A boat in the water is never not sinking.
It is only sinking slowly, because a pump is winning. I walk the boat weekly, look at the things that decide whether the pump keeps winning, and photograph the bilge every single visit — so you can see it for yourself instead of taking my word for it.
Two marinas, and the dock behind your house.
Boat watch runs where I can get to the boat weekly and where the rules allow it. That is a shorter list than most people expect, and I would rather say so here than after you have called.
The chain that keeps a boat floating is longer than people think.
Every visit follows the same written routine and ends with a timestamped photo report the same day — the identical reporting the homes get.
- BilgeWater level and what is in it, photographed every visit whether anything has changed or not. This is the one that matters.
- Shore powerCord, connection and whether the boat is actually drawing — the link that quietly fails first.
- Lines & fendersChafe, tension and where the boat is sitting against the dock as the tide moves it.
- BatteryCharge state and whether the system is holding, because the pump is only winning while something is feeding it.
- Cover & canvasSnaps, seams and standing water, plus what the sun has been doing since the last visit.
- CabinDamp, smell, soft goods and anything that has started growing in a closed box in August.
Priced by the foot, billed monthly.
| Boat Watch — weekly, in-water | $7 / ft / mo |
|---|---|
| Boat Watch + Systems — weekly, in-water | $11 / ft / mo |
| One-time vessel onboarding | $199 |
Boat Watch minimum $199 · Boat Watch + Systems minimum $329. At $7 a foot: 24 ft → $199 · 32 ft → $224 · 40 ft → $280 · 50 ft → $350.
+ Systems adds battery charge management, two technician meets a year at the boat, and first position in the post-storm queue. It does not add anything that operates the vessel.
Weekly only. I do not sell a monthly boat plan, because on a boat in the water monthly is not watching — it is documenting how it sank.
What this is not.
- Not a marine service. This is a documented visual inspection — I look, I photograph, I tell you. I do not operate, run or move the boat.
- No dry-stack, no lift storage, no trailers. In-water vessels only.
- No monthly option, at any size. If weekly is not what you want, I am not the right call.
- No pre-storm haul-out, tie-down or prep. Every owner needs it in the same 48 hours and one person cannot honestly promise it — read your marina or dock contract in June, because storm prep is almost certainly yours.
- Not a guarantee. A visit finds problems early. Nothing about a schedule prevents one.
Tell me where she sits.
The marina or the dock, the length, and how long she goes between the times you are aboard. I’ll tell you plainly whether it’s a fit, what the monthly comes to, and when I can make the first visit.