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Wake Boarding With Boats By George BoatsByGeorge 155 views Boats By George is the Wake Boarding headquarters of Upstate New York! We carry O'Brien boards and skies. Take a look at Cobalt's WSS series, and you'll realize you'll ne...
Are You Ready For Summer? BoatsByGeorge 9 views Boats By George is ready for summer! Are you?
Express Cruiser Headquarters BoatsByGeorge 18 views Boats By George is the Express Cruiser headquarters of upstate New York! Visit us at BoatsByGeorge.com to view our inventory of Four Winns and Cobalt Boats!
Cobalt Boats' Swim Step BoatsByGeorge 1,051 views A sneak peak at the new patented deployable swim step by Cobalt Boats!
Boats By George George's Passion BoatsByGeorge 196 views This is a new 15 second commercial with George's passion for boating and customers' satisfaction the ultimate goal with a little funny twist at the end.
Windsor Craft 40 Video Tour BoatsByGeorge 740 views A video tour of the 40' Windsor Craft. Hand made in Istanbul, Turkey, out of hand selected Mahogany from Africa.
Cobalt Testimonials BoatsByGeorge 489 views Cobalt founder Pack St. Clair is joined by Cobalt owners for a discussion of what it's like to own the best built boat in the world.
Cobalt 232 BoatsByGeorge 2,971 views There are those who would ask too much of the Cobalt 232. Typically lacking the inhibitions that lifelong careers in banking bring along, these well-meaning owners impose o...
Cobalt 232 Wakeboard Promo BoatsByGeorge 1,589 views A short video highlighting the capabilities of the Cobalt 232 as a water sports vessel. Learn more at www.cobaltboats.com or www.boatsbygeorge.com.
Cobalt 230 BoatsByGeorge 2,110 views Space is where one finds it, as the new Cobalt 230 makes all best use of every inch of room -- over, under, sideways, and aft with four additional, longitudinal inches in ...

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Founded by George Pensel in 1982, the flagship Boats By George store on Route 149 became the regions largest indoor boat showcase of boats, boasting 18,000 square feet of climate controlled showroom featuring boats from 17 to 37 feet. In 2005, the Boats By George brand and empire was broadened, when the former Mooring Post Marina was acquired by Pensel and renamed Boats By George on the lake.

Boats by George principal George Pensel is quite iconic in the Lake George area, having grown up locally and worked as a dock boy at The Dunhams Bay Boat Company, a company that Georges revered father, Donald Pensel, had purchased in 1948. It was this early experience that inspired George and motivated him to believe that someday he would have a boat of his own and that like his father, he too would have a marina on Lake George.

Don Pensel retired from the boat business in 1970 when he sold Dunhams Bay, but his then teenaged son George wanted to stay involved in the marina, so he persuaded the new owners to hire him as a dock boy during the summer months. George remained with the new owners throughout his high school and college years and became very interested in boat sales.

In 1977, George pursued this newfound interest when he joined the Pilot Knob Boat Company as an assistant manager and spent the next few years learning the management, sales and service aspects of the boat business.

In 1980, George decided to open a business of his own in the marine trades and determined that boat covers and tops would be a great niche market and thus in January 1981, Custom Boat Covers by George opened their doors for business. His business flourished, and George was rewarded for his success when he was selected to be the area Dealer for the Century Boat Company; a twist of fate that marked the beginning of a business that still carries the name Boats By George.

For a retail site, he selected the firm's present location on Route 149, the busy Farm to Market Road near Route 9, just a short distance above Northway Exit 20.

George Pensel had an absolute passion for quality service and superior marine products. He used that as the fundamental ingredient for the foundation of Boats by George, and he was proud to represent such an excellent line of boats as Century.

During the fall of 1982, George attended the International Marine Trades exhibit in Chicago and on his way to the Century booth, discovered a display by Cobalt. He was very impressed with the quality and styling of the Cobalt product.

In June 1983, Boats by George had sold every Century boat the firm could gets its hands on, so George contacted Cobalt to seek some of its outstanding products to sell in the Lake George area.

Cobalt responded by sending boats and thus began a strong relationship with Boats by George. The rest, as they say, is history. That relationship has grown to where Boats by George is one of the nation's leading Cobalt dealers. It is from this dealership that the excellent Cobalt product has become a favorite among boat owners on Lake George and on many other recreational waters in the area.

Boats by George has grown from one to two locations and is now a full service dealership. It offers radio dispatched technical mobile service, making dock calls to its customers. The company still offers custom covers and tops, boating accessories including the Cobalt clothing line, winter storage, fiberglass repairs and of course, the continuing outstanding line of Cobalt boats.

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