Safe Harbor Zahnisers

We wanted to post a review of the marina where we stored our Leopard 45 (sailing catamaran) and had work done over the Summer of 2024. After contacting several marinas and chatting about the work we wanted done and their capacity for hauling us out, we chose Safe Harbor Zahnisers in Maryland. We live in Colorado and planned to fly back and forth to the boat. We wanted the surrounding area to be appealing for the trips we planned over the summer. The service manager, Perry Griffin, was fantastic - great communication and very resourceful in coming up with solutions for some of our projects - and we really liked the rest of the team as well. We had an extensive bottom paint job, some fiberglass repair, some work on our solar arch, had some custom enclosures made, and the whole boat was waxed and cleaned. The marina facilities were top-notch - nice pool, nice showers, good restaurant, and free laundry. We also loved the town of Solomons (although the drive from Dulles did get old after a while). We highly recommend Zahnisers for anyone looking for a place to have work done or store their boat.

Zahnizers took us in even though they were full when we had a mechanical problem pop up. Paul, Rick, and Perry were efficient, knowledgeable, and courteous. Within a day we had a repair plan and parts were ordered. The marina itself appears to be fairly new and boasts a lovely pool, pool house, Italian restaurant, free laundry (3 each huge washer and dryers) and the8 or so extremely clean and pretty full private bathrooms. Zahnhizers is within easy walking distance to various restaurants and shopping. S/V Second Best

AMAZING! Traveling The Great Loop-we’ve gone 6,000 miles and Safe Harbor Zahnisers is the best marina yet!! It starts with the fabulous staff, impeccable grounds, gorgeous bath house and laundry. We loved the free bikes, close to the adorable Maritime Museum and Pier. We didn’t eat at La Vela they were closed when we were there-it has an excellent reputation! Fantastic experience.

We spent three months at Safe Harbor Zahnisers marina in Solomons, MD from mid-July through mid-October 2023. We had planned for these three months of down time to make a couple trips away from the boat and to do some projects on the boat. We found SH Zahnisers earlier in the summer when we were cruising north toward Annapolis. On our first visit we tied off to one of their mooring balls and used their facilities for a week. We found the marina to be absolutely perfect on our first visit and we decided to get a slip for our three months of down time. The facilities at the marina are second to none based on our experience cruising from Mobile, AL down around the Florida Keys, over to the Bahamas and then up the east coast to Chesapeake Bay. They offer seven individual bathrooms in the Bath House, each with a newly renovated private shower, toilet, and sink, as well as a laundry room with 3 large washing machines, 3 large dryers and a nice folding table. They also offer a men’s and women’s communal bathrooms near the pool, each having several toilets and a shower. The bathrooms are always maintained in impeccable condition. The pool and pool bar are very nice and was a great meeting place in the afternoon with other cruisers and locals alike. There is also a very nice captain’s lounge with a large screen TV and many books on the shelf for sharing with other boaters. They also have an on-site yard that can perform haul outs and other dockside work you may need done. They have a very good fleet of bicycles you can use to ride into town or up the road to West Marine, hardware stores and grocery stores. They also offer a shuttle van that will run you to any location in the local area and come back to pick you up when you are done (it runs three times daily, including weekends). The staff is exceptionally friendly and helpful. Jim, the general manager runs the marina exceptionally well and Dave the dockmaster is always ready to help handle lines with his staff when you come and go. Jasmine, the front desk customer relations rep is excellent, always in a happy mood and very helpful with anything you may need. The location also offers very good protection from any storms and historically tropical storms or hurricanes rarely hit the area with much force. Overall, this was the best marina we have stopped in on our journeys so far and while we plan to sail south this winter and into next summer we will certainly return to this marina one day.

Best Marina in Solomon's. We came here years ago as a transient, and recently looked at it again after they were bought by Safe Harbor. We know Safe Harbor from Charleston. Having made it through Covid lockdowns, they now have a new signature restaurant right on-site. They remodeled the main bath house and new floating docks have arrived for installation. True it is not a family owned shop, but to modernize the entire marina - which was needed - takes deep pockets. I miss the pool bar, and that is the only reason 4 vs 5 stars. We are very pleased with our new home.