Question 1

Is BoatFixIt a real, operating service?

Accepted Answer

No. BoatFixIt is a concept demonstration published by Exergist Innovations to show how structured marine service enquiries and provider matching could work. No jobs are dispatched, no providers are contracted and no money changes hands.

Question 2

What is the difference between an enquiry and a booking?

Accepted Answer

An enquiry is a written brief describing your vessel, location and the work you need. A booking is a confirmed appointment with an agreed date and price. BoatFixIt is designed around enquiries only — a provider would still need to read your brief, accept it, and agree terms with you directly before any work happens.

Question 3

Can I use this if my boat is in trouble right now?

Accepted Answer

No. BoatFixIt is not an emergency or rescue service and has no on-water response capability. If you are in danger, adrift, taking on water or on fire, contact the Coast Guard or your local marine rescue authority immediately.

Question 4

Are the providers shown real businesses?

Accepted Answer

No. All six providers in the directory are clearly fictional examples invented to demonstrate matching. Their regions, categories, engine experience and length limits are made up so the matching logic has something to work against.

Question 5

How does the matching actually work?

Accepted Answer

Each example provider declares the regions it covers, the service categories it offers, the engine and vessel types it handles, a maximum vessel length and whether it works mobile, from a yard, or both. Your answers are compared against those declarations and every match is scored and explained line by line, so you can see why a provider did or did not fit.

Question 6

Why do you only ask for a general location?

Accepted Answer

A region and an optional free-text note is enough to demonstrate coverage matching. The concept deliberately avoids precise positions, live tracking and paid map services.

Question 7

What happens to the service brief?

Accepted Answer

The brief is generated in your browser. You can edit it, copy it or print it and send it to any provider you like, by any means you like. Nothing is transmitted or stored by this concept site.

Question 8

What would providers pay?

Accepted Answer

The proposed commercial model is C$49 per accepted qualified enquiry — charged only when a provider accepts a brief that meets the agreed qualification criteria. Pilot terms, qualification definitions, refund handling and volume caps would all be agreed in writing with each pilot partner before anything goes live.

Question 9

Do I need an account?

Accepted Answer

No. There are no accounts, logins, saved profiles or stored payment details anywhere in this concept.

Question 10

How do I get in touch?

Accepted Answer

Email info@exergist.com. This is the single contact point for both boat owners curious about the concept and service businesses interested in a pilot.

What BoatFixIt is, and what it deliberately is not

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