For boat owners

Your boat, your life, remembered.

You and your boat, your family, the places you visit and the trips you take. The friends you meet along the way. A home for all of it — and a community that helps each other find new places and lend a hand.

Why boat.life

You, your boat, your family, your places.

Your boats and your favourite places at the heart of it all. The people you share it with. A home for your boating life, with a community that helps each other on the water.

  • Free, always

    No subscription, no paywall. Create as many pages as you have boats.

  • Yours, privately

    Keep your boat page private, share with friends, or open it to the world — your choice.

  • Built to last

    A living logbook that follows your boat through every owner, every season, every voyage.

boat.life

Your boat, your life, remembered.

Features

Your boats and your places, beautifully organised.

Photo memories

Keep every sunset, every race, every first sail. A place to remember what made your heart sing.

Tech specs

Keep all your technical data for when you need it. Length, beam, draft, engine, hull, fuel — at a glance.

Repair log

Track every service, part and hour spent on the water.

Custom sections

Add your own — anchorages, recipes, crew list, anything.

Private or public

Keep it for yourself, or share a link with the world.

Trips & equipment

Logbook, equipment list and documents in one place.

Flexible & easy

Add sections, move things around, and make the page yours. No clutter, no complexity.

Favourite places

Save anchorages, harbours and hidden gems with coordinates, maps and photos.

Events & timeline

Log every voyage, repair and milestone in a beautiful timeline.

Community

A community for people who love being on the water.

Find new places, lend a hand, and meet the people who make boating better. On the water, we help each other — and boat.life brings that together.

Make friends

Connect with other boat owners and build your own boating network.

Message each other

Chat directly with your boating friends, share tips and coordinate meetups.

Discover boats

Search for boats and their owners by name, model or home port.

Share knowledge

Learn from experienced owners and share your own hard-won wisdom.

Live friend map

See where your boating friends are on the water right now, in real time.

Ask for advice

Need help? Ask the community — from 'is there space for me?' to 'what was that sound?'.

Talk to the boats around you. Help each other out.

Stay in touch

Talk to the boats around you. Help each other out.

Group chats, harbour chats and instant messages between berths — plus a live map so you can find your friends on the water, lend a hand when someone needs it, and never feel alone out there.

  • Group chat

    Create a chat for your sailing club, friends or family crew. Plan trips, share photos and keep the season's stories in one thread.

  • Harbour chat

    Every harbour has its own room. Ask if there's space, warn about the weather, or just say hello to the boats already moored.

  • Berth-to-berth messages

    Spot a boat two berths down and want to say hi? Send an instant message straight to that berth — no phone number needed.

  • Live map

    See friends and nearby boaters on the map in real time. Wave hello, share a course, or come to the rescue when someone needs a hand.

Our story

From one boat owner's need to a whole boating community.

I built boat.life because I needed it myself. I've spent years on the water, and like every boat owner I know the feeling — the beautiful sails, the perfect sunsets, and then that moment when something makes a sound you don't recognise.

I wanted a single place for my boat, my family, the places we visit and the trips we take. Maintenance logs, things to bring back and forth, quick notes so I wouldn't forget. And I wanted to remember it all — not just the specs, but the stories, the people, the moments that make a boat a life.

The community part grew naturally. Once friends came in, we wanted to find others nearby, people in the same harbour, people with the same boat model, someone who had already solved that weird engine problem. Boating is very much about helping each other, and we try to bring that together here.

What started as a personal tool has become a home for your boating life. Your boats and your places at the core — your family, your friends, the harbours and the neighbours who help each other out on the water. A place to remember, to connect, to belong. Always there when you need them.

Christian Berg

Founder & boat enthusiast

FAQ

Questions & answers

A home for your boat, your family, your places.

Remember every trip, every friend, every sunset. And find new places with a community that helps each other. Free, forever.

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