boat.life

For the one who owns the boat

Your boat. Your information.Nobody else's.

Service, maintenance, documents, reminders, trips and everything you need to know about your boat, collected by you. AI, your yard and harbour help. The history stays yours.

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  • Free to use
  • Private by default
  • No hardware required
  • Your data stays yours

Owning a boat comes with a lot to remember.

“When was the engine serviced?”
“Which impeller fits?”
“Where’s the manual for the heater?”
“What needs doing before launch?”
“What did the yard repair last year?”
“When does the insurance expire?”
“Where’s the receipt for that upgrade?”
“Did I change that filter last season?”

Boat.life remembers it for you.

Keep your boat’s information, history and knowledge together, so you don’t have to.

Boat.life app

A better way to own a boat.

Take better care of your boat

Service history, maintenance, reminders and checklists help you deal with things before they become problems.

Be better prepared

Manuals, documents, equipment and checklists are always with you: at home, on the pontoon or out on the water.

Enjoy safer boating

A boat that is maintained, understood and prepared is a safer boat to use. Keep safety checks and important information close.

Protect your boat’s value

Build a documented history of service, repairs and upgrades. A documented boat is easier for a buyer to understand and trust.

Start with what you know.

You don’t need to document everything before Boat.life is useful. It takes minutes, not a weekend.

  1. 1Add your boat
  2. 2Add a service
  3. 3Upload a manual
  4. 4Set your next reminder

Your Boat Passport grows over time.

Give your boat a digital home.

Boat Passport

Your boat’s digital passport.

One living record that grows with your boat. The information belongs to the boat and becomes more valuable every season.

  • Identity
  • Specifications
  • Engines
  • Equipment
  • Documents
  • Manuals
  • Service history
  • Repairs
  • Upgrades
  • Receipts
  • Photos
  • Important dates

Build the history your boat deserves.

Every service.

Every repair.

Every upgrade.

Every important document.

Boat.life turns scattered information into a structured history.

Today

It helps you maintain, understand and use your boat.

Tomorrow

It helps the next owner understand how the boat has been cared for.

Keep the record. Protect the value.

Ask your boat

Now your boat’s information becomes useful.

Once manuals, invoices, service history and boat data are in one place, your boat can answer questions in seconds, with the source shown.

  • Everything in one boat record

    Manuals, schematics, invoices, service reports and notes — uploaded once, organised around your boat.

  • Ask your own documents

    “When did I change the oil filter last?” gets answered from your invoices and logs, with the source one click away.

  • A real service logbook

    Every maintenance action lives next to the document that proves it — chronological, searchable, never lost in an inbox.

  • Stays with the boat

    Sell her or hand over to new crew and the full history goes too. New owners step aboard knowing exactly what was done, when, and why.

  • On the pontoon, in the engine bay, at home

    Same record on phone, tablet and desktop — so the work and the answers travel with you.

  • Private by design

    Your documents are yours. We never sell them and never use them to train public AI models.

Ask your boat
When did I last change the oil filter?

Last on 14 June 2024. The oil filter was replaced during a service at Skärgårdsvarvet (Volvo Penta D2-40).

Source · invoice759.pdf · row 3
Which impeller fits?
According to the engine manual, page 47: Volvo Penta 21951354. You have two spare impellers registered in your onboard inventory.

Answers come from your own manuals, invoices and notes — every claim links back to the source.

Stay ahead of maintenance.

Know what has been done

Service, repairs and work by yards, with photos and receipts.

Know what needs doing next

Recurring maintenance and reminders that come to you.

Keep the history

Every job stays with the boat, season after season.

Fewer forgotten jobs. Fewer surprises.

No more searching for the manual.

The document you need shouldn’t be in a drawer at home when you’re standing on the boat.

  • Manuals
  • Receipts
  • Insurance
  • Certificates
  • Service documentation
  • Equipment documentation

Logbook

Remember the journeys too.

