Fiberglass boat repair

Looking for recommendations and feedback on a good fiberglass boat repair facility in the twin cities. Looking for some transom/stringer repair.

George’s in East Bethel did a really nice job fixing my fiberglass 7 years ago. I think they are now owned by someone else, so I can’t say if they are as good as they used to be or not.

Just east of the metro near exit 4 in Hudson is Imperial Boat Repair. Owner, Jim is kinda flaky, but his guys do great work and his pricing is less than most – especially if you can wait until off-season.

Carstens Industries in Melrose can handle that as well.

ganderpike wrote:

Carstens Industries in Melrose can handle that as well.

Interesting. I thought they just laid up fiberglass. Do they do repairs on fiberglass also? Would it need to be a boat they originally did or would they tackle Skeeter, Ranger, Yar-Craft ect.?

Dutchboy wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>ganderpike wrote:</div>
Carstens Industries in Melrose can handle that as well.

Interesting. I thought they just laid up fiberglass. Do they do repairs on fiberglass also? Would it need to be a boat they originally did or would they tackle Skeeter, Ranger, Yar-Craft ect.?

Carstens can and does both closed and open molding applications. They have a repair shop that can handle most repairs, gelcoat and structural composite. I can’t speak to price, but I do know they have access to the “industry standard” materials and have dealt with almost every hull issue out there.

With Warrior being slow, my guess is they have capacity.

Good to know, thank you.

Hassis paintworks in Stillwater did a good job on my boat.