On 9/22/09, as part of a “Georgia Wish List,” I posed the following question:

6. I’m sure any number of you have docked at one of the many facilities at Thunderbolt (Statute Mile 583). Please describe your experiences, good and bad. In particular, did you find Bahia Bleu Marina to be as wonderful as we discovered? Who has stopped or had repair work performed at Thunderbolt Marine? Please describe your experience.

Responses follow:

Stayed at Thunderbolt Marina at the beginning of July this year. Chose this marina because I had heard that it was a good place to get repairs done and we needed some work on our A/C unit. First the good news: Friendly and helpful dock hands. Easy on and off the ICW and a good place to fuel up. One of the employees has a great business delivering fresh produce and shrimp to your boat – just get an order form in the office and call her the day before. Your food will be delivered the next morning. Everything tasted great, especially the shrimp. Took a short walk to Tubby’s Tank for lunch. This will be a `must do’ the next time we pass through. The not so good news: I felt as if the management was a lot more efficient at computing billable hours than actually fixing our mechanical problems. After staying over an extra day just to resolve our problem, we couldn’t even get a call back from our repairman. We did get the bill right on time, however.
Shel Rabin (mv Evening Star)

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