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Fiberglass Boat Repair in Fort Myers, FL. Mobile, Color-Matched, Done Right.

Dock rash, stress cracks, gouges, and gelcoat damage don't fix themselves, and they don't stay cosmetic forever. We provide mobile fiberglass boat repair across Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Naples, and SWFL: structural and cosmetic work performed at your dock, lift, or driveway, finished with color-matched gelcoat so the damage disappears instead of getting painted over.

Fiberglass Crack Repair That Fixes the Cause, Not Just the Cosmetics

Every fiberglass repair starts with one question most people skip: why did it crack? A spider crack around a cleat is a stress problem. A crack radiating from a screw hole is a hardware problem. A soft spot near a gouge means water has been inside the laminate, sometimes for years. Fill any of those with gelcoat paste alone and the crack comes back by next season, usually with friends.

Our fiberglass work treats the structure first and the finish second:

Because we are mobile, the boat stays on its lift or trailer. Most cosmetic and mid-scale structural repairs are completed on-site, and you watch the color match happen on your actual hull, in your actual light, which is the only place a color match can honestly be judged.

Dark blue cabin cruiser on blocks for professional maintenance and boat watch service

Fiberglass Repair for Every Hull on SWFL Water

Center consoles, bay boats, flats skiffs, pontoons with fiberglass decks, cruisers, and sailboats: if it is glass, we repair it. The construction differs more than owners expect. A cored hull demands different repair technique than solid laminate, a colored hull demands more careful blending than white, and an older hull demands respect for decades of sun-baked chemistry. We adapt the repair method to the boat in front of us, and we are equally comfortable working alongside the engine brands we service every day, because half our fiberglass calls start as something else: a transducer replacement that reveals a soft spot, a trolling motor install that finds cracked mounting glass.

Fiberglass crack repair

stress cracks, spider cracks, and impact cracks ground out to sound laminate, rebuilt with proper glass and resin, then refinished. Not skimmed over

Gouge and impact repair

dock strikes, trailer damage, and grounding scars repaired through the full damage depth, restoring both strength and appearance

Gelcoat repair and color matching

SWFL sun ages every hull differently, which is why factory color codes rarely match anymore. We blend gelcoat to your hull's current color, so the repair vanishes into the surrounding surface

Structural repair

transom-area cracking, stringer-adjacent damage, and hardware mounting failures assessed honestly. If a job is beyond safe mobile repair, we tell you exactly what it needs and where

Water intrusion assessment

moisture inside a laminate spreads quietly. Catching it during a small repair is dramatically cheaper than discovering it during a big one

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More Than a Gelcoat Crew

There are some genuinely skilled fiberglass specialists in Southwest Florida, and plenty of them have spent decades on gelcoat. What almost none of them can offer is everything else. A dock strike that cracks your hull often bends a trim tab, damages a transducer, or stresses hardware wiring behind the laminate. A specialist patches the glass and points at the rest. We repair the glass and everything connected to it, because Island Marine Repair is a complete mobile marine service company, not a single-trade operation.

Led by Cody, our certified marine technician with 15+ years across SWFL boats, we bring the full toolbox to every fiberglass call: repair materials, color-matching gelcoat, and the mechanical and electrical capability to handle whatever the damage touched. One company, one visit, one point of accountability. More about how we work is on our About Us page.

Why Choose Island Marine Repair LLC?

  • Mobile fiberglass repair at your dock, lift, or driveway across all of SWFL
  • Structural cause repaired first, cosmetic finish second, every time
  • Gelcoat color-matched to your hull's actual aged color, judged in real light
  • Full-service capability for the hardware, wiring, and mechanical damage a specialist leaves behind
  • 4.8-star rated on Google, with honest assessments even when the answer is "this one needs a yard"
One Call Fixes It All
Cody, owner of Island Marine Repair, holding a peacock bass while out on the water in Southwest Florida

Trusted for Repairs That Disappear

The best compliment fiberglass work can get is silence: nobody can find the repair. Our customers regularly send photos trying to point out where the damage used to be. Add the punctuality and clear communication our reviews mention constantly, and you get fiberglass repair that respects both your hull and your schedule.

