Cerritos Yacht Anchorage & Eddie’s Marine Service

I Had Eddies haul out my 35 sailboat to do a bottom job, replace thru hulls, ball valves and install a tranducer. All i can say about Eddies marine is that they are the best and most honest boat yard in the Long Beach area. Lupe and his crew did a perfect job, on time and correct. The final cost was right on target from the bid Mike the owner origannaly quoted me. I did have them do a few other things and all of the extras although not in my original bid were priced very fair. Thanks Mike, Lupe and the crew at Eddys for renewing my faith in the boating community that you can still get high quality work done at honest and fair price on boats in the LA Area
Your The Best

Quiet, friendly, clean, affordable and safe. They also have a store for first and last minute needs. Plenty of parking also. The docks aren’t perfect but the patina is just another perk for me.

I gave them 4-​stars for the facilities, but I’d give them 5-​stars for the service. My understanding is that this anchorage has been managed by the same family for 3-​generations. I did not get any repair services from Eddies, but I was an anchorage guest for 2-​months. The management staff was friendly and they really bailed me out of a jam, as I was having a hard time finding a slip for such a short-​term duration. The place is a little older and the facilities aren’t very female friendly (the showers are missing window panes), but they are kept clean and the staff are pretty responsive to any repair needs that arise.
It’s somewhat of a working dock, so there’s always activity going on. The channel itself is also a working channel, so you get a few tugboats cruising by daily. As far as my slipmates go, definitely a blue-​collar working man’s crowd — not the pretentious/​entitled crowd you find in Marina Del Rey. Be mindful of your children’s ears, as folks to tend to speak like sailors on this dock and a few casual expletives are not uncommon.
I’ll forever be appreciative of Cerritos Yacht Anchorage for the brief time I spent there.

I had to put in a transducer in my boat and my expeirence from start to finish was excellent. The secretary (Kendal) was very informative and answered all my questions and concerns. I brought the boat in and they did a clean professional job. I would use them again without question. Lupe and his brother were always there to answer any questions or lend a hand when I needed it. Five star’s for a little mom and pop boat yard.
Thanks guys!
Jason Bouchard

5 stars means it’s as good as it gets. All the old fashioned unpretentious places are disappearing. Where else to go? Some hoity toity place that charges more to screw up your boat?
Don’t expect to be overjoyed by the experience. Keep track of the quote that Lupe gave you, and haggle fiercely with the office when they try to increase the amount due. Lupe is always busy and may not be patient if you hem and haw.
Plenty of people will feel screwed, as the last guy who rated Eddies as a 1 star after what seems to be one bad experience in 20 years of using their service!
The alternative is paying huge money to someone far away who cares less about you and will charge you to fix their mistakes.
Eddies gets the work done fast with no time for b.s. If they find problems with your boat, yes the cost will go up tremendously with your approval of course. Be there before the boat goes back into the water so you know for sure the job is done & up to your standard. In my case, they actually did a better job than I wanted.
Lupe allows you to pull out on a Friday and pay ZERO for the 2 weekend days while you try to do the work yourself. If you utterly fail at what you started, Eddies will finish the job quickly, charging less because you already did some of the work. Other places will see this as you taking their business away and will react accordingly.
The crane drops the boats into a parking lot where you are free to drive up and work on your boat.
I’m definitely using them again.

DO NOT HIRE these guys to do work on your boat! If you do it yourself, go for it. However, if you hire them… forget it! I got ripped off big time like a foolish idiot. And this is after going there for the past 20 years yet prior… I did the work myself. It’s not like they didn’t know me. And I’m telling you… I got screwed. Stay away unless you are doing the work yourself.

Eddie’s Marine at Cerritos Yacht Anchorage offers haul out and other boatyard services to small vessel owners and does excellent work at a fair price. Lupe is the man behind the operation (the eponymous Eddie apparently passed long ago), and is a square dealer. It’s a small, unpretentious facility that is especially friendly to boaters that want to do some or all of their own work.
We had the bottom of our boat epoxy coated and painted here, along with some other maintenance and repair work, and are very happy with the results. We also did some of our own work on the boat after business hours and on a weekend, which saved us the cost of hauling it out separately for that work and/​or paying someone else to do it.
One potential downside with Eddie’s is that boats are kept in an open area with no fencing or security. If you have expensive electronics or other costly items on board, this may be a cause for concern.