About Us
1978 | Brothers and current owners David and John Moulton founded Riverfront Marine Sports, Inc. in 1978. Originally the shop was located on the Merrimac River, in their grandfather's garage. In this little garage is where David and John joined forces to build one of the North Shores largest and longest running boat dealerships, beginning with selling and repairing Mercury Outboards. David went to school to perfect his service skills and John went to Bentley College and earned a bachelors degree in accounting. So with David steadily repairing the motors and John steadily at the books, Riverfront Marine was on its way. |
1982 | As time grew on and the business flourished, it became obvious that the garage would no longer be able to provide enough room for the brothers and their Mercury's. After careful consideration and much discussion David and John's parents (Ray & Kay Moulton, owners of Plum Islands Surfland Bait and Tackle) purchased a piece of land in Salisbury with the intentions of renting the land to David and John for their growing business. And so the shop took on its new location in Salisbury, MA. There the brothers had a house that provided a big garage and show room as well as plenty of yard space, in turn enough room to expand and take on boats as well. |
1985 | After several years, the brothers decided that Riverfront Marine Sports, Inc. was progressively growing and needed a larger facility. With all of the yard space already at the Salisbury location, the next step was clear, "the big blue building" right off of interstate 95 and route 110, what you see now. By this time their sister Cathy Moulton had joined the family team adding to the customer relation and sales department. |
1991 | Riverfront Marine acquired a marina on the scenic Parker River in Newbury, MA. Where our manager and friendly crew members will be more than happy to assist you in any of your docking needs. |
2001 | With both locations flourishing the brothers decided it would be best to have David be the face of the marina. So David moved down to the Parker River to take over as the General Manager of our marina providing our marina customers with the exceptional service they have become accustomed to receiving from Riverfront Marine. |
2004 | Our Marina in Newbury underwent a large renovation project with an all new state of the art service department, new parts department, new storage racks and more. It is our goal to make boating as fun and worry free while improving our services and facility. |
2015 | Our Marina in Newbury removed the old storage buildings and installed a new Butler storage building with added rack storage spaces for the winter At this time Riverfront Marine is proud to say that we have been in business for over 37 years and counting. Riverfront is a family owned and opperated business, with David managing the marina in Newbury and the Salisbury crew has John at the sales desk, John's daughter Sarah doing the bookkeeping and in the Ship Store, Cathy still assisting in business decisions and not to mention the many skilled crew members at both locations. We will all be glad to help you! |
2018 | To date Riverfront Marine is proud of all its boat lines we have available to our customers; Parker (strength and sea worthiness), Blackfin ( serious offshore and strong), Tidewater ( family and fishing) and Bayliner ( fun and family). We also have three engine lines to choose from Merurcy O/B, Evinrude O/B, Yamaha O/B (only available in packages). We also have Venture Trailers to complete any boat package. With parts, service, sales, finance and the ship store, rest-assure we will have what you want! Please come in and see us, we are all looking forward to helping you have a great summer boating and fishing season. |
2020 2021 | Riverfront Marine has changes to it's sales line up with the addition of the Trophy models to the Bayliner line of boats, still carrying the always strong and reliable line of boats from Parker and the serious offshore boats of the Blackfin family. Mercury outboards is the go to reliable engine it has always been with many new models in the line up. Riverfront Marine upgrades the Salisbury location with a new 3 Bay building to help in the spring and fall for shrink wrapping and bottom painting of boats. Riverfront Marine signs on with North Coast boats offering boats from 19 to 31 feet in Center Console and Cabin Boats. |
Riverfront Marine Sports, Inc.
33 Old Elm Street Intersection I95 & Rt. 110 Salisbury MA 01952
Phone: (978) 462-7755 Fax: (978) 465-4177
Riverfront Marine Sports is your gateway to ownership of a quality pleasure and sport fishing boat. See our extensive inventory of boats from Parker Boats powered with Yamaha outboards, Blackfin Boats powered with Mercury outboards and the Bayliner line of boats with the ever expanding Trophy models from 18 to 22 feet, all powered with quality Mercury outboards. New for 2022 model year for Riverfront is the addition of NorthCoast boats built right here in New England. NorthCoast offers center console and cabin boats from 18 feet to 31 feet and are powered with Yamaha outboards.
There is a size and model available that will fit your needs from pure sport fishing to family activities. Check out the deck boats, center consoles, dual consoles and cabin boats on display to find the boat for you from 16 to 33 feet. Ask our experienced sales staff for assistance in selecting a boat and get out on the water! Taking your new boat home is no problem, Riverfront offers new trailers from Venture. Aluminum or galvanized style with a choice of bunk or rollers, no problem, we have the right trailer for you.
Riverfront Marine Sports has the best in marine propulsion. Riverfront is a full line dealer for Mercury outboards and a pre-packaged dealer for Yamaha. Even though Evinrude has stopped building engines, Riverfront services and stocks parts for the Evinrude line. Our Service and sales departments are ready to assist you with either a new boat package or repowering that older trusty boat. Stop by and let us help!
Are you looking for a place to store or dock your boat? At Riverfront Marina on the scenic banks of the Parker River in Newbury, Massachusetts, we have summer dockage and winter storage as well.
For you fishermen stop in to see this area's oldest and largest bait and tackle shop, Surfland Bait & Tackle on Plum Island. We have everything for the fishing enthusiasts.