Harbour Marine Services

Dear John, I wanted to let you know that we have successfully arrived at our new base in Plymouth after a fairly long and tedious passage from Suffolk. We were plagued with too much sun, not enough wind and what there was seemed to be from the wrong direction! However the boat performed brilliantly and the engine was a joy to use. It is so much easier to start and ran perfectly for the whole trip. I would again like to thank you and everyone at Harbour Marine for the excellent job that you have done, the installation is a credit to everyone who had a hand in it. We are now looking forward to a few more years with the boat, to explore new areas in confidence that we have a reliable boat and one that you have enhanced for us. Our best wishes to you all, fair winds and calm seas to everyone who ventures afloat.

Great service, friendly and helpful staff. Went out of their way to explain everything

John and team, Beth was in spectacular form, every system worked flawlessly. I just want to thank all of you for your work (he thanks all the team individually) And lastly you John for keeping the good ship HMS afloat and thriving in these difficult and uncertain times. Many companies went to the wall during Covid but you’ve doubled the size of yours. When I think back to the condition she was in five years ago when she came to HMS on a lorry to the vessel I’m now master of it could not be more different. So please accept my congratulations and heartfelt thanks for a job very well done.

Thanks John, I really appreciate the efforts you and the team have put into help when you are so busy.

Thank Mark for his kind words regarding my boat. I would also like to say I very much appreciate how swiftly you’ve managed to get this job done for me. The communication from you all has been first class - a rarity in the marine industry!!

John, Thank you to you, Mike and Jesse for all your help in getting us away last week. We had a great trip to Inverness (3 days and 500 miles) without incident and all worked well.

Dear John, we are on our way. A huge thank you to your crew at Ipswich for calmly happily and competently doing so much to make Josephine ready for sea. They are an outstandingly great team and we can’t sing their praises too highly. Very many thanks to one and all.

Firstly what a great time we have had and no traumas! 6 days force 2-3, never considered swimming, definitely a day boat, complete control as we surfed in, the aft hatch and washboards a triumph of simplicity and functionality, could feel the bilge keels working, she won’t be hurried (‘the duchess’) no wake and draws attention wherever she goes! Throttles were a delight Stanchions and chains perfect Engine room access superb Aft cockpit and access remarkable Loved the interior design airiness and colour schemes, bridge is exactly right. Jorvik has now returned to HMS for phase 2 of her restoration.