A boat repair directory where the listings had to earn their place.
Local Boat Service Network is free for boaters and free for service businesses. The only price of admission is that two of your past customers have to back you up.
For boaters
Search your water
Filter by city, service type, boat type and whether they come to you on the water or work from their yard.
Request a quote
Send one request with the details of the job. Pros respond with a written quote through the site.
Follow the job
Track the work from quote to complete in your portal, with a short check-in survey at each stage.
Two steps, two references, then you are live.
1. Tell us about the business
Services, coverage radius, boat types, whether you are mobile on the water, and your credentials.
2. Name two past customers
We email them a private, tokenised form. They rate price against quote, price fairness, quality and timeline.
3. Scoring and approval
Answers are scored with extra weight against way-over-quote and way-late outcomes. Once two land, an admin reviews and flips you live.
No one is listed as verified until two customers vouch for them.
Every service provider on Local Boat Service Network starts as unverified. To earn a verified badge, they must name at least two past customers who confirm they actually did the work.
1. Provider names two customers
During sign-up, the applicant enters contact details for at least two past customers who hired them for boat work.
2. Customers receive a secure, private link
Each customer gets a unique review link by email or text. The provider cannot fill it out — only the invited customer can submit.
3. We score and admin-approve
Customers rate price accuracy, fairness, quality and timeline. Out-of-bounds answers like 'way over quote' or 'way over time' weigh extra. Once two reviews land, an admin approves the listing.
How the score is calculated
Each reference produces a 1–5 score. Quality carries the most weight, then price behaviour, then timeline. Outlier answers — way over quote, way overpriced, way late — are penalised harder than a merely middling answer, so a single bad experience genuinely moves the number. The public rating is the average of all verified references.