West Marine is an American company based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which operates a chain of boating supply and fishing retail stores.

In 1991, the first West Marine stores opened on the East Coast of the United States, in Miami and Annapolis, Maryland.

In December 2007, Geoff Eisenberg replaced Peter Harris as the company's president and chief executive officer.

[4] By 2009, the company was more than three times as large as its nearest competitor, Boater's World, which closed that year, shutting all its stores nationwide.

[5] In September 2017, West Marine was acquired by private equity firm Monomoy Capital Partners for $338 million in cash.

[14] In 1996, West Marine's VP Chuck Hawley and a team led by Webmaster & Catalog Systems Analyst Robert Kennedy launched westmarine.com.

[16][17] In November 2011, the company opened their largest retail store, with 50,000 square feet, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.