Boats break on the best weekends by ancient law. Regular service by techs who care is how you repeal it.
Every spring we meet engines killed by shortcut winterizations - water left in a passage, fuel untreated, batteries abandoned. Ours follows the full factory checklist: drained, flushed with antifreeze where specified, fogged, fuel stabilized and batteries managed. It's a modest bill against a four-figure block - the easiest math in boating.
Spring commissioning is the mirror image: everything checked at the dock, so the first launch is a boat ride and not a diagnostic session.
Before the first hard freeze, no exceptions - one cold snap with water in the block is all it takes. Book early; the calendar fills fast when the forecast turns.
Yes - dockside and driveway service for most work. Bigger jobs come to the shop.
Annually or per the hour interval, whichever lands first. Impellers on their schedule too - a cheap part that protects an expensive engine.