More About Us

Behind the Repairs

Boatcare was founded in 2001, and since our first day in business we’ve provided high quality repair services to clients in the Cote d'Azur area. With a team of experienced professionals ready to handle your repair needs, we have the parts and labor required to guarantee satisfaction.

Boatcare is a full–service, all hull materials yard that can cope with just about any conceivable job related to yachts and working boats. Steeped in tradition, Boatcare continues to showcase our expertise as the wooden boat specialists but we are quick to point out that we are more than just wooden boat specialists. We are a full scale ship yard specializing not only in wooden boat repair and maintenance but all marine restoration, repair, and construction.

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Our Story – The Transition

In 2005, Bo made the transition from “Spiller Boat Building Ltd.” to “Commodore’s Boats”. We are still a wooden boat building and restoration company specializing in traditional wooden boat construction, classic working vessels, traditional tugboats, aluminum jet boats and other projects.

Our Story – Present Time

Boatcare has built a base within Shelter Island Marina and Boatyard in Richmond, B.C., a suburb of Vancouver. The marina and yard have a 75-ton and a 220-ton travel lift and a large storage and work area. The yard is a fully serviced with machine shops, sheds, paint facilities, fiberglass shops, steel and aluminum fabricators, marine supply stores, showers, laundromat, a liquor outlet and most importantly a restaurant and pub.

Traditional designs of West Coast troller yachts are available and conversions of old fishing boats and tugs are an ongoing part of the business. The shipyard has intimate knowledge of available boats for sale on the coast and welcomes inquiries as to your needs. Boatcare can build to plans or custom design any type of workboat or yacht. Boatcare traditionally runs a crew of about 10 to 15 men. “Boatcare” gained reputation for a solid work ethic and although firm contracts can be hard to come by in the repair business, a not to exceed price can be obtained.

Our Story – No Job Is Too Big

Commodores has boat stock available and usually approximately 20,000 fbm on hand. They can cut to order for a whole project or a small part of a project. Traditional plans are available for your home or shipyard project and can be ordered with complete materials and plans.

“Boatcare” is fully insured with Commercial General Liability, Ship Repairers Liability (SRL), Secor Certified and we’re always in good standing with Worksafe BC.

We are experienced builders, fully equipped with the lumber, shop space and tools for building a tall ship of any size or scale, and we welcome any enquiries on the subject.

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