Best Boat Dealers on Lake St. Clair
Buying a boat on Lake St. Clair means picking the dealer as much as the boat, since the sales pitch ends and the service relationship starts the day you sign. These five get named again and again for the same things: brokers who answer the phone, service departments that fix it right the first time, and no pattern of buyers left hanging after the sale.
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- Dunigan Marine Group, LLCA one broker deal from search to closing
Boat Dealers · Harrison Township
Tom Dunigan runs this as a one man brokerage and it shows in the reviews: 29 of the last 30 are five stars, and almost every one names him directly for being proactive, honest, and quick to close a deal. Buyers mention him reaching out before a boat even hits the market and coming out personally to give docking lessons after the sale. One recent review says a trailer he sold had lights and brakes that did not work as promised.
One buyer says a trailer bought here had lights and brakes advertised as working that were not.
31300 N River Rd, Harrison Township, MI 48045 · (586) 204-7723
- Temptation Yacht SalesLarger cruisers and motor yachts with a full brokerage team
Boat Dealers · Harrison Township
Temptation has the deepest bench of any dealer on the lake, with 153 Google reviews and brokers like Frank Lopis and Sierra Vosler named over and over for handling the marine survey, paperwork, and follow up on both buying and selling. It is set up for bigger cruisers and motor yachts specifically. One review says a broker confirmed a showing by text and then did not show, the only complaint in the last 30 reviews.
One 2026 review describes a broker no showing a confirmed appointment.
42000 Sea Ray Blvd, Harrison Township, MI 48045 · (586) 463-8060
- Colony MarineSales, parts, and service under one roof
Boat Dealers · St. Clair Shores
Colony Marine is a full dealership, not just a sales floor: parts, service, and warranty work all happen on site, and reviewers name specific people in each department, Billy Ianiitelli and Clayton in sales, the service team on warranty claims. Recent buyers came away with Boston Whalers, Sea Rays, and pontoons and singled out communication as the strong point.
24530 Jefferson Ave, St Clair Shores, MI 48080 · (586) 772-1550
- Sun Sport MarineBuying remotely from out of state
Boat Dealers · Harrison Township
Sun Sport Marine has built a business on out of state buyers: several of the last 30 reviews are from people in New York or elsewhere who bought a Sea Hunt, Robalo, or Chaparral sight unseen and closed the deal by phone and email. Salespeople Kevin, Mike, and Clayton Loose get named repeatedly for walking buyers through every feature and following up after the purchase.
30000 Metro Pkwy, Harrison Township, MI 48045 · (586) 783-1100
- Lakecrest Marine SalesA dealer you will still be calling in five years
Boat Dealers · New Baltimore
Lakecrest has been family run in New Baltimore for 30 years, and its reviewers are mostly repeat customers: people who bought from Dave and Joe years ago and still bring the boat back for winterization and maintenance every season. One reviewer had a boat delivered four hours away on a day's notice. It is the smallest sample of the five at 53 reviews.
37557 Green St, New Baltimore, MI 48047 · (586) 725-9800
Honorable mentions
- Wilson Marine Harrison Twp Best service department of the five runners up, Mary and Rob get named by name repeatedly, but the sales side sits just below our top five on adjusted rating.
- Lakeside Formula A Formula specialist with a clean review record and no common complaints, but only 20 reviews, right at our cutoff line.
- Platinum Yacht Sales Reviewers like the staff a lot, but 11 reviews is too few to rank with confidence.
How we ranked these
Twenty-one boat dealer listings; the shortlist of eight came from an adjusted rating that pulls small samples toward 4.3. All five picks clear 20 Google reviews easily, from 53 to 153. We pulled the 30 newest Google reviews for the top six and found no red flag clusters. This list relies on only Google reviews: two scoped Reddit searches and forum checks on michigan-sportsman.com and thehulltruth.com found no dealer specific mentions, and none of the shortlist had a public Nextdoor page.
Ranks come from Google reviews, Reddit, forums, and niche review sites. Sponsorship never changes rank. We re-check these lists each season.
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