THIS PAGEShop our business partners, by item or by department.
Safety first, then what is worth buying for your boat. Every button goes straight to the company's own site. You are not limited to boating — look under Everything Else.
Two ways to shop
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Or jump to a department:
Start here: the one purchase most people ask about
A life jacket for every person, the right size — and actually worn. Check the fit in 30 seconds before you buy.
Safety First
Life jackets
The first thing to buy. Check the Coast Guard approval and the fit.
THIS PAGEYour boat card, papers, logs, trip and cost planners, and skills.
Three boards: keep your boat card, papers, and maintenance in one place; plan trips, fuel, and the real cost; and sharpen your skills before you buy or go.
See it working before you pay
Here is a filled-in boat file for three kinds of boat: papers, reminders, the log, and what the season cost. Made-up examples, so you can see how it works.
What Paid does that Free does not
FreeGuides, checklists, and tools you can use today. Read them, print them, download the PDFs, share them.
PaidYour own boat. It remembers your papers and dates, reminds you before things are due, keeps your log and costs, and plans your trips and fuel. You download it. We keep nothing.
Your Boat Dashboard — set up once, then one tap
Paid tools feed each other. Fill in your boat once and it's ready for every trip, repair, and renewal.
① Set up onceYour boat card and your papers with renewal dates.
② One tap before a tripRoute, fuel, checklist, and float plan together.
③ It watches for youSee what's coming due in the next 60 days.
④ Season reportYour maintenance total and what your boat really costs.
🍂 Season tip — October: winterize before the first hard freeze — stabilizer, oil change, drain the water, and cover it. Then book spring service early.
My Boat
Your boat card, your papers with renewal dates, your maintenance log, and a month-by-month season plan. Everything downloads to you — we keep nothing.
Plan the trip
Route, fuel, checklist, and float plan in one — with the one-third fuel rule built in.
What it really costs
Payment, insurance, storage, fuel, and repairs — per year, per month, and per day on the water. Count your trips to bring the cost of each one down, and keep planning through the winter.
Buying used
Hull, engine, electrical, trailer, and paperwork — print it and take it with you.
Live help
Monthly member workshops and the Specialist by voice.
Also included
Talk with the BoatReady Specialist by voice
Your boat card, papers, and logs go home with you. We keep nothing
Print or save anything as a PDF
Everything on both Free boards, too
BoatReady Paid Access
BoatReady Plan
$19.95 / mo
+ $20 one-time setup. First charge $39.95.
One setup fee covers every Hub. Add more Hubs for just $19.95 a month each.
Ask me anything. Emergency on the water: call 911 or VHF channel 16.
💬 TextIncluded
🔊 VoiceTap to talk
Hi, I'm Cole, your BoatReady Specialist. Ask me anything about boats and boating. I can also point you to our other Hubs if something else is on your mind.
Ask in your own words. I can also point you to our other Hubs.