GALESVILLE,  MD.  ON WEST RIVER

About the Yard

• Hartge family owned and operated since 1865 in an eclectic assembly of old and new buildings and former Hartge family homes.

• Full service yard capable of most all work on boats:
  Mast and boom building, painting, repairs, rigging; furling/reefing systems sales and installation for jibs and mains, deck hardware design and installation; custom hardware fabrication; welding of stainless steel and aluminum; aluminum and stainless steel tank manufacturing; repair and installation of air conditioners, heater, stoves and ovens, water makers, refrigerators and freezers, electrics, electrical systems; maintenance, repair, and installation of gas and diesel engine and generators, transmissions, exhaust systems, drinking water systems, fuel systems, sanitation systems, steering systems, propulsion systems, bow thrusters, stabilizers; sprayed polyurethane paint systems, primarily Awlgrip; brush painting; hauling with railways and travelifts; commissioning of new power and sail boats; dry storage, shrink wrap, fiberglass composite work using polyester, vinylester, and epoxy; gelcoat repair, blister repairs using peeling and relaminating of bottom, core replacement on hulls and decks; rudder and centerboard rebuilding and repairs; fairing and shaping of bottom, keel and rudder for racing; hardtops and enclosures; plastic fabrication including hatches, enclosures, Venturi and Corian countertops; woodworking, from structural repairs on wooden workboats such as skipjacks and buyboats, to teak deck replacements, to fine joinery, on yachts such as Sabre, Hinckley, and Swan.

• Dealers for Westerbeke, Universal, Yanmar, Grunert, Marine Air, Espar Heaters, Sea Recovery water desalinators, Raymarine, Sealand Vacuflush, Harken, Schaefer, Lewmar, Awlgrip, Pettit, Interlux, Woolsey, Zspar, B&G, Simrad, etc.

• Located on West River, about four miles from the Chesapeake Bay, six and a half miles to Thomas Point Lighthouse, and twelve miles to Annapolis.

• The yard's location protects it from strong northerly winds, seas, swells, and surges, but is not cut off from the light summer breezes.

• Approximately 300 boats in the yard, in slips and moorings; power and sail from 20' to 70', but mostly sailboats from 32' to 42'; 24 covered slips.
• 25 ton and 30 ton travelifts
• 40 ton and 70 ton railways
• 40 employees who have been with us an average of 14 years and have combined over 600 years of boatyard experience.
• Fuel dock, pumpout, block and bag ice on honor system, marine supply store.
• Storage for recycling used oil, fuel, antifreeze, dead batteries, paint thinners.
• Hartge Insurance Associates
• Hartge Nautical Museum.
• Hartge Yacht Sales and Hartge Chesapeake Charters - Run by Dick Zimmerman.
• Tree shaded lawn for play and picnic, with a great view of the harbor & July 4th Fireworks
• Showers, dinghy racks, dinghy dock, and storage lockers
• Power to each slip: 30 Amp 125 Volt outlets and more
• WiFi available.

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