Category: Tips

Essential Safety Equipment Every Boater Should Have Prepared For Emergencies

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How to increase your boat fuel efficiency

If you’re like most boat owners, you’re always looking for ways to save money. One way to do…
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All about boat anchors

There are many different types of boat anchors available on the market, and it can be difficult to…
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7 Important Boat Maintenance Tips

This guide will walk you through what you need to know about proper boat maintenance so your vessel…
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6 Tips to Increase the Fuel Efficiency of Your Boat

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Proper Etiquette at the Boat Ramp

No matter whether you are a new boat owner or a seasoned veteran, you should follow proper etiquette…
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Top 5 Holidays Gift Ideas for Boaters

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How to Properly Dock a Boat into a Slip

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5 Common Boat Knots and How to Tie Them

Whether you are boating in the back bays, off the shore in the ocean, or in the beautiful…
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Do man-made sounds affect fish?

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Kenneth Miller

October 31, 2025

Wonderful customer service, very clean. Can’t wait for the season to start. Thank you Sheltered Cove, you ROCK!

Kent Elliott

October 28, 2025

Ken in sales was extremely helpful and knowledgeable. I traveled from Northern Virginia to buy a boat from this company and feel the trip was worthwhile.

Stephen Hill

September 21, 2025

Great marina! Full service, convenient fuel dock and a fully stocked store for just about all of your boating needs. Locker rooms and facilities are the nicest around and always kept clean and ready to use. Staff is always friendly and ready to help.

James Svenningsen

September 11, 2025

Brought my boat here from sc. Really like this marina, staff very nice. Fuel available 24 hrs a day. Clean restrooms, bait right on sight, and easy access to the bay and Stewart’s restaurant. Going to store boat over winter here too.

Brandon Notte

Great service. Best Staff!

Cj Witherspoon

August 28, 2025

My wife and I cannot say enough good things about SCM. Let’s start with Anthony. We are boating rookies and he had no issues at all showing us around the Barletta pontoons. He gave us a soup to nuts tour and answered every question we had. His boat knowledge is through the roof. Then there’s Mark, Joe, and Captain Dave. The level of constant communication and updates on everything from detailing to delivery of the boat was phenomenal. Thank you all so much for making this a great experience for us first time purchasers!!

James Metz

August 13, 2025

Appreciate all the work the team at Sheltered Cove did to get me in the water on my most recent boat purchase. This is my third boat purchased from Sheltered Cove and I keep going back because of the team and support. They take care of everything I need and appreciate the all around continued service and excellence!

Susan Thomason

July 25, 2025

People are nice, docks are floating, bathrooms with showers and air conditioning. We are considering putting our boat there the only issue is that there are areas with very low water, but it seems that NJ has many areas like that.

Marc Seidman

July 24, 2025

It was such a pleasure working with Dan on my water in the fuel (purchased elsewhere) situation. He was prompt, courteous and most importantly, really cared about my boat and getting it back on the water asap. Sheltered Cove and Dan have my highest regard. True customer service hard to find…. But they have it at Sheltered Cove.

Dutch DUTCH

July 20, 2025

Good location clean and relaxing easy boating access and gas available

Donna Mattina

June 3, 2025

We had a very smooth transaction in the purchase of our boat. Jack was amazing to deal with. Great experience!

Ken Elwood

May 12, 2025

Great boats and wonderful staff

Stuart Loy

May 6, 2025

Excellent service and professionalism, the experience felt more like family then a business deal.

Andrew Crescenzo

April 30, 2025

Bought a boat at the AC Boat Show. All the way through the process everyone at Sheltered Cove was friendly and helpful. They made the entire experience a breeze. Dave, our orientation specialist, did a great job walking us through everything and taking us out for our initial run. After our orientation, our new boat was promptly delivered to our marina. We were able to get out on it 2x in the first 4 days and love our decision so far. I would recommend Sheltered Cove and they’re boats to anyone shopping along the Jersey coast.

