Reviews: Grand Harbor Marina, LLC

Reviewed by: G. Jay Nelson , Pegasus, on Nov 14, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 44'
Draft: 3.5'

Rating: 5

Grand Harbor Marina was a very nice stop. It is large marina and resort located just below the Pickwick Locks and Dam. It has very stable floating docks, clean restrooms/showers and a laundry room all close to the transient dock. There is a ships store on the transient dock that sells gift items, snacks, and beer/wine. They also sell pizza and hot dogs. They have a loner car to get to local shopping, grocery and restaurants/bars. The grounds are pet-friendly, but it is a long walk to the pet areas.

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Reviewed by: Kevin Williams , m/v Blue Tortuga, on Oct 16, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 40'
Draft: 3.5'

Rating: 5

This marina receives high marks due to it's excellent communication. Prior to arrival, we received a text message with entry instructions and other particulars, something good we've seen from other marinas. What we received that differentiates them was a map of the marina with a handwritten path and arrow how to get to our slip. Zero confusion and perfectly clear. Solid docks and all necessary amenities. Lovely area.

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Reviewed by: A Snag-A-Slip User on Oct 13, 2024
LOA: 43'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 5

Great marina. Courtesy cars.

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Reviewed by: A Snag-A-Slip User on Sep 25, 2024
LOA: 45'
Draft: 5.0'

Rating: 3

Good: convenient off the river, close to Shiloh, nice pool
Poor: exposed to wakes from boaters, its not a resort anymore (No spa), wifi on K dock was non existent.

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Reviewed by: William Mcnutt , Excellent Seas, on Jun 14, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 43'
Draft: 5.5'

Rating: 4

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The Grand Harbor Marina in Counce, TN is a welcome stop on the Tennessee River. At the very northern end of the Tenn-Tom waterway, Grand Harbor boasts a large complex of annual, monthly, and transient dockage. They offer diesel and gasoline, and it's plentiful, if not aggressively priced. There are like six fuel pumps, two holding tank pump-outs, and a very pleasant ship's store. The staff is friendly, competent, and eager to help. This was the first marina I've visited since I left Mobile where I didn't have to pump my own diesel. There's no restaurant, but the Ship's Store makes a really good made-to-order pizza, and there are custom deli sandwiches as well. They have a very few parts and supplied, but strictly on the order of oil, dock lines, and the like. In general, I found the town of Counce to be more than a little short on boat parts. Mind you, if you want to buy an entire BOAT, be it a bass boat, pontoon boat, or power yacht, they've got you covered, but if you've dropped the starboard lens of your nav lights into 16 feet of murky Tennessee River, well, they're gonna have to order that.

On the other hand, there's a courtesy car with functional air conditioning and a very posh lounge area.

Oh, and plenty of water, all the way to the dock. None of this "your draft must be less than five feet to approach" that I kept running into farther south. No, I had 16+ all the way in to the transient dock.

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Reviewed by: Tony Green on Nov 15, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 26'
Draft: 3.0'

Rating: 5

Very nice marina, with friendly and helpful staff. Bathrooms, showers, laundry, fuel, office and store all close to transient docks. Lounge and gym available in condo building. Two courtesy cars; restaurants and groceries nearby and Shiloh battlefield is 30 minutes away. We enjoyed our stay here, but did get wakes from passing boats, many ignoring the large No-Wake sign and buoys.

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Reviewed by: Capt Sam , WhatYachtToDo, on Oct 22, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 50'
Draft: 4.5'

Rating: 4

18 Oct 23 Sam at GreatLoopAcademy.com here on a training trip with a 430 Mainship with a 3' 8" draft. Stopped here for a rest, pump out, fuel, water and a provision run. Thanks to Ann for the courtesy car - they have two! . Neely and Molly provided great service. Lots of restaurants to choose from, we went to JP's but wished we didn't. On a previous trip we went to FreddyTs and that was awesome. Short list grocery run to Dollar General but also a local supermarket nearby as well. This is a well run marina and resort and less hustle/bustle than the other big marina to the west. Good T-Mobile and Verizon service. Sam from WhatYachtToDo ?

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Reviewed by: Wade A. on Dec 6, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 45'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 4

Pro: Great docks and lounge. Nice courtesy car. Helpful staff (when available), Free self-service pumpouts

Con: No resturant or shopping within walking distance. Condo amenities not available for transients. Store was short staffed.

A good choice at Pickwick. But if you need boat service, choose Aqua Yacht.

