The ShipShape Co. - boat cleaning and detailing of Lake Ozark and Osage Beach's

08/18/2026

Question for the weekenders - how does this new roundabout work on Fridays and Sundays when there’s heavier traffic? It seems work great when I have been through it but I am never ‘heading to the lake on Friday’ & ‘leaving the lake on Sunday’ so I am curious how it works when there’s traffic.

Who else is looking forward to late 2029 when the i70 construction is projected to finish and summer 2030 when i70 will be three lanes and construction-free!?!

A quick reminder for anyone traveling through Kingdom City’s large roundabout: Slow down as you approach, yield to vehicles already inside and enter when the way is clear. Once you are in the roundabout, continue moving until you reach your exit.

Staying alert and following posted signs helps keep traffic moving safely and smoothly.

05/23/2025

It is officially Boating Season! This afternoon I saw the “State Tech” banner being towed behind the airplane. Regretfully no picture, but if you have been to the lake then you have seen this aerial billboard.

04/18/2025

No, it wasn’t me, but I do go to a couple of docks that area. The last few years since I have been working alone, the few times when I do actually get in the water for work I always wear a lifejacket.

A man working off a dock at the 14-mile marker of the lake escapes injury, or worse, after being swept out into the middle of the main channel on a pool raft while not wearing a life jacket. Sunris…

03/03/2025

These pictures are from ~1988 of me washing my grandpas car in the basement of his building in Clayton. The Coke shirt I am wearing in the pictures is not the Coke shirt from the background. Coincidentally 20years ago when I first printed t-shirts for work I chose red with white lettering. I never connected the two before.

06/17/2023

When this boat used to live in a cove near the toll bridge I would tell my nieces and nephews that it was “Batman’s lake house”. I haven’t seen it in years but this boat truly is a work of art! I recall hearing that the paint took 2,000hrs… I’d be scared to get it within 100’ of a dock! Hopefully it stays at the lake.

06/14/2023

The lake was very active for a Tuesday and when I just looked outside (to make sure the sun was setting on time 😉🤣🤣🤦‍♀️) there were eight boats going by at once. Only one boat in the distance now, how quickly it changes.

05/30/2023

Working at a condo today and there has been an ol’ man fishing at the other end of the dock since I arrived. As he walked by he said “you sure know what you’re doing!” After the shock of his statement wore off 😉🤣🤷‍♀️ I replied with a resounding “darn right!” I’m not sure if he was impressed by:
A) my ingenuity to hang clothing lines to dry huge boat covers
B)me knowing to use clips to secure covers to the lines even on a non-windy day
C) my experience to know that hanging boat covers in the sun will shrink them
D) my efficiently designed workboat
E) the fact that I have been doing this since 2004

05/27/2023

The next time I come here I am bringing my rod! Usually it’s a line of single fish, not stacked up like that 😳🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣

05/26/2023

Sounds of the lake at 10:pm on the Thursday before Memorial Day weekend:
1) The scream of a boat lift motor.
2) The hum of a boat motor and faint music (with indiscernible navigation lighting… but at least the stereo works)
3) A emrergency vehicle siren in the distance.
4) A conversation on a neighboring dock.
5) The Ka-kaw of a Blue Heron.
6) The sound of boat wakes hitting the breakwater.

edit: 10:06pm - a neighbor with a Cigarette 39 Top Gun just pulled in with rumbling exhaust and drowned out the other sounds.