Stephen Bohm

April 28, 2025

Five Stars All the Way! This is my second pontoon boat purchased from Sheltered Cove, and once again, they exceeded all my expectations. Their entire team is consistently outstanding — from the first conversation, to boat orientation to the final delivery, everything was smooth and professional. The whole staff is always ready to help, incredibly friendly, and welcoming. It’s clear they genuinely care about their customers. I couldn’t be happier with my experience and highly recommend Sheltered Cove to anyone looking for premium brand boats and service!

Jed Baker

April 25, 2025

I bought my boat here and they’ve taken good care of me storing it in the winter and maintaining it.

Christopher Martinez

April 23, 2025

Great customer service. Everything went as planned with the purchase of my new barletta tritoon. Thanks.

Matt Compton

April 22, 2025

Whole team at Sheltered Cove Marina is great. Especially Joe C who came up with a great design for our new boat name

Mark Godek

April 19, 2025

Great service. Great personalities. The staff is professional and thorough, ensuring my boat and jetski are prepped for the off-season and they drive them right to my dock for the summer. Been a customer here for over 15 years and many more to come.

Paul Tramo

I’ve dealt with Sheltered Cove for many years serving my original boat and then selling me a 2018 Regal 2800 and now I’m excited to get my new LX9 this week!

Bill Goerl

April 18, 2025

Pleasure working with the staff at Sheltered Cove, the sale went very smooth and on schedule. Ken, Joe and Helene – Thank You!

Jessie Thomas

April 3, 2025

Beautiful marina and facilities. Very friendly staff.

michael mancuso

March 15, 2025

Have purchased twice from Mark at Sheltered Cove. Smooth experiences both times. Looking forward to my new purchase soon! Highly recommend Sheltered Cove.

Philo Chapman

February 28, 2025

I have purchased 3 boats from sheltered cove marina over the past 12 years. Two new, and one used. (they also handled the sale of the trade ins) I also moored my boat at the marina (again the 1st boat) for over 5 years. I have owned other boats, and stayed at several different marinas. Sheltered Cove is an excellent location for being inside, and also decent access to ocean (about 15 min. run) The marina is family owned and operated. I was always treated fair and honestly. It is expensive to own a boat, (why my current boat is on a trailer) but with the internet, the price is the price. If you are buying a boat, (or selling) they will handle the whole deal. I will use them again.

patricia masterman

July 4, 2024

we are very greatful for all of the service we received with the entire delivery process everyone was terrific including Chris’s customer service what a well oiled machine you have please let Ken,Nick, Sean and Chris know how thankful we both are.

Gary Belardo

June 16, 2024

Great experience since purchasing our boat. Customer service and warranty (Angie, Dan, Joe) are excellent.

Thomas Topoleski

June 14, 2024

Work was done on time and at a great price. The detail that Sheltered Cove did was AMAZING. My light blue hull was actually dark blue. Absolutely amazing work. The bottom paint was neat and straight. I can’t say enough about Sheltered Cove.

Angellina Fouts

Great place, lots of fun and gorgeous bathrooms

Bill Lyden

June 9, 2024

Very friendly, clean restrooms overall appearance of the property is very impressive

eddie wallace

May 23, 2024

Knowledgeable and friendly staff. Very responsive and informative to questions and queries.

Maria Mento

May 18, 2024

Just took delivery of this new 2023 Barletta. Sheltered Cove was great to work with. The friendliest and nicest staff and sales personnel. They even gave us an orientation on all the workings of this boat and then delivered the boat to us about 50 miles south of them immediately following the orientation. I highly recommend them for your next boat purchase. .

Jamie Genetti

February 29, 2024

We had an incredible experience purchasing our pontoon boat at the Atlantic City boat show, all thanks to Mark and Ken! From the moment we arrived, they greeted us warmly and patiently guided us through the entire process. Their knowledge about the boats was impressive, and they were able to answer all of our questions without hesitation. What really stood out was their dedication to finding us the best price possible. Thanks to their expertise and professionalism, we walked away with our dream boat at an amazing deal. If you’re in the market for a boat, look no further than Mark and Ken—they truly go above and beyond for their customers!

