Team

Sales Department
Service Department
Administrative Department

Sales Department

How many times have you heard the old cliché about how size matters? Well, in our case it is experience that matters. Each member of our sales staff, regardless of age, is an "old timer" when it comes to using the boats we sell.

Over and over, our customers tell us that our knowledge has helped them tremendously in choosing the right boat for the intended application, the accessories needed, and their proper installation. Doing things right the first time saves money. We specialize in that concept!

Stuart Ballard

President

An avid outdoorsman since childhood, Stuart is a very experienced offshore fisherman with numerous tournament wins to his credit. A graduate of the University of South Carolina with a degree in Biology, Stuarts' professional career started as laboratory manager for the Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine Science and Coastal Research at Hobcaw Barony in Georgetown. Always concerned with the state of the natural world, he has served on the Habitat and Environmental Protection Advisory panel of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, and Marine Recreational Fisheries Advisory Board and has been along term benefactor of the Recreational Fishing Alliance and other conservation organizations.

Stuart and his father Gerald started Tailwalker Marine, Inc. in 1978. A lifetime of "on the water" experience provides Stuart with the knowledge to help you with your boating needs.

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Brent Ballard

Vice President

Brent's first boating experience started at the age of three months while accompanying his parents on an oyster gathering trip. He has been living on the water ever since. In fact, all of his employment activities have been water oriented starting as a dock hand at the local marina, as a mate on an offshore head boat out of Murrells Inlet and mate on a tug boat in Georgetown prior to joining Tailwalker Marine, Inc.

An accomplished inshore and offshore angler as well as tournament winner, Brent is also an avid hunter. The wide variety of boating experience he has achieved enables Brent to help you make the best buying decision for your individual needs, whether fishing or hunting.

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SERVICE DEPARTMENT

Quality Service is so important to our dealership that it serves as our best advertising method. While we specialize in Yamaha and Mercury service and repair, we also service other major outboard brands. Due to our commitment to quality, our service department has an earned reputation for its competence and expertise.