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Reinventing Boat Maintenance

Boat Cleaning Made Easy
Environmentally Friendly Boat Cleaning
Unlike traditional hull cleaning methods, no chemicals are used in the Drive-in Boatwash process. Drive-in Boatwash machines clean boats with brushes, using only the water theyāre floating in. Every machine includes a basin to collect any debris removed during the boat cleaning process.
With Drive-in Boatwash, boats can be cleaned frequently and consistently. This eliminates the need to scrape or sand which releases particles


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Thrilled with the service, the quality of the work
that theyāve doneā¦phenomenal service, strongly
recommend you guys.
Derick, Drive-in Boatwash
customer
Great job.Ā In and out in 30 minutes.Ā The owner
was super friendly!! Membership = unlimited
cleanings!!
Nicky, Drive-in Boatwash
Galveston Bay customer
Before, my boat would not plane and wouldnāt go faster than 20 mphā¦.after the Boatwash I was able to plane and going 40 plus without issues. The staff was professional and courteous.
Jeff, Drive-in Boatwash customer
The best experience Iāve had! My boat went from next to nothing to where sheās supposed to be brand new! Iām ecstatic! I highly recommend it!
Drive-in Boatwash Fort Myers
customer
At 4200 rpm I gained 2.3 mph and dropped 3 gph
in fuel consumption after I had my boat cleaned
Marty, Drive-in Boatwash
customer
Convenience, low price and, most important,
reducing water pollution.
Clyde, Drive-in Boatwash
customer
We love the guys! Weāve partnered with them and
they do a great job keeping our fleet spotless!
Sue, Boat Club operator
Great service for a great price! Love it!
Frank, Drive-in Boatwash
Galveston Bay customer
I drove across the lake, only able to reach 14 1/2 mph because of the growth on the bottom of my boatā¦10 minutes after driving my boat into the Boatwash, I left the marina with a completely different boat! I pushed both throttles up and the boat was on plane in less than 10 seconds, without full power! Amazing!
Tom, Drive-in Boatwash customer
They did a great job and customer service was outstanding. Cleaned my boat bottom and outdrive better than I could by taking it out and doing it myself. Now it planes out faster and picked up several knots as well. Everyone with a boat that is stored in the water should visit this place regularly.
Mark, Drive-in Boatwash
Galveston Bay customer
This was an incredibly affordable, easy, and fast experience and the owner was very informative and hands on. For the level of detail and the thorough cleaning, the cost is awesome!! I would highly recommend this to anyone!
Randy, Drive-in Boatwash Galveston Bay customer


Permitting Outside the Box ā Drive
in Boatwash
Cummins | Cederberg Coastal & Marine Engineering
Published March 18, 2020 at www.cumminscederberg.com

Drive-in Boatwash is a new and innovative machinery resembling a car wash, but for the boating community, with an overall purpose of providing boaters an environmentally friendly way to clean boat hulls and reduce the need for toxic anti-fouling paint. Cummins Cederberg successfully completed environmental permitting for two new Drive-in Boatwash systems in South Florida at Sweetwater Landing Marina, situated along the Caloosahatchee River in Fort Myers, and Sea Isle Marina, located within the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve in Miami.
The boatwash is a fully contained floating system that washes the hull of the boat mechanically with the use of brushes and sea water only, without the use of chemicals. The brushes are composed of a plastic, which have the shape of long straws and can bend relatively easily when under pressure, providing a gentle cleaning method. The entire wash takes about 15-20 minutes. This new hull cleaning technology is intended to reduce the use of anti-fouling paint on boat hulls which can release toxic metals into the water contributing to the degradation of water quality.
Cummins Cederberg led the complex permitting process with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to secure the regulatory permits required to install and operate the Drive-in Boatwash at both locations. In addition to these permits, a Miami-Dade County Division of Environmental Resource Management (DERM) Class 1 Permit was also required to install and operate the boatwash at Sea Isle Marina. This location was more difficult to permit, as it is located within the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve, which has very strict regulations because the concern for water quality is very high.
Agencies were initially hesitant, but Cummins Cederberg staff worked with the regulatory agencies to develop and incorporate into the permit conditions an appropriate water quality and sediment monitoring plan to determine whether the boatwash would negatively impact the surrounding environment. Water and sediment quality monitoring was conducted for turbidity and metals. The Drive-in Boatwash was installed August 2018 at Sea Isle Marina and results indicated the boatwash operation does not result in adverse impacts to water or sediment quality and the Drive-in Boatwash remains operating and in full compliance with all environmental regulatory agencies.
This environmentally friendly boatwash method has become rapidly popular among the boating community because of its accessibility, time savings and economic benefits to the consumer. Cummins Cederberg is pleased to continue its environmental consulting services for the permitting of several Drive-in Boatwashās located around the country including Texas (Lake Texoma, Clear Lake and Lake Minnetonka), Missouri (Lake of the Ozarks), Puerto Rico (Salinas), and South Carolina.