Your boat does not know you left. The bilge still needs to stay dry, the batteries still drain, the lines still chafe, and summer storms do not check your travel calendar. Our boat watch service gives absent owners a professional set of eyes on their vessel: scheduled inspections, photo reports to your phone, and a certified marine technician already familiar with your boat if anything needs attention. Serving Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Naples, and all of SWFL.
This is not a drive-by glance from the dock. Each scheduled visit is a structured inspection, and you receive the evidence.
Because the person checking your boat is a marine technician, findings do not become phone tag with a third party. Small issues get fixed on the spot with your standing approval, and bigger ones come to you with photos, a diagnosis, and a written quote.
From Suzuki- and Yamaha-powered center consoles on canal lifts to Volvo Penta and Yanmar cruisers in marina slips, the watch protocol adapts to the vessel: outboard boats get lift and cowling attention, inboard boats get engine room and shore power focus, and every boat gets the bilge, battery, and line fundamentals. The brands we watch are the brands we repair, which is exactly the point.
water level inspected, pump and float switch tested, and any change from the last visit flagged
charge state verified, charger operation confirmed, connections inspected
dock lines checked for chafe and tension, fenders positioned, lift and cradle condition reviewed
visible condition, canvas and cover security, hatches sealed, no new leaks or intrusions
engines fresh-water flushed and run to temperature, which keeps fuel moving, seals wet, and problems announcing themselves early
salt and grime removed before they etch, because a watched boat should also be a clean one
power connection, air handling or dehumidifier operation where fitted, and interior moisture check
every visit ends with a dated photo report, so you see exactly what we saw, from wherever you are
No tiers, no gimmicks, no surprise line items. Our Boat Watch and Monitoring plan is one flat rate: $15 per foot, per month, for vessels up to 40 feet. A 25-foot boat is $375 per month. A 30-foot boat is $450. That single fee covers the complete standard package:
You always know exactly what your boat's care costs, and you can upgrade or add services anytime.
$15 per foot, per month, for vessels up to 40 feet
| Boat washing beyond the included monthly wash | $6 per foot |
|---|---|
| Full waxing | $21 per foot |
| Fuel runs (boat brought to you and filled) | $200 plus fuel |
| Boat deliveries to marina or ramp | $200 plus expenses |
| Time beyond the first hour on fuel runs and deliveries | $75 per hour |
| Storm damage assessment with photos and a detailed written report | $100 |
| Departing concierge packages | from $150 plus provisions |
Simple repairs and small parts are handled flat-fee or cost-plus at honest rates, and minor fixes found during a visit (lights, pumps, dock lines, fenders) are often completed with no extra labor charge at all. You pay for parts, not for the courtesy.
Get My Boat's RateBoat Watch keeps the vessel healthy. Concierge service makes it ready. Tell us when you want to walk down the dock, and we will have the boat waiting the way a captain's mate would leave it:
Most concierge work carries no additional labor cost. You pay for parts, fuel, and provisions, and the effort is included in the relationship.
Provisioning and fueling
coolers iced and stocked, tank filled before your trip
Departure and return packages
canvas and cushions on or off, engines flushed after the trip, deck washed down, trash removed
Boat deliveries
picked up or dropped at the marina or ramp, prep work handled
Custom care
whatever your boating life needs, built around how you actually use the boat
Seasonal residents are the obvious case: six months north should not mean six months of wondering. But the service earns its keep for more than snowbirds. Business travelers whose boats sit between trips. New owners who have not yet built their dockside routine. Families with a boat at a second home. And every in-water boat during hurricane season, when the distance between a checked boat and an unchecked one is measured in insurance claims. If your boat spends weeks without your eyes on it, boat watch is the difference between finding out and finding out too late.
This is Southwest Florida, and any honest boat watch conversation includes the word hurricane. Our storm coverage works in two halves. Before a named system arrives: a preparation visit executed to your standing instructions, lines, canvas, gear, batteries, and lift position handled the way you would handle them. After it passes: an inspection visit as soon as access allows, with a same-day photo report covering hull, lines, lift, canvas, and water intrusion. You learn your boat's condition from a technician who knows it, not from a neighbor's guess or a three-day drive.
Boat watch grew out of our repair work, not the other way around. Every spring we met the same boats: dead batteries, flooded bilges, storm damage discovered months late, all owned by good people who were simply somewhere else. Island Marine Repair, led by certified marine technician Cody with 15+ years across SWFL boats, built this service so absence stops costing owners money. And because we are a full mobile repair company, the person watching your boat is the person who can fix it, which no camera and no dock neighbor can offer. More on our About Us page.
Boat watch reviews read differently than repair reviews: they talk about sleeping better. The photo report that arrived on schedule every week. The storm update that beat the news coverage. The small leak caught at visit three instead of month five. Trust is the entire product, and it shows in what our customers write.
The bilge caught rising at visit two, the chafed line replaced before it parted, the post-storm reports that ended a hundred anxious phone calls. Documented below.
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Canal-home boats owned by seasonal residents are the heart of our watch routes, checked on schedule while their owners are north, with lift, line and bilge findings photographed lift-side every visit.
Watch visits across the river, lifts and slips alike, with reports that arrive like clockwork and Marinatown's wet-slip boats getting the pump and line attention wet slips demand.
Boat watch for Naples' seasonal fleet, where months away are the norm, the vessels are significant and the photo reports keep owners genuinely connected to genuinely valuable boats.
Cruiser and trawler watch on Charlotte Harbor, engine start-ups included for the diesel crowd, because big iron sitting idle needs its monthly run more than anything else aboard.
Island watch visits with storm-season priority, because island boats face the weather first and their owners deserve to hear the outcome from a technician, not a rumor.
Scheduled watch dispatched to the outer islands, where an unchecked boat is truly unchecked and a photo report carries more peace than any camera feed.
Matlacha and Bokeelia boats watched between seasons, reports to wherever their owners are, with the island's working-boat systems checked to working-boat standards.
Watch coverage for the Estero Bay communities, from bi-weekly checks to storm response, with gated access arranged once and visits running smoothly all season.
Boat watch along the Imperial River and Bonita canals, paired naturally with winterization for departing owners and summerization for returning ones: the full cycle, one company.
Lemon Bay vessels watched on schedule, no owner mileage required: bilge, batteries, lines and lift verified visit after visit, reported in photos every time.
Scheduled inspections, photo reports, and a technician who already knows your vessel, across Fort Myers and all of SWFL.
