Built for Boaters Who Are Done Waiting.

You know the drill. You call around in March, hoping to get your boat dialed in before the season opens. Every shop has the same answer — six weeks, maybe eight, we'll see. When they finally do show up, the estimate is verbal, the timeline slips, and when it's done you get a bill and a shrug. No explanation. No photos. No proof that anything actually happened.

That's not a service industry. That's just a waiting room with a water view.

Slip Side Marine exists because that experience was unacceptable. Not inconvenient. Not imperfect. Unacceptable — in a market where the boats are worth six figures and the owners treat them accordingly.

A focused menu of the services South Sound boat owners need most — spring commissioning, winterization, engine service, electrical, and pre-purchase inspection — at prices that are posted publicly and don't change when we show up. You book online. We come to your slip. When the job is done, we send you a complete photo walkthrough of every service performed, captioned in plain language, texted to your phone.

No estimates. No callbacks. No surprises. The photo report isn't a nice touch — it's the standard. Every job. Every time.

Slip Side Marine was founded by Pep Dekker — slipped at Foss Harbor, Tacoma. After spending years as a boat owner in the South Sound and experiencing the same broken service model everyone else tolerates, he built the operation he couldn't find. Not as a side project. As a system — designed from the ground up to run like a business, not a favor from a guy with a wrench.

The result is a service model that looks nothing like the rest of the market: fixed menu pricing, online booking, same-week availability, and documented proof of work after every job. Your time is worth something. Your boat is worth something. The service should reflect both.

We don't do everything. Engine rebuilds, hull work, full re-powers, complex rigging — we refer those out, confidently, to the right people. A focused operation that executes ten services exceptionally is worth more than a shop that attempts everything and delivers none of it on time.

If your job isn't on our menu, we'll tell you immediately and point you to someone who does it well. That conversation costs you nothing and wastes none of your season.