Dockside Marine Services | Divers for Hull Cleaning and Prop Repair

Dockside Marine Services provides divers for complete hull cleaning. Our divers also do prop repair: pulling, switching props and reconditioning.

Dockside has been doing business in Martin County for over 45 years. Many of our customers have stayed with us for over 30 years, through toxic water, frost & hurricanes. Growing with our Dockside friends has been our pleasure & our pride.

Gary & Andy Dowd

3063 SW Summer Avenue Palm City, FL 34990-3241
772-283-6200

Email: Gary Dowd

Gary Dowd, a FL resident since 1971, FAU graduate, hails from Pt Huron, MI. He started Dockside in 1973 while attending graduate school in Boca.

Our rates start at $3.50 per foot. At this rate you're Monthly, you have an inboard or small prop and you're in a marina where we can swim from boat to boat.
As your paint wears thin, or as the warmer waters aid in barnacle growth, even your location in the river where growth is faster than others, your rate will be higher. This is just a guide for both of us. We inspect & replace zincs when needed, clean thru-hulls, hardware, props & waterlines.

We patronize ONLY LOCAL businesses when buying our zincs or repairing props. You'll get updates on your paint condition & any damage noted while under the boat each month.

Dockside Marine Services provides divers for complete underwater yacht maintenance. We sell props (new & used), pull, switch & transport props to & from prop shops & install them again. We do hull inspections & prep for sea trials. We recommend painting your props prior to reinstallation to deter barnacle growth as seen on our Prop Problem page.

This means the majority of our customers at private docks all start at $3.50/ft. Boats at 70’ are $4/ft minimum.

Our son, Andy, from IRCC and Northwood University; came aboard in 2000.

Capt. Scott Mosiman from Jensen Beach is a FIT graduate in Marine Science, spent 4 years in the Coast Guard in Ft Pierce and has been with us since 1991.

I got my bachelors in political science with a minor in sociology from UCF. I Am now the office manager for Dockside Marine. I’ve lived in Martin County most of my life.
Karie O'Donnell

Graduated from Griffin-high in Griffin GA 1989, enlisted into the army and spent the next 20 plus years traveling the world then retired in 2014 and moved to Port St. Lucie. Worked as scuba instructor for 5 years prior to joining Dockside in 2020.
Tim Stewart

Mike Permar, graduate from JBHS and IRSC, has been with us since 2009.

Here Gary & Scotty are transporting
a boat for the Season ahead 2024

If you live in or close to areas below.
Gary, Andy, Mike & Scotty would like to hear from you:

Jensen Beach
Hutchinson Island
The Landings
Willoughby Creek
Four Fish Marina
St Lucie River
Indian River
Mariner Cay Marina
Piper's Landing

Sailfish Marina/Finest Kind
Sailfish Point
Manatee Pocket
Hidden Harbor
Pirate's Cove Marina
The Corinthian
Loblolly Bay
Sunset Bay
Britt Point Marina

Eddie Morgan and Shane Raines from Stuart Propeller with one of the huge props Dockside pulled off of the American Ambition from Sailfish Point this week.

Let Dockside put you on Monthly maintenance schedule. So, drop us a line today!

Florida Areas & Cities that Dockside Marine Services provide divers:
Treasure Coast, Martin County, Stuart, Hobe Sound, Port Salerno, Palm City, Jensen Beach, Sewell's Point