Yankee Marina

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Brodie worked as an engineer at GE Global Research before purchasing the business from his parents.

“My parents started the business in 1972 when they bought the marina on Lake George in Diamond Point,” he said. “My brother and I bought them out and split the business up within the last two years.”

His brother, Jon Brodie, owns and operates Brodie’s Lakeside Marina as well as Little Harbor Boat Co. rentals on Lake George. Andrew Brodie and his wife operate Yankee Marina and Boat Rentals as well as Yankee Boating Center

“At the marina, we do boat rentals as well as a fuel dock and a ship store. At our retail facility, which is at 3578 Lakeshore Drive, we do boat sales and service. We also have parts and accessory sales and a watersports pro shop,” he said.

According to Brodie, the company has also stored hundreds of boats for its customers in space that they have leased for dozens of years. Finding property to build their own storage facility proved difficult.

“It was challenging to find a flat, large area in proximity to our marina and dealership that was zoned for storage. We finally found some good property in 2018, and prior to that, I had been searching for property for five or six years. It’s been a long time coming,” he said.

After purchasing the land, it took Brodie more than 2.5 years to obtain permitting from the town of Lake George and the Adirondack Park Agency.

“It was a very long, expensive, laborious process,” he said. “I started clearing the land in November of last year.”

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