Opening the doors, July 1, 1972

When the Thurston Family; our father, Don Sr., brothers, Jeff, Bruce, Mark, David and sister Pam, all acquired the Marina on July 1st, 1972 it had been known as Bryant Marine since its’ inception in the early 50’s. Since it was now a family-run business with no connection to the name Bryant, it was felt a new name was appropriate and what better name than “Thurston’s Marina”.

Our lakeside shop and parts room
circa 1972

Service has always been a major emphasis at Thurston’s, and we have had the good fortune to retain a crew of trained and dedicated marine technicians and staff to make sure it continues. From storing a few boats by hand in the winter in the only building we had, to now having 400+ boats in winter storage makes it clear that boaters appreciate that dedication to great service.

The Sedgely Property purchased in 1975

The addition of the Sedgley Property added hundreds of feet of shoreline, docks, boathouses and space for our cathedral building expansion which gave us a huge portion of our 10,000+ square feet of indoor showroom space.

Storage racks circa 2003

With the purchase of over seven acres of land across the railroad tracks we were able to embark on a period of constructing storage buildings to meet our customer’s needs.

Showroom under construction circa 2004

In the fall of 2003 we began our largest and most comprehensive building project ever. This encompassed the building of three large storage buildings, the construction of our 7200 square foot service building and the complete refurbishing of the Route 3 showroom. This project took over one year to complete.