Nothing But Net
The SeaPen portable dry dock makes storage easier for the increasing number of outboard-powered boats. With outboard-powered boats getting bigger every year, where and how to store them is becoming a bigger concern. They’re not easily trailered, and many rack-storage facilities can’t accommodate them. It’s a problem that sometimes keeps a buyer from making a purchase.
“These guys are already worrying about how they’re going to store the boat,” says Dotson Guice, a salesman at MarineMax in Charleston, S.C.
The dealership has a SeaPen in a pond on-site, so when the question of storing a boat comes up, Guice walks the customer out to show him how the SeaPen works. “After you show them, it’s, ‘How soon can we get this done?’ ” Guice says.
SeaPen, a device best described as a portable dry dock, has gained popularity up and down the East Coast since it was introduced in the United States in 2018. A boat sits on a net made of UV-stabilized polypropylene material. The SeaPen eliminates the need for bottom paint and is more user-friendly than a traditional boat lift.
