Following our Mission and Vision statements, our Value Proposition boils down to a simple concept: “We are here to empower mariners with tools to set new standards for boat management, safety and more. Cruise safe, with peace of mind!”. This is the result of the combined contribution of TheBoatApp in these pillars:
Systems and their status are crucial elements of keeping a boat seaworthy and the crew safe (…along with common logic and seamanship of course!). Systems need to be operational thus scheduled preventive maintenance is a must and mandatory many times from the manufacturer to keep warranty valid, using proper parts, proper procedures and so on. TheBoatApp is your Swiss-army-knife for registering all your boat’s systems and spares, and especially setting up timely alerts for maintaining them in time. This minimises the risk of cruising on expired or not timely/properly maintained systems, thus assuring greater boat seaworthiness and crew safety.
Legal compliance is a must for avoiding penalisation from the state authorities (e.g. coast-guard inspections) as well as declined insurance claims, that they may prove an even bigger burden to deal with. Have all your licenses, permits, inspections certificates and alike documents registered, along with their respective expiration dates and reminders to make sure you’ll renew them in time. Even more than paperwork, make sure to actually inspect/maintain/replace in time critical equipment or consumables (e.g. fire extinguishers, flares, raft, medical kit, etc) and keep them in good operational status, as required by the law and/or your insurance and can be verified upon a coast-guard inspection.
Cruising is about clearing up your mind and a mind to be clear needs to be de-cluttered, so it can relax and operate hassle-free. Simply put, peace-of-mind! Your mind knows of loose ends (e.g. tasks pending to be done) and it will keep pop-up a thought or two or more every now and then. Not much of peace-of-mind here! Boats are nowadays quite complicated machines with a tonne of sub-systems and tasks to be dealt with prior or during cruising. Using boat management best practices, your mind knows that you got it all catalogued with proper reminder alerts setup in a reliable system outside of your mind itself, it can then relax and enjoy the cruising tranquillity!
Track costs so that you know how much you spend on what and then optimise accordingly. Likewise, preventive maintenance is much cheaper than corrective maintenance so schedule tasks and have control over what, when and where needs to be done (your preferred boat-yard), thus controlling costs and not overpaying urgent repairs of failed equipment.
So, you are running a tight ship with safety addressed and peace-of-mind. Well done captain! What you also get as a side-bonus, is a higher boat reselling price! How so, you may ask. Well, let’s think of it a bit:
Following these, not only your boat will be in top-shape but you’ll always be able to provide proof and justify your asking price!