean boat look tired.
For a console kept in a slip, hull cleaning at the waterline pairs naturally with metal polishing and interior detailing. For one on a trailer, the emphasis shifts toward gelcoat and helm surfaces, since UV load continues whether or not the boat is in the water.
On a yacht, scale is the defining factor. There is far more hull surface, more freeboard to work at height, and finishes where the order of operations matters: a test spot to judge how much correction the gelcoat needs and can take, staged compounding, then refining polish, then protection. Rushing that sequence on a large hull produces visible inconsistency between panels.
Interiors add their own work — more upholstery, more enclosed spaces that hold humidity, more hardware to polish. Because a larger boat also means a longer visit, access and the availability of water and power at the slip or dock are worth confirming before the work is scheduled rather than on the day.
Tell us the boat type and approximate length and we will quote the work for that boat.
Send the boat type, approximate length, condition and where it is kept. We quote per boat, and we come to the dock, slip or storage location.