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Reviewed by: Brian Wicks on Nov 16, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 27'
Draft: 2.0'

Rating: 4

Believe new management recently took over and we really enjoyed our stay - believe in past got bad reviews. Very helpful staff and great courtesy car. Highly recommend

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Reviewed by: Patricia And Steven Stanley , Calypso, on Nov 8, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 39'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 4

Grand Harbor Marina is very nice. The staff are friendly and efficient. The marina has floating aggregate docks, bathrooms and 1 shower per gender on the docks and another set of bathrooms/showers in the condominium building. There's a ship's store on the docks where you can buy pizza and hot dogs. Free pump out, diesel and gas are available. T Mobile cell phone service is limited and they have patchy wifi. Two courtesy cars are available. Restaurants, shops and a grocery store are a short drive away. We borrowed a car a drove to Shiloh National Park to view this famous Civil War battleground. Very informative and worthwhile!

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Reviewed by: Gert Grohmann on Nov 6, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 32'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 4

Nice marina,friendly and helpful staff. Left our boat there for a few days while I returned home. Enterprise car rental is about 30 minutes away, nice courtesy vehicle available. Dining is 10 minutes away and a shuttle is available. Free pumpouts. Wifi was adequate. Cell coverage fro AT&T was good.

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Reviewed by: Graeme Walker , Confirmed Aquaholic, on Oct 25, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 54'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 5

Very nice marina, friendly staff, we were out on 'L' dock and had to call for golf cart to get us back to the main marina, never had any issue and always said to call. Fuel was expensive, $5.95 but we didn't fill up. Used their courtesy car twice to get provisions and also go to Shiloh and Hagy's. Great Ship's Store, also have quickie/deli food at the office. Staff was excellent.

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Reviewed by: Capt. Jeff Gephart on Aug 5, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 85'
Draft: 4.6'

Rating: 3

I just finished a delivery from Grand Harbor to Knoxville, and this marina was by far the highest fuel prices I ran across. The location is super convenient, but it is exposed to boat traffic. The transient slips are open to a ton of boat wakes. Nice facilities but not my first choice in this area.

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Reviewed by: Robert Houston on May 13, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 56'
Draft: 5.5'

Rating: 2

Boater beware. Posted fuel prices are $4.98 and pump prices are $5.69 ,incorrect as are the hours. Current hours are 9AM to 4PM. No one will stay if you are running a couple of minutes late or will they allow you to use courtesy car outside of the open hours. Bathrooms are shut down for remodel and the ones up front in the Condos are single use and not very clean. Overall, was not a very good experience

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Reviewed by: Rex Wallis , Rex Wallis, on Mar 29, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 31'
Draft: 2.5'

Rating: 4

Under new management. Marina restrooms being renovated. Facilities located up at the condo building, a little walk but not bad. Courtesy car was good. Not to busy this time of year, waited a couple of nights for passenger exchange and a spring line of weather to pass before going south. Good rates on dockage and nice stop.

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Reviewed by: Jeffrey Skoda on Nov 6, 2021
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 65'
Draft: 6.0'

Rating: 5

First class operations from start to finish. We spent 2 days here exploring the area including Shiloh, a must stop for history buffs. Nice courtesy car.

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Reviewed by: Captain Wes , Toscana, on Oct 24, 2021
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 44'
Draft: 5.0'

Rating: 4

Great facility, people, gosh everything. 4 bars Verizon plus good Wifi.
Caution- Summer time wakes are a problem being located right on the main channel.

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Reviewed by: Capt. Mac Rubel on Oct 14, 2021
LOA: 48'
Draft: 5.0'

Rating: 5

Grand Harbor Marina's greatest asset is its people. From the front office to the dock everyone that we came in contact with was outstanding. Neeley, the dockmaster, in particular could not have been more helpful. Approach and marina depths are more than adequate. Wind and wave protection are good. Good wake protection is sometimes an issue when an idiot goes by the marina at speed despite huge NO WAKE signs. Add to this a great ships store at the gas dock, the nicest courtesy cars we have ever seen, good security, good cell phone coverage and a pet friendly marina and you have it all. Bathrooms were clean and there is a laundry on the dock. The only negatives would be that the place is really busy on weekends so plan your arrival/departure accordingly and the marina Wi-Fi was only adequate.

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Reviewed by: John George on Jun 21, 2021
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 25'
Draft: 5.0'

Rating: 5

Service was great, usually have someone at the dock to catch you coming in. Happy to help in anyway. Current fuel price 06-21-2021 $4.29 a gallon for gas. Service with a smile, good depth all around the harbor, several pump out locations.

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Reviewed by: Larry McCullough on Sep 30, 2019
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 59'
Draft: 5.0'

Rating: 4

Great depth, docks, power, loaner car, people. With that said the internet was bad and the cell signal with Verizon was terrible. But the people could not have been nicer and the use of the loaner car was incredible. We asked about a rental car to go to Shiloh, a must see by the way, and they said just use the loaner car, we were gone for hours. I mentioned the cable not working and within a few hours a tech guy was out there and had it working.

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Reviewed by: Shawn on Jun 14, 2019
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 42'
Draft: 4.2'

Rating: 5

Very nice place. The staff here are some really hard workers. I got tired just watching them. All around nice place. I would stay again. Good price too $1.50 ft and lots of extras available included..

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