Our new online scheduler provides the all the flexibility you need to manage and share your watercraft including:Set up your calendar with one, two, four, or six slots per day.Swap requests allow members to “swap” a day they have scheduled for another slot they may want.Wait lists allow users to automatically reserve a slot if the original reservation is canceled.Administrators can schedule other members, reserve the boat for maintenence, or suspend a member's access.
Require users to confirm reservations. If a confirmation isn't received, the slot automatically opens up for other users to book.
Give us your good, your bad and your ugly. We want it all. Best story gets a free year of Nautical Monkey and, of course, Accolades, Fame and Notoriety Worldwide!! Who can take part? Anyone who has experience with, an opinion about, or wants to start a dialog about, sharing a boat. What we want […]
One of the primary questions we get asked when people are thinking of sharing a boat is how many partners they should have. Most people can get their mind around two people sharing a boat. Communication and scheduling aren’t too difficult with two people and if something happened to the boat and you didn’t do […]
We have seen a myriad of different partnership arraignments work. Family partnerships, business partners or friends who purchase a boat together, relative strangers who become a member on a boat and remain for years – there really doesn’t seem to be a single defining characteristic that insures success in a boat sharing relationship. There are, […]
First, for clarification’s sake, an LLC (Limited Liability Company) is a type of corporation. However, for ease of discussion I’ll use the term “corporation” to refer to a Subchapter S Corporation (we will leave C Corporations out of this discussion as impractical for putting a boat into). In the world of boat sharing, there is […]
The simple answer is yes, having what is known as a “Boat Sharing Contract” in place with your partners is essential. In the beginning of a relationship or if you have a relationship that has never had any problems, it may seem awkward to introduce the formality of a contract. However, the moment something goes […]
It could be as simple as a new coffee pot or it could be the latest in boating technology such as Satellite TV, FLIR or Underwater lights but at some point one partner will want to add something to the boat that another may not want to? So how do you handle it? The first […]
You currently have a boat and would like to bring someone on board to help share some of the costs and maximize your investment. But you are just not sure if anyone would be interested. After all your 15′ center console could be a dingy for most of the boats you see listed looking for […]