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David Ferrin
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Cody is a great marine mechanic and has repaired my boat several times. Great guy, fair prices, and is a great communicator when it comes to work my craft needs and work it doesn’t. Highly recommend!
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Bryan Stone
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These guys did a great job we were stranded with both motors not working on a week long vacation. They showed up diagnosed the issues within a couple minutes and got parts ordered and installed in no time. The motor run better than they ever have. I cannot express how impressed I was by their work and price. Strongly recommend.
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Bruner Stockstill
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Had a warning light come on for low oil pressure. Cody was out quickly and was able to fix the issue in minutes. Also had him return to do a full engine service. He found some issues I didn’t know about and I am now back on the water. 2019 Pathfinder 2500 with Yamaha 300
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Timothy Carmody
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While on vacation, my boat had a fuel leak, and I needed help quickly. Cody at Island Marine Repair promptly assisted, getting my boat running again. He was communicative, knowledgeable, and easy to work with. I highly recommend Island Marine Repair!
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Matthew Gramstrup
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Cody and his team performed flawlessly. Came right to my house, knocked everything out way quicker than I would have ever expected, all while explaining the process to me. Pricing was extremely fair and my boat is running perfectly.
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Cody was fast, prompt and transparent. Did a great job fixing my steering and 350 hour service interval on my 350 Verado. He is now my go to for any maintenance on my boat!
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James Deiner
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One of my Tohatsu 150’s shut down after overheating. Cody and Caleb came out on their repair boat and serviced both lower units while the boat was on my lift. Cody also identified the shift and throttle cables were in really bad shape and came back to replace them. He probably saved us a tow back in or worse. Island Marine has the unique ability to arrive by service truck or boat and they know what they are doing. On a side note both Cody and Caleb introduced themselves and shook my hand when we first met.

Our Work

Fiberglass Jobs Across Fort Myers & SWFL

Dock rash erased in Cape Coral, stress crack rebuilds on Naples center consoles, gouge repairs finished with invisible color blends. Browse documented fiberglass work below.

Fiberglass Repair Questions, Answered

Yes, the majority of them. Stress cracks, spider cracks, gouges, and impact damage above the waterline are all standard mobile repairs. We grind to sound material, rebuild the laminate, and refinish with matched gelcoat on-site. The honest exception is major structural work or damage below the waterline on a boat that cannot be lifted, and if your repair falls there, we say so at the assessment, not after.
On the overwhelming majority of repairs, no, and that is the standard we hold ourselves to. The key is matching your hull's current, sun-aged color rather than its factory code, then blending the repair into the surrounding surface. We judge the match on your boat, outdoors, in natural light, because that is where you will look at it every weekend.
Gelcoat is the hard, colored outer skin; fiberglass laminate is the structure underneath. A scratch or chip that only penetrates the gelcoat is a cosmetic repair. A crack that continues into the laminate is structural, and filling it cosmetically just hides a problem that keeps growing. Part of every assessment is determining which one you actually have, and we show you what we find before quoting the fix.
It is worth taking seriously, because spider cracking around hardware usually means the load underneath is flexing the laminate, often due to a loose backing plate or hardware working in its holes. Repairing the cracks without addressing the cause guarantees a repeat. We repair the glass and correct the hardware mounting in the same visit, which is exactly the advantage of using a full-service marine company for fiberglass work.
Yes, quietly and increasingly. Moisture inside a laminate migrates, weakens the structure, and in cored hulls can rot the core itself, all while the surface looks fine. Any soft spot, blister, or crack that has been open through a rainy season deserves a moisture check. Catching intrusion early is a repair; catching it late is a restoration, and the difference in cost is enormous.

Fiberglass Boat Repair Near You

Cape Coral

Dock rash capital of Florida, and we mean that affectionately. Tight canals, busy lifts and close-quarters docking keep our gelcoat and crack repair kits working across the Cape every week, blended invisible at the boat's own lift.

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North Fort Myers

Mobile fiberglass calls across the river, from trailer-kept skiffs off the 41 corridor to lift-kept cruisers along the Moody River canals. Repairs finished and color-judged in the same light the boat lives in.

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Naples

Color-critical gelcoat work for Naples hulls, where the finish standard is set high and the repairs are expected to vanish completely. Sun-aged blending is the craft, and Naples boats are where it gets graded hardest.

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Punta Gorda

Impact and stress repairs for the Charlotte Harbor fleet, performed at Fishermen's Village slips, harbor-side communities and private docks. Cruising boats collect structural questions, and we answer them honestly before quoting.

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Sanibel

Island fiberglass repair on-site, including the grounding scars that Sanibel's shallow flats hand out generously to visitors and residents alike. Laminate rebuilt to sound material, never skimmed over.

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Captiva

Mobile glass and gelcoat work dispatched to the outer islands with materials and color kit aboard, because a cracked hull on Captiva should not require a barge schedule to repair.

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Pine Island

From Matlacha dock strikes to Bokeelia trailer damage, Pine Island hulls get repaired without a mainland trip. Working boats get working-boat priority, patched strong and back fishing fast.

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Estero

Cosmetic and structural fiberglass service for the Estero Bay communities, at your dock or driveway. Shallow-bay boating writes its signature in skegs and keels, and we erase it properly.

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Bonita Springs

Gelcoat and crack repair along the Imperial River and Bonita's gulf-access canals, blended to disappear into hulls the beach-side sun has been aging since launch day.

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Englewood

Lemon Bay boats get the same mobile fiberglass service without hauling to Lee County: bar strikes from Stump Pass, dock rash and stress cracks repaired and color-matched at your own dock.

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That crack is not getting smaller.

Mobile fiberglass repair across Fort Myers and SWFL, structural first, invisible finish second.

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