Boat ownership isn’t only maintenance. Trips, routes, places, photos and notes are logged automatically where available and kept for good.

GPS tracking

Your route drawn on the chart in real time, with distance, duration and waypoints captured automatically.

Speed tracking

Live and historical speed — see max, average and the colour-coded speed line along the whole track.

Event logging

Log sail changes, reefing, refuelling, wildlife and harbour entries — with photos and notes.

Emergency & alerts

One-tap emergency with your live position, plus geofence and arrival alerts for crew on shore.

Return to emergency mark with bearing and distance

Replay your trip

Scrub through the passage afterwards — see the route, speed and events animate from cast-off to docking.

Trip replay with map, speed colours and scrub timeline

Share live position

Send a private link to family so they can follow along — they see the boat move, nothing more.

Live GPS tracking of a boat trip shared with family

Less time keeping track.
More time enjoying your boat.

Boat.life takes care of the remembering, so you get more of what you bought the boat for.

Your boat already has a history. Start keeping it.

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And when you want even more, connect your boat.

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See your boat live

Go from knowing your boat to knowing what’s happening on it. Entirely optional: Boat.life works fully without any hardware.

See your boat live

Speed & engine

RPM, engine hours and speed logged automatically.

Batteries

Voltage and charge level, on board and ashore.

Temperature

Engine, fridge and cabin temperatures over time.

Humidity & bilge

Damp and water where it should not be.

Position

Where the boat is — and where she has been.

Tank levels

Fuel, fresh water and holding tank at a glance.

Live values, right now

Battery voltage and state of charge, engine hours and temperature, tank levels, bilge, temperature on board and position — always current, wherever you are.

History and trends

Every reading is kept, so you can zoom out over a day, a season or the whole life of the boat and see how values drift over time.

Alerts when it matters

Set your own limits — low battery, high engine temperature, bilge pump running, temperature below freezing — and get a notification the moment a limit is crossed.

Theft and intrusion alarm

Not just position. A boat that moves outside its berth, a hatch or door that opens, shore power that disappears, the battery suddenly drained, motion on board or an engine started while you are away — any of it triggers an alarm on your phone.

Understand problems earlier

Compare the trend against your service book: a battery that charges slower each week or an engine running warmer than last season shows up long before it strands you.

Community

Boating is better together.

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

Make friends

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

Message each other

Message each other

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

Discover boats

Discover boats

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

Live friend map

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

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.

One boat. One digital identity.

The same Boat Passport can connect with the people around your boat, always with you in control of what is shared.

Boat.life

Boat Passport

M/Y Solvik · 2008

Digital identity · Verified history

  • Owner
  • Harbour
  • Club
  • Service company
  • Manufacturer

Private by default. Shared by permission.

When the boat changes owner, its history doesn’t have to disappear.

Years of service, maintenance, upgrades and documentation can become part of the boat’s story. A buyer shouldn’t have to guess how a boat has been cared for.

The boat’s history

Service, repairs and upgrades you choose to hand over can follow the boat.

Your private data

Trips, notes, photos and personal details stay yours. Nothing transfers automatically.

Sharing

Share your boat, your way

Your boat, your data, your rules. Choose exactly what you share and with whom, and take it back whenever you want.

Crew members working together on the deck of a classic sailing yacht

Share your boat space

Invite family members, club teams with several boats, or co-owners to join your boat space as editors. Work together on the boats and keep a shared history in one place.

Two people walking along a jetty towards a moored sailboat

Renting out or lending your boat?

Give someone time-limited access. They see manuals, information, and equipment. If they spot something that needs fixing, they can log it for you. Their trips and stories stay in their own logbook, not yours.

White motorboat with a Swedish flag anchored in the archipelago

Selling your boat?

Create a polished presentation for potential buyers or ads. A complete, well-documented boat makes a stronger impression and helps you get a better deal.

Hands signing boat ownership documents on a wooden dock at sunset

Transfer of boat

Someone bought it? Transfer the boat to the new owner with all service records, manuals, and details intact. Your personal trips and history stay with you.

