Big Fix

When technology entrepreneur Richard Levi was searching for a maintenance facility for his 105-foot Sunseeker on the Gulf Coast, he came up empty.

Turns out that most boaters in Fort Myers and Naples with yachts more than 60 feet long must now travel to Miami and Fort Lauderdale for maintenance.

Richard Levi, chief executive of Illinois-based technology firm Levi, Ray & Shoup, started Diversified Yacht Services in 2007 to provide dockside maintenance to large boats. He and his son, Ryan Levi, are now spending $22 million to build a boat yard and marina at the foot of the Matanzas Pass Bridge in Fort Myers Beach to accommodate these luxury boats.