KUDOS Everybody has a horror story about how they were mistreated by a marine contractor. The whole industry seems to have a reputation of being unreliable. Some of this reputation is undeserved and caused by our own poor planning. You must remember that here in Ontario there is a very small window for these guys to make their living and weather can completely destroy their schedule. It also doesn't help that we all want the work done in the first three weeks of May or the last three weeks of October. Nonetheless there are people in the business who go above and beyond and I believe they deserve some credit. I would like all of you who have had a particularly good experience to send me the names of contractors who have gone above and beyond for you and I will publish them on this list.
Puddleduck Trading Robert Wainwright	Toronto, Outer Harbour Marina, 416-406-4348	Puddleduck Trading Diesel and gas engines and all things mechanical. Robert & David re-built my 354 Perkins in situ…..a horrible job well done.
Shorewest Ltd. Peter Briffa	mobile, Mississauga and Toronto. 416-508-3346	Marine electrician extraordinaire. Anything electrical from re-wiring a boat to installing state of the art electronics.
Aztec Hydraulics Inc. David MacMillan	949 Kamato Rd. Miss.On.	Hydraulic parts and service. These guys have rebuilt a ram and hydraulic pump for me and on both occasions were reliable and inexpensive.
City Wide Welding	1867 Drew Road Miss. On. 905-677-0316	Propeller repair and tuning. Fast and inexpensive. I've worked with Leo a number of times on both my own and client boats.
LCF Fiberglass Renewal Luis Ferreira	mobile, generally in the GTA 905-464-0172	Luis is an artist in gelcoat.
Dockside Marine Services Kim Anderson	mobile with a shop near Waterdown	Kim Anderson, fiberglass and gelcoat repair artist of the first order.
Skara Metal Foundry Jimmy Skara	930 Kamato Rd. Miss. On.	If you can make it out of plywood, wax, plaster or fiberglass, Steve can cast it in bronze or aluminum. You won't believe how cheap it is to make your owncustom fittings. I made a custom dual anchor roller.
Stainless Outfitters John Bamford	161 Saunders Rd. Barrie, Ontario 1-800-268-0395	High quality stainless steel design and fabrication by a long time boater who understands our needs.
G&W upholstery George & Milagrosa	1855 Dundas St. 905-624-2223	These guys are not marine upholsterers but I had them do mine and it was a lot cheaper tha the "marine" quotes and the work just as good.
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