What is Safe Harbor CS?

Same experience as Carrie Best, rented a "luxury" boat and got a piece of junk. Nothing worked on it, jot even the gas gauage, it was stuck at full. Don't even know if they ripped me on gas or not. They also got me for propeller charge, wouldn't show me the propeller though. I asked to see mine and a "ready to go" one and they said no, we won't do that. That screams scammy behavior to me. Never renting from this place again, if it used to be good it's not anymore stay away from them, I know I should have. Turned a fun day on the water into a pain in the 🍑

Folks here were very nice at first. We rented a 26' "Luxury" Sunchaser Triton with 150hp for half day/afternoon. There was only a 10% chance of rain that day. We got out onto the water about 30 minutes from the marina, before we were able to get all of our gear situated. Went to plug in our phone for music, no electric. No electric for navigation, no electric for depth finder .. nothing. I called the marina and the guy said "oh yeah, the electric is out on that boat. These folks should have told us that before we spent 450$ for a 'luxury' boat for 4 hours (there were other boats available). About an hour into the trip thunderstorms broke out and it got very dark. None of the required safety lights on the boat worked (electric was out!) and we had no navigation. Had to come back due to extreme weather and got back into the dock at 145pm or so. Talked to the staff about compromising on the cost of the boat due to it not being a "luxury" boat and the safety concerns we had and they were unwilling to come off the cost. I know the weather included in the contract, but the boat was not what we were told we were renting. Wont rent from these folks again.

Had a great time this past week renting from them. We rented for half a day (12:30-4:30) and had such a great time that we decided to do it again two days later! We are a couple with two little ones… an infant and a toddler and the 17’ Deckboat was more than perfect. Kevin and the rest of the staff were really friendly! They provided vests for all, including infant (took it off for this photo!) and got “pulled over” by the Coast Guard when we were out once for a random inspection—the boat passed with flying colors. We saw dolphins, went out to the sandbar… it was perfect. We’ll be back next time we visit in Siesta Key, for sure!

Had a second great experience this week with Safe Harbor rentals! Conveniently located, super friendly staff, boats in great to excellent shape. Highly recommend renting here. Note: Our boat reached about 17mph with the 110hp motor on a 24-5ft pontoon. We went up to Sarasota Bay to the sand bar near Lido Key and then pulled onto shore on the backside of Lido Key for about 2 hrs. Then we road back down the inter coastal sight seeing to Casey Key, then back to Safe Harbor. 4ht rental. Used $40 in fuel.