owner insurance training sign-offs

You’ve watched the YouTube shows, sold a rental home, and have purchased a new boat! Woah – No one told you your insurance wouldnt let you steer your own boat on your own.

We are your captain of record and walk you through understanding your boats systems and train you in the operations of your new vessel. New Owner Training is more the norm than the exception.  Speak with us today about what to expect as a new owner.

vessel fitness program for vacant owners

We put eyes on everything.  

When boats sit and are not used, subject to the elements of the universe, entropy can be more rapid.  Our Vessel Fitness Program is designed to alleviate future problems so that when you arrive at your boat, she is truly ready for her service to you and your family.

Wash downs

We have a lot of birds including parrots in the South Florida tropics who find sailboat masts to be their favorite perch.  They gather the berries from the surrounding palm trees and deposit the staining berry poo including the seeds to the top deck of the boats.  VERY annoying but this is the life here in South Florida.  Between the berry seeds and the acid in the poo, it will stain the fiberglass deck of your brand new boat.  It needs to be washed weekly.  Often times the iguanas will board the boats and enjoy the sunshine, then leave staining deposits on the decks of the boats as well.  Rats are large in South Florida and may board the boat causing a lot of trouble as well.

Underwater Maintenance

There is a lot of electricity in the waters due to aged construction, poor care of other surrounding boats putting harmful voltage directly into the water.  This voltage will attack your boat in SO many ways.  We use a soft metal (zinc) to allow the electricity to eat the diode first protecting the boats internal systems.  Each neighborhood has a different amount of power in the water and the pics can be eaten away often within one month causing an open season on the internal power systems of your brand new boat.
Furthermore, the canals in south Florida are all salt water thus require underwater cleanings of the hull to knock off the damaging barnacles who attache to the bottom paint.  Depending on the kind of paint, the materials within the paint, and the number of coats used to initially cover the bottom, barnacles and oysters can still attach and drill thru the paint curing damage.  They need to be knocked off.

Shakin it Down:
We have a Vessel Fitness Program designed for vacant owners such as yourself to ensure your boat stays in tip top shape with weekly or twice monthly wash downs, underwater maintenance, zinc diodes, and full systems reports. This includes taking the boat out of her slip, exercising all systems on the boat, lifting the sails (once rigged) and putting all systems under load.