Mobile Bay Fiberglass Every boat in south Baldwin County seems to pass through Foley eventually. AL-59 is the corridor, lined with dealers, storage yards, and service shops between the interstate and the beach, and thousands of hulls live in Foley's dry storage lots and backyard sheds even though they splash somewhere else. That makes Foley a practical place to get fiberglass work done. The boat's already on a trailer or in a rack, access is easy, and repairs can happen on the owner's schedule instead of around a slip.
The water around town keeps a working share of that fleet busy. The Bon Secour River drains right past Foley's south side, Wolf Bay opens up to the southeast, and Graham Creek gives the shallow-draft crowd a back door into the wetlands. The damage list is a blend of coastal towns to the south and river towns to the north, trailer and ramp damage from the busy launches, oyster and sand bar strikes in the skinny water of Wolf Bay and the river mouth, sun-chalked gelcoat on boats stored uncovered in the big open lots, and the usual quiet core problems, soft transoms and spongy decks on boats a decade or more old. Stored boats have a particular failure mode worth naming, a hull parked for months with a small unrepaired crack or an uncovered deck fitting takes on rainwater all winter, and the freeze-thaw and heat cycles work that moisture through the core.
We treat Foley as a hub. Repairs at storage yards along 59, driveway jobs in the neighborhoods, and pre-season work on boats coming out of winter storage before they head for the ramps. If your boat is stored in Foley, the offseason is the best window you'll get, no missed weekends, no rush fees, full cure time. Call (251) 220-4157 and get on the winter list, or send photos any time for a same-week look.
The storage-yard failure pattern
Storage-lot boats in Foley get looked at twice a year, at haul-in and splash, and that's exactly when problems get found at the worst moment. Half our spring calls start with 'we were about to launch and noticed.' Walk your boat in January instead. A crack found in January is a cheap, unhurried repair, and the same crack found on Memorial Day weekend is a ruined holiday.
Along 59 and the water around Foley
The AL-59 corridor · Bon Secour River · Wolf Bay · Graham Creek Nature Preserve, and the water in between. ZIP code 36535. Gelcoat and smaller laminate repairs can often happen at the dock; transom, stringer, and structural hull work needs the boat on a trailer or hauled out. Every job is priced against the ranges on our cost guide.
Book offseason work early
Text photos of the damage to (251) 220-4157 with where the boat sits in Foley, and you’ll get a written range back, usually the same day.
Foley boat owner questions
My boat's in dry storage off Highway 59. Can you do the repair right there in the yard?
Usually yes. We work in Foley storage yards regularly, and most facilities allow mobile service with notice, we can help square that with the yard manager. The boat stays put, you don't tow anything, and rack or lot access is honestly easier than most docks.
I found a soft spot in the transom when I pulled the boat for winter. What's replacement going to cost?
Transom replacement runs $2,500 to $8,000 depending on hull size and engine setup. Finding it at winter haul-out is the best-case timing, we can schedule it without rush, let every stage cure fully, and have the boat stronger than factory before spring.
Ran aground on a sand bar in Wolf Bay and scuffed up the bottom. Do I need to fix it before storing the boat?
Get it assessed before storage, yes. Gelcoat-only scuffs, $150 to $500, can technically wait, but anything into laminate should be sealed before the boat sits through a wet winter, otherwise the core drinks rainwater for months. A quick photo set tells us which situation you have.
The dealer quoted me a long wait for glass work. Are you faster?
Often, because we're mobile and glass is all we do, we're not queuing your repair behind engine services. Small jobs typically land within a week or two, bigger structural work gets real dates at booking. We also finish work on boats owners bought as projects along the 59 corridor, half-done repairs included.
Do you handle gelcoat restoration on a boat that's been stored uncovered for a few years?
Yes, and Foley's open lots generate a lot of it. If the gelcoat has thickness left we sand, compound and seal it back to gloss, typically a one to two day job. If it's chalked past saving we'll say so up front and talk about re-gel or paint rather than polishing your money away.