We come to you. Wisconsin's lakeshore — Milwaukee to Green Bay, Madison to the lake — plus rolling batch-trips down to Chicago. Engine diagnostics, marine repair, marine electronics, plumbing, electrical, custom fabrication, and full-spectrum skilled trades from a Navy veteran-led boutique crew.
Every job starts with a real conversation and ends with work you can trust. No corporate runaround. No surprise invoices.
Gas and diesel — from bass boats to sportfishers. Mobile diagnostics and repair at your slip, dock, or boatyard. Outboards, inboards, I/O, fuel systems, cooling, electrical. We work on everything.
Fish finders, depth sounders, sonar, radar, GPS, and nav systems. Install, troubleshoot, and repair — trained on Navy AEGIS combat systems, so pleasure-boat electronics are easy by comparison.
Shore power, battery banks, panel diagnostics, alternator/charging circuits, wiring runs. Systematic troubleshooting, not parts-cannon guessing.
Full diagnostic workup on gas and diesel powerplants — bass boats to twin-engine cruisers. Compression testing, fuel analysis, electronic fault tracing, OBD scanning.
Full-service residential plumbing, electrical, drywall, appliance install, deck repair, and general maintenance. We bring the same precision to your home that we bring to a boat. Wisconsin and Chicago homeowners — call us.
Broadcast sets, CNC-carved art, structural steel, custom bars and millwork. If it can be built, we've built something harder.
Proper winterization saves thousands in spring. We button up your boat the right way and commission it back when the ice breaks.
Wolfe, Hoover & Sons Engineering is a boutique crew of marine technicians and skilled tradesmen working out of Wisconsin's lakeshore. We work on boats other shops won't touch — outboards, diesels, electronics, fabrication, the whole stack. We come to your slip, your dock, your driveway. No haul-outs. No marina-shop wait. No corporate runaround.
Wolfe, Hoover & Sons Engineering is a Navy veteran-owned marine engineering shop serving Wisconsin's lakeshore and the Chicago lakefront. AEGIS-trained electronics. Decades of marine diesel, outboard, electrical, and fabrication experience. We come to you — slip, dock, driveway, lakeshore property. Bespoke workmanship, every job, no exceptions.
Mobile-first. Diagnostic-honest. We bring the shop to your boat, your truck, your dock. $150 mobile diagnostic is credited to the repair if you hire us. Quotes in writing. Photos before and after. Deposits collected, invoices itemized, work documented in your client portal.
Now hiring — Wolfe, Hoover & Sons Engineering is adding a third full-time field technician to the Wisconsin crew for 2026, with plans to expand to a five-tech operation by 2027. Marine diesel, outboard, and skilled-trade experience welcome. Résumé to [email protected].
AEGIS combat systems. SPY-1 radar at sea. If our crew kept billion-dollar cruisers operational at 0300 in heavy seas, your boat is in good hands.
Engines diagnosed by sound. We rebuild what other shops give up on. Wisconsin's lakeshore is our field — slip-side, dock-side, on the hard.
No hauling your boat. No marina shop wait. We meet you at your slip, dock, driveway, or property.
We tell you what's wrong, what it costs, and how long it takes — before we touch anything.
Wisconsin lakeshore is our home base. Chicago is our second market — we batch trips on a rolling cadence. Orange markers = ports we serve.
Real-time crew availability.
Free for clients and the community. Works worldwide. Live radar, actionable weather intelligence, tornado path projections, and emergency shelter locations.
Launch Weather ToolEstimated paths using wind vectors and storm motion.
Clear guidance — what to do, when to shelter.
Wave heights, wind, small craft advisories.
Any address on Earth. Multi-model data.
Tell us what you need. We'll tell you when we can be there and what it'll cost.
When your needs go beyond the water, our partners at General Technician Group have you covered. Cars, RVs, diesel rigs, junk car buying, towing — they bring the same boutique craftsmanship to land that we bring to sea. Same standards, same accountability, same crew DNA.
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