Knowles Mobile Marine opened in 1997 and has been operating at Lauderdale Marine Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida since 2000. Knowles Marine provides service to boat owners in the following areas:

• Fiberglass repairs, modifications and fabrications
• Fairing, priming, and professional application of marine top coatings
• Anti-fouling bottom painting
• Custom designs in painting and structures
• Waterlines, custom striping
• Extensions
• Refits and complete renovations

We have both a local and an international client base and offer services to meet all of our customers’ needs including:

• Finished carpentry
• Teak and varnish renewal
• Wax and compounding surfaces

We also operate with an alliance of professional tradesmen for:

• Mechanical, bow thrusters, and underwater running gear repairs
• Welding
• Aluminum rails
• Electricians
• Custom canvas/curtain/upholstery
• Certified marine surveyors are available upon request.

We service fiberglass, steel, and aluminum boat designs.

• Experienced in the use of new composites: Nida-core, plas-core, etc.

Knowles Marine maintains membership in:

• Marine Industries Association of South Florida (MIASF) and the
• Better Business Bureau (BBB) since 2001
• American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) membership was established in 2004

Knowles Marine also serves as a liaison with a local high school’s marine industry technical training program, serving on several committees as industry consultants for their training program.

We are located at a full-service marine dry dock facility with 70-ton, 88-ton, and 220-ton lifts, covered sheds, and in water docking at Lauderdale Marine Center in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Jeff, originally from Nassau, Bahamas, has been in the boating field for over thirty years, experiencing boating from sightseeing, snorkeling, deep-sea fishing captain, spray painter, fiberglass technician, and small marine business owner operating here in Fort Lauderdale since 1997, and at Lauderdale Marine Center since 2000. back to top