Bill's Boat Care

Your boat, ready for the next adventure.

Hands-on maintenance and management for sail and power boats in the Santa Barbara area, so whenever you're ready to go, the boat is too.

  • Sail & power
  • 30 to 60 feet
  • Santa Barbara, CA
A client's sailboat in its slip in Santa Barbara Harbor under a rainbow
A power trawler at anchor at sunset
Bill at the helm of a sailboat in the harbor
Bill, at the helm

The jobs too small for a vendor, and too tedious for your Saturday.

I take on the tasks owners don't care to do, don't have time for, or that are too minor for vendors to bother with. The goal is simple: your boat is always ready to take wherever the next adventure might be.

For larger jobs, I bring in the best of the local vendors in Santa Barbara and Ventura.

What I can take off your hands

Routine maintenance

  • Management of regular engine and generator maintenance
  • Outboard and dinghy maintenance
  • Fueling
  • Holding tank emptying
  • Regular checking of thru-hulls, bilge pumps, fluid levels, filters, strainers, etc
  • Pre and post trip boat checks

Repairs & projects

  • Light repairs of fiberglass, electronics, plumbing, wood work and rigging
  • Working with local vendors on large projects for electronics, rigging, stainless, brightwork and cleaning
  • Work with local boat yards (Santa Barbara and Ventura) to ensure successful haul outs

Deliveries

  • Available for delivery service on the US west coast
  • Available as crew for deliveries world wide

From the logbook

A few snapshots from around the harbor.

Engine and generator in an engine room
Engine day
A sailboat in the lift at a local boat yard
Haul out
Fitting a roller furler at the bow
Rigging
A sloop under sail off Santa Barbara
Delivery up the coast
“There is nothing half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”
— Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows