Describe the boat
General location, vessel type and length, engine type. Enough to know who can physically do the work.
Marine service enquiries, structured
Less downtime. A clearer route to boat service.
Answer a few questions about your vessel and the work it needs. BoatFixIt turns that into a proper written brief and shows which providers actually fit — and why.
- 6
- Example providers
- 5
- Service categories
- 6
- Wizard steps
- C$49
- Per accepted enquiry
An enquiry is not a booking
Submitting the wizard would create a written brief describing your job. A provider still has to read it, accept it and agree dates and price with you directly. Nothing is scheduled, reserved or charged by BoatFixIt.
This is not an emergency or rescue service
If you are taking on water, adrift, on fire or in any danger on the water, contact the Coast Guard or your local marine rescue authority immediately. BoatFixIt only passes written enquiries to service businesses during normal working hours.
How it works
The questions a good marine technician would ask you anyway
Most wasted trips come from missing information. The wizard collects it up front, in the order it actually matters.
Describe the job
Service category, mobile or yard, timeframe, and the problem in your own words.
See explained matches
Every example provider is scored against your answers, with each criterion shown as met or missed.
Take the brief away
Generate an editable, copyable, printable service brief and send it wherever you like.
Service categories
Five categories, clearly drawn
Engine service
Inboard, outboard and sterndrive servicing, diagnostics and repair.
- Annual service
- Won't start / stalling
- Impeller & cooling
- Drive & gearbox
Marine electrical
Batteries, charging, wiring, electronics and instrument faults.
- Battery & charging
- Shore power
- Navigation electronics
- Fault tracing
Hull maintenance
Antifouling, gelcoat, blister repair, running gear and structural checks.
- Antifoul & bottom paint
- Gelcoat repair
- Osmosis inspection
- Anodes
Detailing
Compound, polish, ceramic coating, canvas, teak and interior care.
- Cut & polish
- Ceramic coating
- Interior deep clean
- Teak restoration
Winterization
Layup, shrink wrap, systems draining and spring commissioning.
- Engine layup
- Shrink wrap
- Plumbing antifreeze
- Spring commissioning
Not sure which one?
Pick the closest category and describe the symptoms. The brief carries your own words through to the provider.
Why matching, not a list
A shortlist is only useful if it explains itself
Every example provider declares the regions it covers, the categories it offers, the engines and vessels it handles, a maximum length and whether it works mobile or from a yard. Your enquiry is scored against those declarations, and each criterion is shown as met or missed — including the ones that rule a provider out.
Try it with your boatRegion
Does the provider declare coverage where your boat is?
Category
Is the work you need on their declared list?
Engine
Do they state experience with your propulsion type?
Vessel & length
Is your boat within the type and size they handle?
Working style
Mobile callout, yard haul-out, or either?
Concept disclosure
BoatFixIt is a concept by Exergist Innovations
It is published to test whether structured enquiries genuinely help boat owners and marine trades. There is no live dispatch, no payment processing, no accounts and no paid mapping. All providers shown are fictional examples. The proposed commercial model is C$49 per accepted qualified enquiry, with pilot terms to be agreed with each partner.