Your best boat day
More days that feel like why you bought the boat.
Lines off, coffee still warm, river flat as a plate. That's the whole idea.
Find them online · their sites →Rent a boat day →
Take a 10-minute tour · owners free forever
Seacoast · Kittery & Portsmouth
Home port: the river between two states
Boat Day starts here: morning fog on the Piscataqua, lobster boats on the moorings, and yards that still wave you in. Owners, claim your boat. It's free, forever. Local yards and pros can join as a founding partner (on-platform). Find them online opens their own sites and has nothing to do with founding. Winterize and haul out when the leaves turn. It's just what October looks like here.
People are looking · Portsmouth & Kittery
Nothing on the line yet
When boaters open yards from Boat Day, you'll see it here. Nothing logged yet, and we won't make up click counts or partners to fill the space. Browse Seacoast yards via Find them online (their sites · ≠ founding) in the meantime.
The path
Dream → Decide → Own → Cast off
The dream, the boat you've got, and the day you want, in one place instead of fourteen browser tabs.
Pick your path
Where do you want to start?
Start with the boat you want or the one you've got. Rentals and safety are right here when you need them.
Find your boat
Dreaming of a boat
Picture the cove first. Tell us where you'll run, who's coming, and what you can stand to maintain. Then look at boats that actually fit.
My boats
I already own one
Check if today's a go, keep her history in one spot, and stop digging through the glovebox for that oil-change receipt.
Clear the path
Something’s in the way
The stuff that keeps you tied to the dock: costs, a quote, what she'd fetch. Find them online opens each yard's own site. They're not founding partners and it's not a Boat Day booking.
Rent a boat day
Just get on the water
Borrow a day on the water, with a skipper or without. No boat payment, no bottom paint. Owners can share a day if they feel like it.
Safety
Go home safe
Calm prep and an honest call on go or stay in. The people aboard come first, every time.
Seacoast
Home water
We're starting on the Piscataqua: Kittery, Portsmouth, and that fast-moving river in between. The season's short and sweet. When the leaves turn, it's haul-out and shrink-wrap time. Routine, not a crisis.
Apps that help
Apps worth their salt
Straight takes on owner apps. The ones that get you out, not one more password to forget.
Days on the calendar
Shows, safety weeks, and races
Free vessel checks, harbor cleanups, and get-togethers worth the drive to the ramp.
Cast off
Can you go today?
Will she start, is the weather friendly, and will it feel like why you bought the boat? A calm check and an honest go or stay in. No scare tactics.
My boats
Everything about your boat, one dock over
Trips, maintenance, costs, booking, crew — peek the demo boat Demo (seeded for tours, not a live claim), or claim yours free. Owners stay free forever.
People who help
Pros who call you back
Find them online opens the business's own site. It's not a Boat Day booking. If a yard joins as a founding partner, it shows up separately as on-platform. We don't pad the list with fake listings. The ledger beside this is Demo seed — not live Seacoast outcomes.
Demo outcomes
DemoDemo seed ledger
Demo seed — seeded for tours, not a live claim. Anonymized close rates and median reply times by category, region, and stage. Not live Seacoast density · ≠ founding metrics · not reply SLAs or visit counts.
- Leads
- 13
- Won
- 1
- Close rate
- 100%
- Median reply
- 6h
Seed totals · not founding density
Guidance
Featured guides
Choose the Right Boat for Your Waters and Lifestyle
A practical framework for matching boat type, size, and propulsion to mission profile, tow vehicle, marina reality, and total cost—not dock envy.
Marine Insurance Basics for Recreational Boats
Agreed value vs ACV, liability, navigation territory, lay-up, marina requirements, and how experience and training affect binding.
Pre-Purchase Marine Survey: What Buyers Must Know
How to hire an independent surveyor, what haul-out and sea trial reveal, and how to turn findings into negotiation or a clean walk-away.
Partners & agents
Build with Boat Day
Readiness packs, a partner portal, and open docs for marinas, lenders, insurers, and builders.