The Ski Dock, Lake Travis Boat Dealer, is a full-service boat dealer proudly located in Austin, Texas. We are Central Texas’s exclusive new boats dealer for Chaparral Boats, Tige Boats, Yamaha Boats and Yamaha Waverunners. In addition to boat sales, service, parts and accessories, we offer a fully stocked pro shop with expert staff available to answer all your wakeboard, water ski and tow sports questions. Come visit our one-stop sales and service facility on Highway 620 in Northwest Austin to view our large inventory of new and pre-owned boats. We look forward to welcoming you into The Ski Dock family.

Your perfect day on the water starts here.

At The Ski Dock, we work with you to understand your boating needs, answer your questions, and help you select a boat that will create a lifetime of memories. Whether you’re spending the entire weekend or just a day on the lake, we have a boat for you. The Ski Dock offers a comprehensive lineup of boats, from roomy and luxurious cruisers, to extremely versatile deck boats and bowriders, to wakeboard and ski boats, to sheer go-fast performance boats.

The lake is calling. . .

You’ll find it’s easy to establish a connection with us. Our team of professionals has extensive boating and watersports credentials that will ensure a stellar experience during the process of selecting your boat.

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They are so easy to work with . I got a great deal ! I love my boat , I wish I bought one sooner. Amanda made financing so easy . She was so pleasant !
Michael A. , 11 years ago
Amanda in the finance department is so helpful! I would highly recommend them. This is the place to buy a boat . I bought my boat in January , good price and good boat !
Quincy G. , 11 years ago
I never give out 5 stars but Thad and his team at Ski Dock are amazing. We were in the market for a used runabout and visited with the Ski Dock team at this year’s Austin Boat Show. We weren’t in a real hurry to buy but they suggested January was a good time to shop for a boat. They were very respectful of our budget and desired boat features and were able to work with a boat owner that had her boat on consignment with them to get a sale price that was good for both parties.

Thad met my entire family (including 3 grown kids, a grandma and a spouse) and took us for a test drive before we closed the deal to be sure it met our needs. He was quick to point out some minor issues with the 7 year old boat to make sure everyone was on the same page and there were no post sail surprises.

Then they recommended a great marina on Lake Travis for us to rent a slip from. He delivered the boat to the slip, worked with the marina owner to set the lift up for our boat and then met me and my kids there the following weekend to give us personal driving and parking lessons. Yep that’s right he took us out on the lake and taught the kids how to drive the boat and me some of the tricks to docking the particular boat.

My family is so pleased to have a boat and are all thankful we bought it from Thad and his team.
John B. , 11 years ago
Chase is a real professional. Great service and I will buy my boats from nowhere else!!!
Michael N. , 11 years ago
The staff is amazing. Amanda was possibly the coolest person I have met. Knowledgable and great at what she does. She made sure I got a smoking deal on my Z3. Sebastian is smooth and laid back. He has a sick surf inventory and he knows his products. Peter makes you feel right at home. You want to sit down and eat some BBQ with this guy. Trustworthy fella that knows a lot about a lot of things.. especially boats. David is a superb Service Mgr. Very nice professional gentleman. He takes care of your boat and he gets it done right. The Boat Dock has great products and really great ppl. I am super happy with my new Z3.
Lane C. , 12 years ago
I don’t give very many 5 star reviews but I do believe Ski Dock deserves them. I bought a new chaparral from them in 2004 and only paid 20K. The boat has performed wonderfully without any repairs at all other than routine maintenance.

The sales staff seemed to be very well trained, knowledgeable and they were not pushy which in my mind, very important.

I bring my boat in for servicing and everything is done timely, efficiently and any concerns are brought to my attention.

I really could not have had a smoother boat purchase and maintenance experience.
L. W. , 12 years ago
This review pertains specifically to the service department. As a result of being a huge procrastinator, I needed a last minute freeze protection done on my boat back in February when Austin temperatures dropped in to the single digits. They got me in right away and saved my boat from a super expensive repair. While it was there, they even noticed that a bolt was missing from one of my belts and asked me if I had noticed a squeaking noise lately. I told them I had and they explained that the missing bolt was the cause. This may seem like a routine thing for them to catch but the fact of the matter is that I had taken my boat in previously to the dealer I bought it from, who is also the dealer that represents the manufacturer of the boat I own, and they couldn’t figure it out. So I authorized that repair as well and they got my boat back to me in better shape than I brought it to them at a very reasonable price.

That visit alone gave me a great first impression, but it was my second experience with them that really locked up my 5 STAR rating.

Last week, I made plans with several of my buddies to meet out on the lake at 4:30 on a Wednesday afternoon. At just about noon, I went to my storage to grab my boat and make sure I had everything I needed to get out on the lake. As I uncovered the boat, I made a discovery that sent my heart right down into the pit of my stomach. Wrapped around my steering wheel was a Ziploc bag containing all the engine clamps and plugs that keep my boat watertight when they are installed in their proper place. I realized at that moment that they had performed a full winterization of my boat as opposed to the simple freeze protect that I had requested. I have no idea how to put all those pieces back together and I knew the lake trip would have to be cancelled if I couldn’t get it back in to the shop. I called back over to the Ski Dock and the service manager told me he would be happy to help, but they didn’t have an opening until May 3rd!!! Yikes!!! Fortunately for me, he listened to me when I told them they had made a mistake and I needed his help to fix it. He told me he would look up my file and call me back.

Just as he promised, he called back about thirty minutes later and said that he noticed in my file that I had indeed requested a freeze protect only and that he wanted to help me out in order to make up for their mistake. He told me to show up by 2:00 and he would pull a tech off another job and get me fixed up in time to still make it to the lake by 4:30. I showed up right on time and he pulled my boat in immediately. Not only did he get my boat de-winterized, he also noticed a few small leaks that he said were undectable the first time i came in due to the freezing weather, and corrected those for free as well. All of that was done in under an hour and they saved my afternoon on the lake. The Ski Dock service department has just earned a customer for life!
Clifton G. , 15 years ago

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