Marine technician inspecting a boat engine in a service yard

Share it with a marina or yard

Let your service provider see the boat, service records, and equipment. The better they know your boat, the better they can help you.

Hand holding a smartphone on a sailboat deck in the archipelago

Customized sharing

You pick what to share. Service history, logbook, a single trip, your live position, or boat details. You decide who gets access.

Our story

From boat owners' need to a whole boating community.

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

We wanted a single place for our boats, our families, the places we visit and the trips we take. Maintenance logs, things to bring back and forth, quick notes so nothing gets forgotten. And we 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 & David, founders of boat.life

From boat owners

Quiet confidence, every season.

“I spend a lot of time and money on my boat to keep it in order. And it gets used so few days a year, so it really has to work when I'm out there. boat.life helps me keep track of what needs doing so I don't run into problems.”
Henrik
Owner · 34 ft sailboat
“I love that I can keep track of all the maintenance. For me it matters most when I sell the boat, because I know I will at some point, and having a proper service book is going to help me get the most value out of it.”
Anna
Owner · classic motor cruiser
“There are a lot of functions in boat.life and I can't wait to see what comes next. The in-harbour messages, the service book, and the AI (I'm a Pro member) that scans and categorises receipts on its own. And the geo location reminders. I just love it for keeping track of things.”
Mikael
Pro member · twin-engine RIB

Pricing

Free is great. Pro makes it smoother.

boat.life is free to use — for real. No locked features, no countdown, no friendly nudges to upgrade. Pro is for those who want to save time with AI, not because Free is missing anything.

Free

For every boat owner. Forever.

€0 / forever

No trial, no card, no nagging. The full boat.life experience — yours to keep.

  • Up to 3 boats — free forever
  • 250 MB document storage — enough to keep you going for a long time
  • Photos, specs and notes
  • Full maintenance log and service history
  • Documents, manuals, receipts and warranties
  • Reminders, checklists and timeline
  • Places, trips and the live map
  • Friends, groups and harbour chat
  • Stays with the boat when she changes hands

No limits hidden in the small print. Free isn't a teaser — it's the product.

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Pro

Everything in Free, plus AI that saves time.

Adds to Free

  • Ask your boat. Get answers from your own manuals, invoices and notes — with the source one click away.
  • Collaboration. Invite crew, family or co-owners to your boats — everyone keeps the boat in sync.
  • AI fills your forms. Dictate a note — AI turns it into a complete reminder, service entry or logbook record.
  • Connected boat data. Live battery, tank and position data from Victron and Boat.Life Link.
  • AI receipt scanning. Snap a receipt and the date, amount and category fill in automatically.
  • Email receipts to your boat. Forward an invoice to your private boat address — it lands in the right place.
  • Automatic document summaries. Long PDFs and forum threads get a clean summary you can skim in seconds.
  • Shared GPS map. Invite other Pro users to overlay their boats on one live map — great for sailing races, convoy cruises and rescue coordination.
  • Up to 5 boats. Room for the whole family's fleet — dinghy, day cruiser and the project boat in the garage.
  • 5 GB document storage. Plenty of room for manuals, schematics and years of invoices.

Pro is how we keep the lights on — so Free can stay genuinely free for everyone else.

For fleets

Fleet

Everything in Pro, built for many boats.

Adds to Pro

  • Unlimited boats. Manage as many boats as you need under one account — no per-boat caps.
  • 10 GB document storage. Double the Pro storage for manuals, schematics, photos and years of invoices across your whole fleet.
  • All Pro features included. Ask your boat, AI receipt scanning, email-to-boat, document summaries and the shared GPS map — for every boat you own.

Built for charter operators, boat clubs, families with several boats and anyone managing a small fleet.

Our philosophy: Free should feel complete on its own. Pro is for owners who want their boat's knowledge a few questions away — not a paywall around features you already rely on.

FAQ

Questions & answers

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