Bain Capital Real Estate and BlueWater Marinas Acquire Kent Narrows Boatel

BlueWater Marinas and Bain Capital Real Estate Acquire Bayside Marine

February 16, 2026

Real Estate

BlueWater Marinas, backed by Bain Capital Real Estate, has acquired Bayside Marine, a full-service marina in Duxbury, Massachusetts. The Kent family will remain in place to oversee day-to-day operations as the acquisition expands BlueWater/Bain's portfolio of East Coast marina properties.

TopSide Marinas Acquires Beavers Bend Marina and Galveston Yacht Basin

September 24, 2021

Real Estate

Texas-based TopSide Marinas, backed by Miramar Equity Partners and TRT Holdings, acquired Beavers Bend Marina on Broken Bow Lake (Broken Bow, Oklahoma) and Galveston Yacht Basin (Galveston, Texas). The deals are part of TopSide’s platform build since its January 2020 founding and expand the company’s marina and hospitality footprint along key recreational waterways.

Seawall Capital Acquires Kent Water Sports Holdings

December 31, 2020

Consumer Products

Seawall Capital, a middle‑market private equity firm, acquired Kent Water Sports Holdings, LLC (Kent) for an undisclosed amount; the transaction closed on December 31, 2020. Seawall said it will partner with Kent’s management and the Archer family to provide capital and resources to accelerate organic growth and pursue future acquisitions across Kent’s portfolio of action‑sports brands.

Kent Outdoors (Seawall Capital) Acquires BOTE from Prairie Capital VI

January 20, 2022

Consumer Products

Kent Outdoors, the Seawall Capital-backed outdoor platform (formerly Kent Watersports), acquired BOTE from Prairie Capital VI as an add-on to expand its portfolio of outdoor consumer brands. The deal, announced alongside Kent's rebrand and the acquisition of Kona Bicycles, follows Prairie Capital's multi-year partnership that helped BOTE grow significantly during its hold period.

Nesma & Partners Acquires Global Engineering Firm Kent from Bluewater

March 6, 2024

Energy

Saudi Arabian contractor Nesma & Partners has agreed to acquire Kent, a Dubai-headquartered global energy engineering and project-management firm, from climate-focused PE firm Bluewater. The deal (terms undisclosed) completes Bluewater's multi-year value-creation plan that grew Kent to about $1.4bn in revenue and positions Nesma to expand its engineering capabilities and international footprint in conventional and low-carbon energy markets.

Safe Harbor Marinas Acquires Port Annapolis

November 11, 2025

Real Estate

Safe Harbor Marinas closed its acquisition of Port Annapolis (a 16-acre, 250-slip marina and boatyard) on November 11, 2025, adding the facility to its global portfolio. As a result, subsidiary Bluewater Yacht Sales will relocate operations to the Port Annapolis site to expand storage, service capabilities, and yacht sales presence in the Annapolis/Chesapeake Bay market.