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“Every boater I know has a horror story — six calls to find storage, a mechanic who retired and took every referral with him, a part that arrives and doesn’t fit. We built Boatable because the marine industry deserves software that respects how the water actually works.”

— J. Patrick White, Founder & CEO
LaunchingMinnesota & Upper Midwest
Early accessBoaters and providers onboarding now
Service OSRequest → quote → deposit → job tracking
$476BUS marine economy we are building for

About Boatable

We connect boat owners and marine service operators with respect for how fragmented the work still is.

Why Boatable exists

Every boater knows the frustration: a dozen phone calls to find service, hand-written quotes from mechanics who only work by referral, parts that fit one hull but not another, and job records scattered across emails and texts.

Boatable started with community intelligence — community-contributed ramp conditions, fuel prices, and trip logs from real boaters — and is expanding into structured marine-service workflows that connect owners with providers.

What we are building

  • Structured service requests so owners describe the boat, symptoms, location, timing, and supporting media once
  • Quote and job records that keep scope, price, status, and payment state tied to one workflow
  • Provider operations for leads, offerings, jobs, and payout setup
  • Verification levels that state exactly what has been checked instead of using blanket trust claims
  • Roadmap layers for storage, transport, vessel passport, and advisory Copilot features only after the service wedge proves out

Our principles

  • Honest about scope — every public surface should distinguish what is live from what is planned
  • Platform, not provider — we coordinate workflows; we do not pretend to be the mechanic or marina
  • Marine-first records — vessel context, service scope, and outcome history matter
  • Privacy and trust — owner data rights and provider verification need to be implemented explicitly, not implied

Company

Boatable is an early-stage company focused on proving the marine-service marketplace before expanding into broader infrastructure layers.

We are actively expanding our provider network and deepening the platform. If you are a marine industry operator, provider, or community leader, we want to hear from you.

Leadership

Team details for current leadership are on our home page. We are a small founding team of builders, operators, and lifelong boaters.

Meet the leadership team on our home page or reach us via the contact form.

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