Boat Specialists - Richmond, California

Robert Mariano

I needed a new trailer for my 1992 Grady White Gulfstream 232. I spoke on the phone with Eric O’Brian from Boat Specialists in Richmond, CA and within 48 hours I was driving home to Livermore with my boat loaded on my new Kokopelli 10000 Tandem Axle Trailer. The crew at Boat Specialists was awesome and made my purchasing experience enjoyable. I am the type of person who loves to be around and talk about boats. The crew was very knowledgeable and competent and gained my confidence quickly. Thank you to Eric, Alicia, Pablo, and Armando for making my purchasing experience a breeze! I love my new Kokopelli Aluminum trailer and I am ready to fish for tuna out of San Diego, Long Beach, San Francisco, and Ft Bragg.

Alex Hernaez

I had an excellent experience here, especially with my contact ERIK O’Brian. . Really excellent in all phases of my boat purchase, including helping me select and rig Jersey Girll. The folks here are really experts in all aspects of Bay Area boating, and they’re also very well connected in the boating community. If you want to upgrade or take the plunge, you could do a lot worse than checking out these guys.

DAvis ALlen

I shopped around for a new trailer and found great value with the Kokopelli. The trailer was built and shipped within the month. My boat was right in between two size trailers, Erik and Pablo went above and beyond to ensure I went home with the correct trailer and it was properly adjusted to the boat. Alicia was fast and efficient with the paperwork and even gave me her personal cell incase I have any DMV issues. Great customer service from the whole team and would highly recommend them if you are looking for a new trailer.

richard (wsurfer)

I'd been trying to find a new Yamaha 150hp outboard for over a year and nobody had them in stock in the Montana area. Finally came across Boat Specialist in California and they had a wide inventory of Yamaha outboards in stock and could ship to Montana within a week.

Transaction went through perfectly, thanks mainly to Alicia Sanchez, who coordinated everything from start to finish. She was extremely responsive and we managed to get everything done, including delivery, within a week.

Highly recommend - a pleasure to deal with.

Richard Shirley

Courtney Rhodes

Great place online to buy a small outboard! They worked with me and ordered the model I wanted. It was shipped to me very quickly once it came into their stock. All my local dealers refused to order the specific model 30hp Tohatsu I wanted. One even said it didn't exist! Boat specialists didn't have any problems getting me what I was asking for.

Roy Diederichsen

I recently purchased an Achilles inflatable boat and motor from Boat Specialists. Alicia helped me every step of the way in determining what boat and motor would work best for me. Not having purchased one before, I had plenty of questions for her which she had answers for immediately. She’s obviously been doing this for a long time. My whole experience with Boat Specialists was a pleasurable one and I would not hesitate in going back there for any of my future boating needs.

Gwynne Fitzsimmons

We needed to repower our work skiff ASAP. Erik O'Brian quoted us a 90hp Tohatsu outboard at a very reasonable price.
Pablo and his crew had the motor installed, water tested and ready to go in under a week getting us back to work with very little interruption.
This is a marine shop that does what they say they will do, for the price quoted, in the time promised.
No doubt, the remainder of our tired fleet will be getting repowered here.
Highly recommend this shop for work or pleasure boating.

Christopher Fearon

Helpful and friendly staff demonstrated how to inflate and deflate the dinghy before I bought it. They also had helpful recommendations for outboard motors that didn't necessarily involve buying one from them. Highly recommend!