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Sail Onyx provides comprehensive boat repair services in Miami, emphasizing an elevated experience and highly skilled professionals that are refreshingly easy to work with.
Our mobile mechanics, electricians, and marine technicians can come to your dock, marina, or boatyard for fast and convenient services anywhere in the Miami area. In addition, we offer a wide range of boat repair services, from troubleshooting why your outboard won’t start to rewiring entire yachts.
To better understand our scope of mobile boat repair services and how we support our Miami boat owners with personalized professional service, we’ve outlined our most popular services below.
Marine Electrical Repair Experts
Onyx’s skilled mobile marine electricians offer services to boat owners looking for exceptional workmanship. We provide everything from routine battery maintenance to complete yacht rewiring jobs.
Our team quickly and accurately troubleshoots problems such as dead batteries, charging irregularities, and tripped breakers so that you get back out on the water with minimum downtime.
Our electricians also manage refits and upgrades to your vessel, such as panel and wiring enhancements that are often needed when new gear is installed onboard.
Marine electrical repair services overview:
- Battery maintenance
- Battery installations
- Wiring/rewiring
- Panel and switch installations
- Charging system repair and installation
- Alarm installations
- Bonding systems
- Generator and Inverter repairs and new installs
As part of our marine electrical service, you will receive a report at the end of each visit—often including photos—to explain what was found and what we did.
Understanding our Elevated Electrical Experience: If we install new equipment onboard your vessel, our electrical experts will schedule a time to sit with you one-on-one to go over the new equipment. We want you to feel confident using your new gear when you’re out on the water.
Professional Marine Engine Repair
Onyx’s professional marine mechanics service most marine engines—from outboards to inboards.
Outboard engines—our mobile mechanics work on most marine outboards, including Mercury, Yamaha, and Suzuki.
They can quickly troubleshoot starting problems or overheating issues as well as more complex intermittent performance issues. They can also help you with your boat’s accessory systems like trim-and-tilt, steering, and fuel systems.
Onyx also offers our Miami area boaters preventative maintenance services to keep all the fluids, filters, and fittings on your vessel in premium condition protecting your investment and preventing any unnecessary downtime.
Outboard Engine Services:
- Outboard troubleshooting and repair
- Scheduled outboard 50/100/300-hour services
- Oil and filter changes
- Spark plug check and replacement
- Propeller damage repair or replacement
- Lower-unit servicing
- Steering system repairs or upgrades
- Fuel pumps, lines, fittings, gauges
- Trim-and-tilt servicing or upgrades
For Marine Diesel Engines and Generators, Onyx’s highly skilled mechanics can handle everything from new installs to routinely scheduled filter changes. Our full-service mobile marine mechanics simplify the process by coming to your dock, marina, or boatyard.
We service most marine diesel engine and generator models, including Yanmar, Cummins, MTU, Caterpillar, Westerbeke, Onan, Kohler, and Northern Lights.
- New marine diesel engine installations
- New marine diesel generator installations
- Engine alignments and motor mount repairs
- Exhaust manifold servicing
- Fuel, oil, and air filter changes
- Belt tensioning and changes
- Valve adjustments
- Diesel diagnostics and troubleshooting
- Generator output diagnostics and repair
- Scheduled maintenance plans
All our mechanics are focused on supplying an elevated service experience for the boat owner. That means we provide an in-depth report of what we did, recommendations, and photographs to illustrate our findings. Plus, if we are installing new equipment on board, we schedule a visit with you to get one-on-one training with a professional so you can feel confident using your new equipment.
Master Marine Mechanical Repair
Onyx provides comprehensive marine mechanical repairs to the Miami area, including hydraulic, fuel, steering, and running gear services.
Marine Hydraulic Installation and Repair Services: Hydraulic systems are used all over vessels. From hydraulic steering systems and dinghy lifts to hydraulic hatches. Onyx’s marine technicians can help you with new installs, troubleshooting, or maintenance of your hydraulic fluids and pumps.
Fuel System Services: New fuels are harsh on marine fuel systems. Our technicians can help you quickly resolve or prevent the most common marine fuel system problems, such as fuel line and fitting replacements and fuel filter replacements. Our team can also repair or replace fuel pumps, gauges, fuel sensors, and senders.
Marine Steering Systems: Our highly skilled marine technicians work on various marine steering systems, from hydraulic to rack-and-pinion.
Running Gear: Keep your vessel running smoothly and with optimum performance by maintaining the critical external gear below the waterline. Onyx marine technicians provide shaft and shaft-log replacement or repairs as well as cutlass bearing replacements. If your boat has vibration issues, they also perform engine alignments and perform propellor repairs or replacements. We work with several boatyards in the Miami area and come to your boat.
