Jones Marine, Inc.
Downwind Marine
Serving the Salisbury area.
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- Regular Hours:
Mon - Fri - Phone:
Main - 704-639-0173
- Address:
- 10285 Bringle Ferry Rd Salisbury, NC 28146
- Link:
https://www.jonesmarine.net/contact-email-boats-dealership--xcontact
- Categories
- Marine Equipment & Supplies, Boat Maintenance & Repair
- Brands
- Mercury, Yamaha, Honda,OMC outboards, inboards
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Reviews
Bought a used boat from him and asked if it was in good working order. BrIan told me it was in good mechanical condition, he’d gone over the engines and jet pumps. He never told me boat had water leaks, called him after first hour we had it on lake... he told me he specifically told me I have to constantly run bilge pump. I told him before buying it we wanted to take it out and sit for hours with friends watching kids play...
Second trip starboard engine would keep running after 30 minutes. That ended up oil Fouled plugs. Easy fix but 1 hour limping along back to marina on one engine.
Third trip I put in water just to see where leaks were. One was port engine around mounting areas, then started it up and drove it out to find, 2 sprays just under heads of port engine. Couldn’t see area till got home and used a mirror.
Finally took to a mechanic here. He immediately found the 2 cracks on the cylinder heads, told me never seen that on a seadoo... unless they weren’t winterised properly! I haven’t had it until 2nd weekend of may. No freezing temperatures.
Finally running it for 30-45 minutes on that last trip (3rd trip). The starboard side lost drive... again had to limp back 1-1.5 hours back to marina to take it home... so at best I’ve driven it 4-6 hours tops.
The drive shaft and coupler were never greased and were bone dry this mechanic here showed me. So after Brian had gone through the engines, and jet pumps and was summer ready.... it wasn’t and now is not useable till 2-3k in repairs.
Horrible service. Would not return my phone calls. When I did get in touch was very rude. Would not recommend him.