Welcome to The ShipShape Co. llc website. Proudly serving the 13mm-21mm's of Lake of the Ozarks.
Please text, call or email to talk about your boats (573) 434-6864 or Dave@IsYourBoatClean.com
- Intro - My name is David and I have been running this lil' boat cleaning business since 2004. From 2004-2020 my business had three service vehicles and five-seven seasonal employees that served all corners of the lake (we even traveled for a few jobs). In 2020, like many things, my business had a massive change too. During that year I transitioned from working for the masses back to a one-man-show cleaning boats, on an every-other-week routine, between the 13-21 mile-markers (I live at the 17mm). Please text, call or email to talk about your boats (573) 434-6864 or Dave@IsYourBoatClean.com - What I do - In March I will pressure wash/clean your dock (concrete surface, rubber edging, plastic cushions, lights, fans, outlets and switch boxes, fridge, freezer, kitchen/bbq, furniture, cushions, pillows, rugs, etc) to get rid of the dirt that has accumulated on everything over the winter. While I am there the first time I will remove your de-icers from the water and clean the scum off the units, ropes and electric cords and neatly wind everything up so it can be stored for the summer. In April I will do a full-on ShipShape Cleaning to your boats, pwc's, paddle boards, pedal boats, kayaks, etc which entails scrubbing everything everywhere with soapy sponges and lots of elbow-grease so that each item is clean and will be as easy as possible to keep clean going forward. In May I will start a routine of every-other-week visits to your dock to freshen everything up so that it is shipshape and ready-to-go whenever you arrive throughout the boating season. The first thing I do when I arrive to your dock is to knock down spiderwebs from the edges of the dock (plastic cushions on poles and concrete edge) then I blow the dock surface and furniture to remove any crumbs. Next I wash/wipe-down the boats & pwc’s as needed so they are standing tall throughout the summer. In September I am happy to amend the every-other-week routine since many families don't come to the lake as often but I do like to visit every dock at least once in September and once in October to freshen things up as needed so nothing gets funky. Once your boat has been winterized I come back to make sure the cover is on securely and that everything is dry, seats/storage areas are opened up for ventilation, anything that will freeze is removed so the boat is ready for its hibernation during non-boating season. Please text, call or email to talk about your boats (573) 434-6864 or Dave@IsYourBoatClean.com - About me - In 1981 my family visited a classmates family for a weekend at the lake at the 13mm and in 1982 my dad bought a place at the 7mm and I was hooked at six years old. In the late 80’s my dad and I started going to the lake before the rest of my family in early May for “father + son boat cleaning bonding b***s*** weekend”. In 1995 I graduated highschool and started a lawn service that grew to ~225 lawns in St Louis’ west county. In 2002 I sold the lawn business and helped the new owners for one year but always had the dream of living at The Lake. In 2004 I moved to the 11mm and started washing boats for our next-door neighbor who had a home based business that reconditioned and flipped mostly 45’-55’ SeaRay cruisers with the occasional high performance boat. He sold a dozen or so boats each year which kept me scrambling to keep up with his inventory and the new customer I ended up with almost every time he sold a boat, it was a great arrangement! The struggle I had every spring was finding and training workers who would reliably show up and who cared about the quality of work they were doing - lets face it, boat cleaning has a very low barrier to entry and convincing workers to do a great job was very difficult. In 2017 I upped my base pay rate to $20/hour with hopes of attracting better applicants, which did help a lot. In the spring of 2020 no one replied to my help wanted ads, literally no one. Fortunately I had a few hard workers from years past who helped me survive that crazy covid year, thank you Andy, Kyle and Sam! After 2020 I knew something had to change so at my girlfriend’s suggestion I followed a 15year old dream of “cleaning boats with a workboat” and bought the perfect workboat for me to work from (it was the second boat I looked at). I also pivoted back to Dave washing boats alone; no workers, no advertising (other than this website), no vans, no shop space, … no headaches! Just me and my passion for boats (thanks Dad!), my hard work ethic and knowledge of what product cleans each mess that occurs on a boat, along with a rock solid 1996 SeaCat sl5 that now has its third set of engines and refit everything else. Please text, call or email to talk about your boats (573) 434-6864 or Dave@IsYourBoatClean.com |
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Please text, call or email to talk about your boats (573) 434-6864 or Dave@IsYourBoatClean.com
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