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Happy 2023! Let’s talk Costs & Boat Maintenance!
Happy New Year 2023 fellow sailors! It is commonly accepted that the last couple of years have been tough ones. Nevertheless, the boating community has been thriving and the best witness of it are the soaring boat sales! Regardless of even cancelled boat
Import-export log from-to excel
Can I import/export log data from excel? If not, will you please add that as a feature? Also, please add the ability to add custom fields. I’m working on getting a 6-pack license, and I need to be able to differentiate inland trips vs trips to the open
List of documents with full file name
Hi George, I am using files with relatively long file names and your icon view only option does not let me see the full name and identify the file I need to select when linking it to an inventory item. Thank you Armando
Inventory items: show linked documents + image/pdf previews
Currently you can see linked documents only if editing the inventory item, it would make sense to see it also under the "show" option. It would be useful to also have a built in viewer for pdfs and images rather than having to download and open with
Let users configure their default currency in general setup
Can you setup an opportunity for users to set a default currency? I'm putting in spare parts here in the US and it defaults to EUR. I know I'll miss making the change soon. Thanks!
Better Print Options would be helpful
Hi, I am attempting to log all the inventory on our boat. We have 25 storage lockers. I plan to print a binder of the inventory before we go cruising. It would be helpful if we could set up for the correct page sizes in the printing inventory. We use
Export Data/import data to CSV
Hi, Any chance there might be an opportunity to add import/export of data. This might be a way to get around some of the forced page formats in the printouts. I'm sure there would be other uses as well. Thanks, Sam
More Links!! Have inventory links in both Tasks and Checklist items
You have tasks to do. A lot of these tasks requires supplies. For example, when winterizing the boat engine, you need oil filter, fuel filter, and cooling water antifreeze. It would be really convenient to have links in the task or checklist item
Mobile v2 Public Beta is Live on Android and iOS!
Mobile v2 Android and iOS Apps have been released! You may download your app from Google Play (Android) and the App Store (iOS). We have to be frank to all of you and convey our apologies for such a looong delay, especially to the Gold users graciously
Schedule tasks by engine hours
The maintenance tasks I perform are usually required when the engine reaches a certain number of hours - not on a specific date. As a boat owner maintaining his small boat engine, I would like to be able to schedule and sort maintenance tasks by engine
TheBoatDB v2 is coming up in a few days and we look forward to start hearing about what you think!
Stay tuned and feel free to comment on how it feels & looks and especially what would you like to see getting implemented next.
Is TheBoatApp really for Free? Why so?!
We had received quite some comments whether TheBoatAPP service is indeed provided for free and what the catch might be. Let us settle this. The account creation needs simply your name, a password and a valid email address. No payment-card is required
Calendaring for boat share
Ownership of many boats is syndicated and there are dedicated syndicate management platforms to administer time allocation and cost allocation. But, if the you are going to add a calendaring function for maintenance scheduling you should consider including
Search Task by due date range
This is an important request, I would like to search tasks filtering by a time window
Checklists: item hierarchy via indentation or other means (Parent-Child items)
Hello George, happy new year!!!! I was thinking that indentation or other means to introduce organized subsets in the checklists would be very useful. Currently I have a capitalized and underlined title followed by a colon to specify that the following
A few ideas after working on the database for a couple of days
First off, thank you George for the good work. I am excited about such a useful and affordable product. A few ideas that you might be already working on one way or another: - Mobile dashboard: the summary icons on the top should be interactive. I.e. by
My Data: Location, Availability, Backup and more...
Location To begin with, many wonder "where my data are physical stored?". Our main servers reside in EU, in physically separated data centers to achieve maximum data redundancy. Since our platform is addressed to the global marine community, we use Cloudflare
Welcome to your marine Community!
The Community hub provides a powerful community around TheBoatApp and TheBoatDB. You may post 4 types of content within the community. These are Ideas, Questions, Problems and Discussions. Each of these serves a particular purpose. When you have something
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Sharing (v2.6.0 - SEP 2022)
See also the Sharing video tutorial. Sharing TheBoatApp includes Sharing functionality [Gold feature] for being able to share your boat’s data with other users (e.g. friends, family, crew, skipper, marina-staff, technicians, mechanics, etc). They ...
Master-boat vs. User-boat: What is What
See also the Master-boat vs. User-boat: What is What video tutorial. Master-boat vs. User-boat: What is What Well, you may wonder what’s the fuzz about Master-boat vs. User-boat. Simply put, Master-boat refers to factory and design data and specs ...
Is it really FREE?! For how long?
Yes, it is really FREE and for as long as you wish! The account creation needs simply your name, a password and a valid email address. No payment-card is required and your account is fully functional for as long as you wish to keep it. It is not a ...
Register an Account
See also the Register an Account video tutorial. Register an Account Signing up for an account can be either done on TheBoatDB or TheBoatApp web sites as well as via both Android and iOS Mobile Apps. So, let's see how we may register a new user ...
Inventory
See also the Inventory video tutorial. Inventory TheBoatApp includes an Inventory module for the full cataloguing of your equipment, spares, tools, safety gear, medical supplies & gear, consumables, food provisions, etc. Not simply what you have ...