Riptide Marine Center — Attraction in Berkeley Township

My Wife and I ordered our 2025 Stingray 231DC from Berkeley Island Marine (Riptide Marine Center) after seeing it at the Raritan Center Boat Show in Edison, NJ. We immediately liked our Salesman Roger Babson. He answered and explained in detail every question we could throw at him. He's extremely knowledgeable, down to earth, and will tell you his personal opinion when asked. He's an honest Salesman which is usually a contradiction in terms. There was a small misunderstanding regarding the fish finder installation. However, to say everyone there went above and beyond to remedy the mistake, is the understatement of the century. I'd also like to mention the owner of the business ( Martin ) and express how impressed I was with how hands-on he is with customers, purchases, and problems. Typical business owners leave dealing with customers to their employees. I've never seen a more involved business owner and I highly respect that. I would have no problem sending a friend, family member, or stranger to Berkeley Island Marine (Riptide Marine Center) for a boat purchase. I know they would be in good hands with...

Bought my first boat this year from Riptide. Prior to this year, I didn’t know a lot about boats, and wanted to make sure we made the right purchase for what our family wanted to do. We ended up with a Stingray 234LR, and we couldn’t be happier. Roger Babson was our salesman, and answered every question (and there were many) timely, and honestly. I say honestly because if he wasn’t absolutely sure of an answer, he’d tell me so, and then go do the research. I am also impressed with how great the service is from Stingray. They have been super responsive and helpful as well. If your anywhere around the jersey shore, you should research the z-plane hull design of the Stingrays. We had friends on the boat out in the Barnegat bay mid afternoon last Saturday, which if you’re a local, you know is a pretty choppy time. They have a boat of their own, and could not believe how smooth our boat was in the choppy water. Many thanks to everyone at Riptide...

We purchased our first boat from Riptide in October 2020 and we could not be happier. The process start with an introduction to brand we wanted to look at, Sea Chaser, and a through explanation of the differences between the HFC 19, 22, and 24. After learning the differences in the features we moved from the 22 up to the 24 and are glad we did. We laid out what we had to work with and where we wanted to be for a payment and they knocked it out of the park, first time I have ever purchased something and got the Down payment I wanted with a monthly payment slightly below what I wanted. The service work has been outstanding so far, I'm not particularly handy so I had them install my electronics and service the engine after break-in. I suppose all this is a one way to say if you are looking for a good quality dealer that will take the time to answer every question, show you how too, and suggest best practices you need to look no further...