What’s it like to own and operate a boatyard? From time to time I’m asked this question, which can be answered in two ways: as a sound bite like, “A giggle a minute,” or as a lengthy reply that sounds more like a dissertation than an actual answer. In Jim Lynch’s...
That moment you realize… the Bay Area’s best equipped rig shop is also your favorite boat yard. Mind = blown. KKMI can confidently say that we have the best equipped rig shop on the Bay. It’s true! We have all the equipment, all the inventory, all the safety...
If you didn’t know this already, I have a boating habit….it’s actually more like an addiction. There, I said it. This addiction began at an early age. Although I did not grow up in a sailing family our home was near Lake Merced in San Francisco and this became my...
Possibly it’s due to the lack of rain, a buoyant economy or some other factor, but both of our boatyards are busy! It’s been quite some time since we’ve seen so much activity in the winter, well in advance to the “spring rush.” Not that I’m complaining, mind you....
Ten Years Ago One thing you learn early in the boating business is there are those who believe they really don’t need to own a boat. Accordingly, our industry is one of the first to get hit during an economic slowdown and the last to recover once things are bubbling...