Captain Chris' Marine Supply, has long been a dream of mine. I've been boating since the ripe and impressionable age of four, and roughly ten years later, at the age of fourteen, I realized that some day, I would open this store. The first years I spent on the water were not the most enjoyable or relaxing my family ever enjoyed. No, instead they were quite the opposite.

My dad bought our first boat in the dead of winter. He knew very little about boats at the time, but he knew that he wanted a way for our young family to come together and enjoy each other's company. So, on a cold January day, he went and bought our first boat, a 17' outboard powered bowrider. We spent many hours in our garage getting the boat ready for the water, and when launch day came, the troubles began. My dad had put off getting the trailer hitch installed on his station wagon all winter, so we borrowed my uncle's truck to get our boat to its new home on Lake Chautauqua. Halfway there, the motor in the truck started consuming oil at a furious pace. Then came the torrential downpour -- one of the worst in Chautauqua's history. Finally, when we arrived at the marina, no-one in our party knew how to back the trailer in the water. Luckily we were saved by fisherman who were pulling their boat out in the rain.

We got the boat in the water only to hit bottom on a sandbar on the way to the slip. This, yet again, should've been a warning of things to come. Due to the weather, we tied the boat up, covered it and left. The next morning my father received a phone call from the marina, asking what color the cover we had on our boat was. He said the "correct" answer, and they told him that the boat had sunk during the night. It turns out that the boat had a crack in the hull we hadn't seen, due to the position on the trailer during our pre-purchase inspection.

He bought our second boat a few weeks later, a little wiser for the wear. And we spent many a day on the pristine waters of Chautauqua, albeit not always troublefree. The little outboard did give us fair share of problems, but it was on that boat, that I truely developed a strong appreciation for boating. We had only paid $1300 for the boat, and I mention that because boating doesn't have to be expensive! I say that and not only do I mean it, I try my best to make sure your boating is less expensive by shopping with us and saving money.

The founding and opening never was realized until some years later, due both to financial and time constraints. But now, we are here, with one solitary focus -- our customers. Most of the boating I've ever done in my lifetime, including in the present day and time, has been done on a budget. As the founder, I realize that this is the case with most American households that proudly call themselves Boaters. As such, each and every product we sell is not only of the highest quality, it is offered at the lowest prices we can offer to you!

I look forward to serving you in your coming visits to our webstore, and remind you to stop by often. We are constantly working around the clock to expand our product catalog, and in doing so, we increasingly become your number one source for all your boat related products, whether it is as sophisticated as a GPS unit, or as simple, yet crucial as a drain plug.

Please, feel free to contact us should you have any questions or concerns. We're here to help!

Sincerely yours,

Christopher Lester

President and Founder, Captain Chris' Marine Supply, LLC