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    The treatment · San Antonio

    Cruisers detailing in San Antonio.

    Sport bowriders, day cruisers, and cabin cruisers — for the boats that live in a slip and need to look like new when the family arrives.

    San Antonio owners with cruisers typically work out of Canyon Lake (40 minutes north). Slip-kept boats at Cypress Bend Marina, Mountain Springs Resort, Cranes Mill Marina. Trailer launches at Cranes Mill Park ramp and Comal Park ramp. Hard mineral water from Comal Springs feed leaves spots if rinses aren't quick.

    Service specs · San Antonio

    Starting at$400
    Range$400 – $1,200
    Duration6 – 10 hours
    CoverageSan Antonio
    5.0· 500+ jobs
    Why San Antonio

    Built for San Antonio owners.

    San Antonio is our home market. We work driveways from Alamo Heights to Stone Oak, hangars at Stinson and SAT, and storage yards on the city's edges. Most San Antonio fleet owners trailer or fly out — we meet you where you keep the vehicle.

    Owner profile. From Olmos Park luxury to King William historic homes to Stone Oak suburbs — urban boat owners trailering to Hill Country lakes, corporate jet owners at SAT hangars, and the full spread of RV owners storing rigs outside the city.

    A 28-foot Sea Ray Sundancer at Hurst Harbor on Lake Travis is a different beast than a bass boat or a center console. It sits in a covered slip nine months a year. The family uses it three weekends. The cabin holds a head, a galley, a fridge, and a leather settee that's been baking in trapped sun. The hull below the waterline grows a beard of algae. The cockpit upholstery accumulates sunscreen and citronella smoke. Cabin interiors smell musty by the second weekend of the summer because the air handler doesn't run when nobody's onboard. A cruiser detail is half boat work, half cabin restoration — and it's our most time-intensive single-day boat service.

    Local resources

    Where San Antonio owners keep their cruisers.

    Canyon Lake

    40 minutes north from San Antonio. Marinas: Cypress Bend Marina, Mountain Springs Resort, Cranes Mill Marina. Ramps: Cranes Mill Park ramp, Comal Park ramp, Boat Ramp #1 (Canyon City).

    Hard mineral water from Comal Springs feed leaves spots if rinses aren't quick.

    Stinson Municipal (SSF)

    in town from San Antonio. GA ramp loaded with owner-flown singles, twins, and turboprops. Multiple FBOs and tenant hangars.

    Storage facilities

    various I-10 corridor storage facilities, Loop 1604 storage yards, South Side storage parks. We service trailers and RVs on-site at storage yards.

    Also serving these lakes

    Medina Lake (40 minutes west), Lake LBJ (1 hour north), Lake Travis (1.5 hours northeast).

    Additional airports

    San Antonio International (SAT, in town) · Boerne Stage Field (5C1, in Boerne) · New Braunfels Regional (BAZ, 30 minutes east)

    How we work on yours

    Cruisers protocol San Antonio edition.

    01

    Hull walk-through with the owner, water-line assessment, and confirmation of whether the boat needs an above-waterline-only detail or a haul-out for bottom service.

    02

    Pressure rinse from rail down to waterline; algae waterline beard cleaned with marine hull cleaner before any polish.

    03

    Gelcoat polish above the waterline — DA polisher, finish-appropriate pads, two-stage on heavy oxidation.

    04

    Cockpit vinyl and helm seating: marine cleaner, UV conditioner; leather cockpit seating gets a leather-specific cleaner-and-condition.

    05

    Cabin entry: open hatches, run dehumidifier or fan to start cabin airflow before any wet cleaning begins.

    06

    Cabin headliner spot-cleaned with mild upholstery cleaner; carpet vacuumed and spot-extracted.

    07

    Cabin leather settee, helm chair, and dinette cushions cleaned and conditioned panel by panel.

    08

    Head (toilet) deep-cleaned and deodorized, fresh-water hose check; if pump-out needed, we coordinate with marina.

    09

    Galley: fridge interior wiped and deodorized, sink drains flushed, countertops sanitized, microwave interior cleaned.

    10

    Bilge wash — flush oil and standing water, spot-clean residue, deodorize. Cabin ozone treatment available as add-on.

    11

    Stainless rails, cleats, hatch hardware polished. Glass and acrylic ports cleaned with Plexus.

    On every San Antonio invoice

    What's included.

    Hull walk-through and waterline assessment
    Pressure rinse and pre-soak
    Algae waterline beard cleaning
    Gelcoat polish (DA polisher)
    Cockpit vinyl and leather cleaning
    Cabin entry airflow + dehumidify
    Cabin headliner spot-clean
    Cabin upholstery and dinette clean
    Head deep clean and deodorize
    Galley interior sanitize (fridge, sink, microwave)
    Bilge wash and standing-water dry
    Stainless rails and hardware polish
    Acrylic port and glass care (Plexus)
    Final inspection above + below decks
    San Antonio questions

    What owners always ask.

    Yes — Canyon Lake (40 minutes north from San Antonio) is one of our core service areas for cruisers. We work slip-kept boats at Cypress Bend Marina and Mountain Springs Resort and ramp-side jobs at Cranes Mill Park ramp. We bring our own water and power.

    Almost always, yes. Cabin smell is bacteria in headliner, carpet, and cushion foam. We clean every surface, run ozone for 2-4 hours, ventilate, and the smell is gone. We've never met a cruiser cabin we couldn't fix without ripping interior out.

    Above-waterline algae we handle directly. Below-waterline (the bottom paint area) requires a haul-out — we coordinate with your marina for that service and inspect/touch-up bottom paint and zincs when the boat is out of the water.

    Yes, and it's worth what we charge for it. Boat heads need a full pump-out coordination, fresh-water hose flush, and a deep clean with marine-safe sanitizer. We handle the whole sequence.

    Yes — Hurst Harbor, Volente Beach, Briarcliff, Lakeway, Vintage, and most private slips. Also Lake LBJ (Horseshoe Bay, Highland Lakes), Canyon Lake (Cypress Bend, Cranes Mill), and Possum Kingdom.

    A 23-27 ft bowrider takes 6-7 hours. A 28-33 ft cabin cruiser with full interior runs 8-10 hours, sometimes split across two days. We give you a real estimate after the walk-through.

    A 23-25 ft bowrider with cockpit and cabin starts at $400. A 28 ft Sundancer with head, galley, and bilge runs $700-900. A 33 ft Express with ozone treatment and bottom-paint coordination can run $1,000-1,200. We quote after the walk-through.

    The doctor is in San Antonio

    Park it. We'll handle it.

    Same care, every job. We come to your San Antonio driveway, dock, hangar, or storage site.