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     Boathouse II has become a Hilton Head Island icon, a local and visitor favorite. Located on Skull Creek just outside the back entrance to Hilton Head Plantation, it has grown into the kind of restaurant that meets everyone’s expectations of what a restaurant on an island, on the water, should be.

     The restaurant was originally developed by Doc Schilling and son Bill as part of the Schilling Boathouse, at the time the largest dry dock boat storage facility on Hilton Head. They named the restaurant Boathouse Grill and the bar was called the “Drunken Dolphin.” “But Doc Shilling put the kibosh on that right away. He didn’t think it was a good idea to call anything ‘drunken,’” Pierce Lowrey, founder of The Lowrey Group, explained. The bar was rechristened “Marker 13” after the Intracoastal Waterway marker that sits right offshore from the restaurant. The name stuck.

     However, when The Lowrey Group purchased the restaurant from the Schillings 11 years ago, it was time for a restaurant name change. “We thought about it and decided to follow the old superstition about bad luck when you rename a boat. That’s why it’s Boathouse II,” said Lowrey. “We know we did the right thing, but still have people ask where they can find Boathouse I.”

     The Boathouse II atmosphere is fun, high-energy and a “local” hangout all year long. Happy hour, between 4 and 7 p.m. draws a crowd, and the musicians build a good local following. Families and friends enjoy the outdoor dining experience. In cooler weather, the action—and food—move inside to a generous bar and tables throughout an enclosed porch that offers that breathtaking view.

“It’s kind of Cheers atmosphere,” said Lowrey. “We do get to know everybody’s name.” 

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