Boat maintenance history & service record tracking
Every oil change, part and receipt kept against the boat instead of a shoebox — logged in under thirty seconds, one hand on the rail.
Thirty seconds, start to finish
The reason people stop keeping records is that keeping them is a chore. Three taps, and it's done properly.
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01Pick the service
Choose a preset and the checklist comes with it. Two engines? Tick both — it logs as one entry with per-engine hours.
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02It goes on the record
Hours, date, who did the work, every item ticked, photos and receipts attached — kept against the boat, not in a shoebox.
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03The next one is scheduled
Reminders repeat by date or by engine hours. Postpone one, skip it, or mark it done from the notification.
Everything your vessel needs
Nine things that otherwise live in nine different places — a drawer, a glovebox, three apps and someone's memory.
Logbook
Every oil change, impeller swap and overhaul — what was done, when, and which parts went in.
Equipment
A running history of pumps, plotters, batteries and chargers as they're installed, serviced or replaced.
Documents
Manuals, warranties, receipts, registration and survey reports, filed where you'll actually find them.
Contacts
The mechanic, the marina, the dealer and the crew — attached to the jobs they did.
Readings
Engine hours, voltages and fuel burn over time, entered by hand or carried across from a service entry.
Inventory
Consumables and spares with reorder thresholds, so you find out before you're out.
Checklists
Pre-departure and seasonal lists per vessel, ticked off item by item.
Reminders
By date or by engine hours — including “every 100 hours or every year, whichever comes first”.
Sharing
Give a partner or captain viewer or editor access. Invites claim themselves on sign-up.
The records outlive the boat
A documented history is worth real money at survey, and most sellers can only produce a folder of faded receipts. Hand the whole file to the buyer by email — they accept from a link, and it becomes theirs.
Keep view-only access to everything up to the handover. Costs are redacted by default, because what you paid your mechanic is not the buyer's business.
And if you ever stop paying, your records stay readable and exportable. We don't hold your boat's history hostage.
Simple, honest pricing
Start free with one boat, or try any paid plan free for 7 days. Cancel before it ends and you’re not charged.
- Full logbook, engine hours & reminders
- Equipment, contacts & checklists
- 25 photos or receipts
- Export your records any time
- Unlimited photos, receipts & documents
- Captain’s documents & towing details
- Your own service checklists
- Transfer ownership when you sell
- Everything in the 1-vessel plan
- Track 2 vessels
- Everything in the 2-vessel plan
- Track 3 vessels
- Everything in the 3-vessel plan
- Track up to 5 vessels
- Everything in the 5-vessel plan
- Track up to 10 vessels
- An enterprise licence sized to your fleet
- Help moving your existing records across
The free plan needs no card and doesn’t expire. Paid plans are billed annually and start with a 7-day free trial. If you ever stop paying, your records stay readable and exportable — we don’t hold your boat’s history hostage.
Guides & resources
Get more out of your boat — and its records.
Boat Service Records
Keep a complete, verifiable history — and hand it to the next owner when you sell.
Read → ChecklistBoat Maintenance Schedule
A season-by-season checklist you can print or check off on your phone.
Read → ChecklistSelling Your Boat
The documents and records buyers and surveyors expect — as a printable checklist.
Read → ComparisonBest Boat Maintenance Apps
How to choose the right tool for tracking your boat — an honest guide.
Read →From a boat owner, for boat owners
Hi, I’m Jeremy Williams. I live on the Gulf Coast of central Florida, where I work in technology by day and spend most decent weekends on the water.
VesselFile started as a personal frustration. I was tracking annual service across a spreadsheet, a notes app and a whiteboard in the garage — and every time I actually needed a record, whether it was a warranty claim, a question from a mechanic, or a buyer asking what had been done, I was digging through a file cabinet hoping I’d kept the paper.
So I built the thing I wanted: one place that holds the whole history of the boat, that takes thirty seconds to add to while I’m still standing on the dock, and that goes with the boat when I sell it.
If you’re on a paid plan — thank you. Running this has real costs, and I keep the price deliberately low so as many owners as possible can use it. That only works because supporters chip in.
See you on the water,
Jeremy
[email protected]
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One vessel free, no card. Or take any paid plan for a 7-day test run — cancel before it ends and you pay nothing.