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All Hands on Deck at Roger’s Marina, Winter is Coming
By Christine Ouellet to pull the boats out of the water and
move them around, in the shop for
repairs or on the lot, where they will
he 2025 boating season is over.
TAs summer activities are ending spend the winter. This equipment
at Roger’s Marina, fall and winter enables safe and more efficient boat
operations are in full swing. Fall is maneuvering.
a busy time for them; all hands are Meanwhile, on the floor above,
on deck to prepare the boats to be the canvas shop is equipped with the
tucked away, shrink-wrapped, or
latest digital equipment, including
under cover.
a 3D laser system that allows the
Pulling all the boats out of Lake transfer of drawings to a computer
St. Francis’ cold waters and storing linked to the laser cutting machine,
them for winter is a race against which produces perfect patterns.
time and the first snowflake. For They make and repair upholsteries,
the Marina staff, owners, and their boat covers, carpets, enclosures,
friends, winter always arrives too dodgers, and anything else you can
early for boaters. fancy for your boat.
Roger’s Marina is a family-
Owner Nancy Struthers
owned, third-generation business, said, “Early in September, Nancy and Yves Struthers.
now in the hands of Nancy and people make reservations to Photo by Christine Ouellet
Yves Struthers. You can trust their schedule the winterization
mechanical shop to use the best process. Winterization and upholstery shop. She said, “Our
equipment to do maintenance,
maintenance of the engine are shops are open all year round,
repairs, overhauls, or tune-ups on
essential to ensure a smooth- which allows our customers to take
your engine. Nancy Struthers said, advantage of the slow season to
“In our mechanical shop, we have running engine next summer. The receive great service on their boats.”
two full-time certified mechanics hull can also receive top-notch care, Photo by Christine Ouellet
who will do any kind of work on fixing damage caused by mishaps, We encourage people to plan early Nancy adds, “Roger’s Marina is
your engine. Winter is especially a cleaning, varnishing, painting, for any repairs to the upholstery, a full-service marina that caters to
good time to undertake any major polishing chrome fittings, etc.” covers, enclosures, or dodgers, if
all boaters and fishermen’s needs.
tune-ups or projects.” Nancy Struthers is very proud they want the job to be completed in We offer all the services and sell
They use a hydraulic boat trailer of the large upstairs canvas and time for the next season.” everything boaters may need,
from worms, hooded sweatshirts,
clothing, engine oil change kits, boat
hardware, to fenders. We also have a
Mercury Marine dealership, and we
sell the famous Lund fishing boats,
Godfrey Pontoons, etc.
Yves and Nancy Struthers
welcome you to enjoy the Marina,
its facilities, and relax and cruise on
the beautiful St. Lawrence River and
St. Francis Lake. Roger’s Marina is
located in Summerstown, about an
hour west of Montreal and an hour
and twenty minutes southeast of
Ottawa. Until then, go and visit them
at the 2026 Ottawa Boat Show in
February.
