Looking for reliable boat mechanic around Davie county

[Jay]

Haven’t had a need for one in a while, but every now and then something pops up beyond my comfort level. Who around this area do y’all trust working on your boat?
My boats a 1997 Triton with a 1999 Mercury 225EFI hanging off the back of it.

[2smoekr119]

Wide Open Marine in Lexington, NC.

[Basswipe]

There is a great merc mechanic at Rock Outdoors.

[wstutts]

D&E marine. Lexington

[walser90]

D&e marine hands down best Mercury mechanic in the area by far

[kb_rn87]

Best one around is at rock outdoors. Have delt with d&e multiple times over the years as have several other that I know but I would set it on fire before I took anything to them again. Rock outdoors is the best thing to ever happen to this area.

[walser90]

Tyler at wide open used to be at rock outdoors but I will still stand by my statement d&e is the best especially on the older motors

[Scrappy]

D&E, is good. If you get him to work on it. He only wants newer stuff

[2smoekr119]

Rock outdoors sucks for repairs. Highest pricing and longest waits.

[Topwater All Day]

Lot's of conflicting opinions in this thread...

I don't mind paying for good service and the best shops will make it right when there is a problem. Sometimes that's the bigger, more expensive shops and sometimes that's the shade tree mechanic who doesn't charge as much. When my boat needs service later this year, I'll be looking at one of these or another around the Raleigh/Durham area.

[Jay]

Already talked with Tyler at Wide Open. Taking the bait to him second week of May. I’ll see where we go from there. He seems to shy away from the heavier maintenance, so if he doesn’t want to tackle something, we’ll see who he recommends. D&E isn’t far from him.