Michael Kuehl, owner of Aquamarine Boat DocksMichael Kuehl · Owner

The man behind Aquamarine

Michael Kuehl

A life on Lake Travis, measured in permits, structures, and the trust it takes to build at the water’s edge.

A Lake Travis firstThe first LCRA marina permit

Issued to Michael Kuehl for a marina on Lake Travis.

A foundation in the lake

Before the marina came the responsibility.

When Michael received the first marina permit issued by the Lower Colorado River Authority on Lake Travis, it marked more than an administrative first. It placed his work at the beginning of a new chapter in how substantial marine structures would be planned, reviewed, and built on the lake.

A marina brings together far more than a row of slips. Water depth, changing lake levels, shoreline access, circulation, structural loads, lifts, utilities, and the movement of multiple boats all have to work as one system. That early permit reflects the kind of detailed lake knowledge Aquamarine still brings to every multi-slip project.

Michael carried that experience into Aquamarine Boat Docks, established in 1982. Across more than four decades, the work has grown from practical lake structures into custom docks, private marinas, repairs, floating systems, and gathering spaces made for the way Central Texas families actually live on the water.

What the milestone means today

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Permitting knowledge

Experience that begins with the first LCRA marina permit and informs how shoreline constraints are considered from the start.

02

Marina-scale thinking

Slips, lifts, PWC berths, access, utilities, and circulation planned as parts of one coordinated marine system.

03

Four decades of continuity

A family-owned company carrying forward the judgment earned through built work on Lake Travis, Lake Austin, and Central Texas waters.

Aquamarine marina work

Built around more than one boat.

These images from the Aquamarine archive show the range behind the legacy—from multi-slip systems and watercraft berths to architectural marina details and historic floating construction.

Aquamarine-built covered private marina with multiple boat lifts and personal watercraft berthsOpen photo ↗
Private multi-slip marina

Covered slips · boat lifts · dedicated PWC berths

Architectural marina detail with arched masonry, a numbered wooden door, and sailboats beyondOpen photo ↗
Marina architecture

Masonry structure · custom millwork · waterside access

Historic floating lake structure from the Aquamarine archive on Lake TravisOpen photo ↗
The Lake Travis archive

Historic floating construction · decades of lake experience

The legacy continues

The first permit is history. The standard it established is the work: understand the lake, respect the shoreline, and build for the years ahead.
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