Boat detailing on Amelia Island

Historic harbor, harsh salt

Amelia Island wears its waterfront on its sleeve. Fernandina Harbor Marina anchors the historic downtown, where the working shrimp-boat fleet and the old brick riverfront have shared these docks for well over a century. Beyond the marina, private slips and lifts line the Amelia River as it winds through the marsh between the island and the mainland — some of the most beautiful, and most exposed, boating water in Northeast Florida.

That exposure is the catch. Sitting at the mouth of the St. Marys and open to the Atlantic, Amelia Island takes a heavier dose of salt spray and humidity than boats tucked further up the river. Gelcoat chalks faster, stainless and aluminum spot and pit sooner, and canvas and vinyl weather hard under the coastal sun. A hull that looks showroom-fresh in spring can go dull by late summer if it isn't protected. That's exactly the gap we fill — and because we work Amelia Island on a mobile basis, your boat gets cared for right where it's kept.

What we do for Amelia Island boats

On Amelia Island the priority is beating back that Atlantic salt before it does damage. Most owners here start with a full detail to correct the season's oxidation and haze, then lock the finish in with a marine ceramic coating so salt and sun sheet off instead of baking into the gelcoat. If your finish has already gone chalky from the coastal exposure, our oxidation removal brings the wet gloss back, and a steady wash-and-wax maintenance plan is the single best way to keep heavy salt from rebuilding between visits. Ceramic protection plus regular washing is the one-two punch built for water this exposed.

Whether your boat rides a lift on the Amelia River, sits in a slip at Fernandina Harbor Marina, lives in dry storage, or waits on a trailer in the driveway, we roll up with marine-specific products, water, and power and hand it back gleaming — no need to move it across the island.