COX POWER SPORTS NJ

August 23, 2023

Grateful people help me with what I need it

Jay Miller

July 24, 2023

I have struggled to find the right people to help me with my boat. Joe and Dan + team have been a godsend! They not only have helped me but have been polite, professional and go above and beyond to give great customer service. I can’t recommend them enough.

Robert Covino

June 29, 2023

Great experience with Ken Sauer and the team at Sheltered Cove in a recent boat purchase. Team was very helpful, transparent and reasonable in addressing ‘punch list’ items and arranging delivery. Thank you and looking forward to enjoying our new boat!

Bryan Grygo

June 24, 2023

This is my first experience with Sheltered Cove Marina. From initial negotiations with Mark at the AC boat show to working with Ken throughout my boat delivery process, it has been overwhelmingly positive. It’s clear that Sheltered Cove cares about making long lasting customer relationships. Ken acted promptly for all “issues” that may have occurred during the process and made sure I was satisfied with the resolution. I would definitely recommend them to others and took a bunch of Ken’s business cards so I can hand them out at the sandbars. If we ever encounter any warranty issues in the future I have high expectations for how those will be handled.

Greg

June 22, 2023

First time boat owner. Couldn’t have picked a better Marina. Very personal service and attention. Great staff all around.

Stan Dobies

June 2, 2023

Purchase & Delivery of our Barletta boat was perfect with everything at SCM. Special thanks to Ken, Chris & Dave. We recommend SCM and it was a pleasure dealing with them. See you on the Great Bay area.

Pete Liguori

June 1, 2023

Mark: I cannot express our gratitude to you and your team during the purchase process of our new Regal. the entire process was a delight, and your team was so professional and caring. Jack, Hellen, Chris and you were the best to work with. I have been around boats for over 50 years and I cannot think of a better experience I’ve had with a group. Thank you for kicking off our relationship on a very positive note. We look forward to working with you and your team as we enjoy our new boat. Best, Pete & Dawn

Michael Healy

May 16, 2023

Last week I picked up my brand new Sylvan tri-toon boat. I purchased the boat at the Atlantic City boat show this year. Booked my appointment and arrived at the Marina. Met with Dave and he went over all the paperwork and materials for the boat including titles and registration. From there we went out for a full tutorial of the boat and took it out for a run. Boat was clean and fully ready to go. The guys in the yard were awesome. Put the boat on the trailer and got us fully ready to trailer it back home. The Marina gave us a great discount to get some needed supplies for the boat. Looking forward to a great boating season and being a long term customer of Shelter Cove

June Ann Dillon

May 14, 2023

Bought a new boat from Sheltered Cove at the Atlantic City boat show last year and the entire experience went so so well, from the salesman to the entire staff assisting at the marina. Highly recommend them!! Thank you to Dave for walking us through the process!! Looking forward to using out new boat 🙂 🙂

Gerald Milano

May 12, 2023

We can’t say enough praise for the staff and services here! Love them all!!!

Meredith Vitarelli

May 3, 2023

We have had the best experience with the team at Shelter Cove! They have been great to deal with and everyone you speak with is always so helpful. They really make you feel like family!! Looking forward to making memories on our new Regal LX 4.

Troy palmer

April 17, 2023

Thanks to the whole crew for preparing our boat so well and for the thorough run through of all the functions. Although the weather wasn’t good enough to take her out on day 1, I really appreciated the time Mark took to take the boat out with us on the next day. The communication regarding the sale was very thorough and on point from finance to bottom paint to applying the name to our boat and to get it in the water. I knew through out the process what was happening at all times.

Brad Haug

March 26, 2023

Clean Marina.

Nicholas Policastro

November 11, 2022

Nice quiet peaceful

Michael Diaz

September 6, 2022

Great place

Nick Mastrandrea

September 1, 2022

Great service team and first class sales team

tim terry

June 21, 2022

Very courteous & knowledgeable. Pleasant experience

David Armstrong

May 18, 2022

The entire process from the sales experience with Jack to the prep with Joe and his team to orientation with Vinnie has been superb. The boat is fantastic and the team could not have done a better job getting my Regal ready and teaching me what to do. I highly recommend this great group of professionals!