A free digital boat logbook for owners: track maintenance and service history, store documents, surveys and receipts, get expiration reminders, and keep boat records that transfer with the hull when you sell.
VesselBook gives every boat a permanent record, anchored to its HIN. Track maintenance, documents, and readiness — and build verifiable history that proves the boat's worth when you sell.
VesselBook is a boat records platform for owners of every kind of boat — sailboats, powerboats, center consoles, cruisers, pontoons and personal watercraft. Log maintenance and service, store documents, surveys and receipts, get reminders before things expire, and build a boat service history that stays with the hull instead of scattered across folders, texts and spreadsheets.
Watch the record build as you scroll — from the day you set the boat up to the day you hand it on.
Log an engine service, a haul-out, new bottom paint, a rigging inspection or a fix you did yourself, and it becomes part of your boat's dated service history. VesselBook keeps the schedule too: recurring intervals by date or engine hours, what is due next, and what is overdue — for every boat in your account.
Upload registration, title, insurance, manuals, invoices and survey PDFs once and they stay attached to the boat — searchable from your phone at the fuel dock or in front of an insurer. Receipts and photos attach to the work they prove, so a record is never just a claim.
Safety gear expires quietly. VesselBook tracks expiration dates for flares, extinguishers, life jackets, EPIRBs, registration and insurance, and reminds you while there is still time to do something about it. Before you leave the dock, a pre-sail checklist tells you whether the boat is actually ready.
Setting up a boat by hand is the reason most logbooks die in week one. Upload an existing survey and VesselBook reads it for you, then proposes the equipment, maintenance intervals and open findings it found. You review every suggestion and approve what belongs — nothing is filed behind your back, and you can edit or delete anything later.
VesselBook doesn't just store your paperwork. It weighs the signals that matter — identity, documentation, engine hours, and ownership — into a single Trust Score, anchored to the boat's HIN. The more complete your record, the more the boat is worth proving.
Share a single read-only link and the buyer sees a documented, privacy-filtered history — Trust Score, surveys, findings, service, and engine-hours confidence. No owner identity, no private cost data. Just proof.
Anyone can post a price and a few photos. On VesselBook, every listing is backed by the boat's permanent record — its Trust Score, surveys, and documented service. Buyers stop guessing, and well-kept boats finally stand out for the right reasons.
A HIN lookup is the fastest way to see whether a boat has a record before you take it seriously. Enter the 12-character hull identification number and VesselBook shows what is publicly on file for that hull: registry identity, whether ownership has been verified, records the owner chose to share, and federal presence. No account, no charge.
Your record stays private to you. Nothing becomes public until you grant access — and even then a permission gate decides exactly what each viewer sees: buyers get a filtered report, professionals get scoped access, and your private costs and identity never leave your control.
The same record that owners trust is a working toolkit for the businesses that keep boats running — and every verified contribution makes the boat's history stronger.
VesselBook is always free for boat owners. Professional tools are additive — free during beta — and the history you build is always yours. No credit card to start.
Boat Talk is our free library on hull identification numbers, buying a used boat, surveys and keeping records that survive a sale. No account needed to read it.
What VesselBook does, what it costs, who can see your records, and what happens to them when the boat changes hands.
VesselBook is a digital boat logbook and records platform. You create a profile for your boat, log maintenance and service, store documents, surveys and receipts, and build a dated boat service history that is anchored to the hull identification number rather than to a folder on your laptop.
Yes. VesselBook is free for boat owners, with no credit card to start and no limit on the boats you keep in your account. Tools for marine businesses are additive and free during the beta.
Maintenance and service work, repairs and costs, equipment and engine hours, documents and manuals, survey findings, expiring safety gear and registrations, float plans and trips. One account can hold several boats.
Yes. Survey PDFs, invoices, receipts and photos upload straight to the boat and stay attached to the work they document. VesselBook can also read an uploaded survey and propose equipment, maintenance intervals and open findings for you to approve, so you are not typing a boat in from scratch.
The documented history belongs to the hull, so it carries on to the next owner, while your private notes, costs and personal details do not transfer. Before a sale you can share a read-only buyer report with a serious buyer instead of emailing a folder of PDFs.
Yes. The free HIN lookup shows what is publicly on file for a hull identification number: registry identity, whether ownership has been verified, records the owner shared, and federal presence. No account is needed, and owner identity is never shown.
Only you, until you decide otherwise. Nothing is public by default — you grant access per boat, and each viewer, whether a buyer, your mechanic, a surveyor or an insurer, sees only what that grant allows. You can revoke access at any time.
Our contact page reaches the team for a question, a problem or an idea, and a person reads every message. Signed in, the in-app help centre also answers common questions and lets you open a request you can follow.