About the yard
About Blenker Boatworks & Marina
Blenker Boatworks & Marina is a boat yard and marina at 2504 88th St Ct NW, Bradenton, FL 34209, on the Manatee River, for boat owners who need a haul-out, repair or paint work, a wet slip or dry storage. Family owned. Licensed and insured.
On site there is a travel lift, paint and repair work, two docks of wet slips, dry storage and a fuel dock with a Fuel Club. Trailer storage is available too. The rates are published on the pricing page, per foot, per hour and per month. The office phone number and the office hours are on the contact page.
What is Blenker Boatworks & Marina?
Blenker Boatworks & Marina, also written Blenker Boatworks and Marina, is a boat yard and marina on the Manatee River at 2504 88th St Ct NW, Bradenton, FL 34209. It hauls boats on a travel lift, services outboards at the 20-, 100- and 200-hour intervals, repairs engines and transmissions, fiberglass, gel coat and collision damage, applies Pettit, Interlux and Awlgrip paint systems, details boats in house, rents wet slips on the West and East docks, offers dry storage, sells marina fuel at its own dock and runs a Fuel Club, and takes boats for disposal and scrapping. Family owned. Licensed and insured. Customers' own words, quoted from Google with their dates, are on the reviews page.
Is the yard near Palmetto, Anna Maria Island, Cortez and Sarasota?
The yard is one site, at 2504 88th St Ct NW, Bradenton, FL 34209 in Bradenton, on the Manatee River; Palmetto is on the opposite side of the river. The service area page gives drive times without traffic from Cortez, Holmes Beach, Bradenton Beach, Anna Maria, Palmetto, Longboat Key, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tampa and other nearby towns, and names the bridges a boat passes on the way in by water.
Where is the yard?
The yard is at 2504 88th St Ct NW, Bradenton, FL 34209, on the Manatee River in Bradenton. Office hours are Mon–Fri 9:30am–4:00pm, closed Saturday and Sunday. Directions, hours and the office phone. For drive times from nearby towns and the bridges a boat passes by water, see the service area page.
What does the yard do?
Mechanical work runs from the 20-, 100- and 200-hour outboard intervals to engine and transmission repair, with fiberglass, gel coat and collision repair alongside. The yard applies Pettit, Interlux and Awlgrip paint systems, details boats in house, hauls boats on the travel lift, rents wet slips on the West and East docks, offers dry storage, sells marina fuel at its own dock and runs a Fuel Club, and, when a boat is done for good, handles disposal and scrapping. Each service has its own page below, and the services page lists them together.
Google reviews
What customers wrote
4.3 on Google across 96 reviews, as of October 27, 2026. Every quote below is a customer's own words.
“Absolutely an awesome experience”
Google review · December 2020
“Nice good ol boys work there.”
Google review · October 2017
Tell us what your boat needs.
Call the office during Mon–Fri 9:30am–4:00pm, or send the quote form with your boat's length, type and what it needs.