Since 2008 we have been your local family-owned marine services provider.

Dynamic Duo

Seattle Boat Works was founded by son and father Alex and Jack Wilken, drawing on expertise from a combination of formal education in marine carpentry and cabinetry, boat building experience, underwater boat maintenance and repair as well as decades of cruising North & Central America,  Europe and North Africa on their own sailboats.

Want to come work with us? Submit a resume and information to alex@seattleboatworks.com

A Family Business at Heart

Although Alex is now the principal, it is at times often a family affair. Jack continues to consult, sharing his many decades of experience, Alex’s mother has provided much office support,  and Alex’s sisters have participated in show booth staffing, web design, and generally trouble making as younger sisters should.

CREDENTIALS AND EXPERIENCE:

  • USCG 100 ton MASTERS LICENSE- endorsed for Sailing and Towing

  • Associate of Applied Science in Marine Carpentry

    • Graduate of Seattle Central Community College, Wood Construction Center

    • Specializing in fine woodwork and boat building

  • Scuba Instructor (PADI)

  • Sailing Instructor (US Sailing and ASA)

  • Graduate of HARKEN University Rigging Training

  • ABYC certified electrician

  • Authorized Hurricane Heater technician

  • Delivery Skipper

  • Experienced in welding and foundry work

  • Born in San Jose, Costa Rica 1981. Cruised with family in Central America, Caribbean, US and Mediterranean until 2004.

  • Working in the marine industry since 2004

Our mission has always been to get our customers enjoying boating as much as possible by turning the boat they like, into the experience they love.

Seattle Boat Works is a mobile full-service, boat-building, marine repair, restoration, installation, and fine woodwork shop. We do charters, delivery, and instruction with an experienced and licensed crew. Local and family-owned since 2008.

We also have been providing solutions to make electric propulsion systems easy and accessible to recreational boaters. Boaters who want to discover the joys of quiet, clean, low-maintenance motoring used in the industry since the 1870s (yes really!)

We hope to see you on the water soon,

Seattle Boat Works