Outstanding Marine Painting and Refinishing
From non-skid topsides to anti-fouling bottom paint, Onyx can make your boat look flawless and bring new life to your boat. Our talented and detail-focused refinishing experts provide Miami boat owners with superb boat painting services for your deck or hull. We use industry-proven products and techniques to create a long-lasting, beautiful finish for your vessel.
We can do refinishing work at our Miami boat repair facility for smaller, trailer-able boats. Or, for larger vessels, we have working relationships with several local boatyards.
Miami’s Fiberglass Boat Repair Specialist
Most boats need some sort of fiberglass repair during their lifetime. Onyx can restore your boat’s appearance—from a minor cosmetic crunch to extensive hull and deck damage. We do marine fiberglass repair, gel coat refinishing, and painting for an immaculate finish.
Marine Installations and Customizations
Miami lights up at night, and there is always a rhythm in the air. We help you extend that ambiance to your boat with the custom marine lighting and marine sound system installations.
Marine Lighting-Work with one of our expert marine lighting architectural services to create a dramatic lighting statement on your vessel. We do all types of marine lighting:
- Sensational underwater lighting
- Dramatic mood lighting on deck and below deck
- Task and safety lighting
- Navigation light installs and upgrades
- Whole vessel rewiring and lighting upgrades
Marine Sound Systems—Create the right mood and entertain with ease with custom marine stereo systems and speaker installations. Onyx’s marine electricians and technicians can help get a complete marine entertainment system with pristine installation.
- Marine Audio System installations
- Surround Sound Stereo Speakers
- Entertainment systems
- Waterproof stereo systems
Maine Navigation and Communication
To help you safely navigate the waters around Miami, Onyx’s master marine electricians can help you upgrade to the latest marine navigation and communication equipment. In addition, we can help you secure the best marine electronic gear at value pricing, or you can provide your own electronics.
- Radios-VHF and SSB radios and antennae installations to keep you connected whether you are within sight of land or mid-ocean.
- Marine Satellite Communications-installing Wi-Fi domes and marine-grade signal extenders can keep your entertainment streaming and provide uninterrupted mobile, voice, and internet aboard.
- Electronic Navigation Suites-Maximize your vessel’s electronics’ potential with expert installations and NMEA interfacing.
Benefit from Onyx’s Elevated Experience- When Onyx installs a new piece of marine electronics—like a GPS Chart plotter, radar, or autopilot—we include a follow-up session. We walk you through using your new equipment so you can feel confident when you are out on the water.
Serving Miami Boat Owners—Beyond Boat Repair
Onyx doesn’t just provide reliable boat repair for Miami. We also serve our local boating community with ongoing maintenance plans and professional captain’s services.
There are many benefits to using a comprehensive yacht maintenance company for your local Miami boat repair services. For example, it is a relief to rely on the same excellent service for your routine monthly or seasonal services. They already know your boat and your preferences. Similarly, when you need to find a trustworthy professional for a one-time service—like delivering your boat—you’ll know where to go first. (Even if we don’t provide the exact service you need, we can help you find a solution through our network of marine connections in the Miami area.)
Maintenance Plans: Our goal at Onyx is to make boat ownership easier and more enjoyable by taking care of your details.
We offer several different plans for keeping your boat immaculate and ready to hop on at any time. From boat detailing and regularly scheduled mechanical maintenance plans to custom-designed yacht maintenance schedules, we can handle all the details for you.
Captain and Crew Services: Onyx proudly employs some of the most professional and experienced captains and crew members available. We offer either short-term or long-term placement. And, of course, all our professionals are fully vetted and licensed. Services include:
- Powerboat delivery services (nationwide and the Bahamas)
- Sailboat delivery services (nationwide and the Bahamas)
- On-demand captain and crew services in the Miami area
- Instructional captain services in the Miami area
Why We Love Miami
Miami is boaters’ heaven. This is why we want to do everything we can to help you spend as much time as you can on the water—not waiting on boat repairs. Miami has clear water and a warm boating season year-round. There is no “off-season,” so we know it’s essential to keep your vessel ready to go all the time.
Miami has plenty of secure marinas with easy access to both the protected inland waters and the ocean. Its location makes traveling down to the Keys, up the ICW, across to the Bahamas, toward the Caribbean, and even over to Mexico effortless.
Therefore, it is no wonder that THE largest boat show in the world—the Miami Boat Show— takes place here. Every year the show is magnificently orchestrated by organizations like the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) and draws yachts and visitors worldwide.
Miami makes everything from offshore fishing to picnicking on idyllic sandbars a delight for boat owners. Our extensive waterways are lined with restaurants and bars boasting docks to tie your boat up to. Even some of Miami’s best shopping locations can be reached by boat for the day.
Onyx would love to help you make the most of your time on the water. If you need boat repairs in the Miami area—or would like to talk to us about any of our other services—we’d be delighted to hear from you.
