Vista Clara Marina - d.b.a Pennell's Marine

Frank Gambone

Great Experience here, everyone was helpful and friendly Great Team! Had my boat Bottom painted, and detailed. No delay Fast and friendly!

Renata Menezes

total disorganization.. they don't explain the operation of the marina.. several people complaining about schedule cancellation.. in short, your boat gets stuck without you being able to put it in the water.. I pay $700.00 per month for not being able to walk in my own boat. . DO NOT RECOMMEND UNLESS YOU HAVE PROBLEMS.. 👎🏼

Steffan Olausson Partridge

Best Marina in South Florida, super friendly service, a true hidden gem

daniel chesla

If you are even thinking about using this marina, please stop and read this review before you make a HUGE mistake. First, you will notice all of the good reviews are older ones (well, except for the 5 star review left by Chris Partridge, the new owner). Back before it was sold, the marina was family owned, and they treated all of it's customers like family. I would have happily given a 5 star review back then, it was an amazing place to keep the boat. In December of 2020, the marina was purchased by Partridge Equity Group. My nightmare started in July of 2021, when they refused to launch my boat, claiming that they had "lost" their billing records (I was on autopay). At no point did they even attempt to contact me, this time claiming they "lost" their customer contact information. When I attempted to pay them, they attempted to charge late fees and a "retroactive billing increase", including late fees and billing increases for months that I had paid in full, totaling thousands of dollars. For 3 months, I attempted to help them reconcile their "lost" accounting records, and even had to send them all of my credit card statements, not once, but twice. Every time I would make progress with one of the new "site managers", they would quit or be fired. The employees refused to provide contact information for the owners, but eventually I was able to hunt down an email address on my own from the owners public LinkedIn profile. To make a long story short, after making contact with the owner, it became painfully aware that they had no intention of resolving the issue, and I was forced to take them to court to get my boat back. After the successful court settlement, I attempted to pick up the boat. The marina refused to put my boat on my trailer (the previous owners had done this for me dozens of times in the 6 years I was there). I gave them back my gate key, and asked for them to return my boat keys. Par for the course, they refused to give me my boat keys, claiming they "lost them". I used my spare set, and was directed to go find a public ramp.