Keep your boat cared for
Explore regular check-ins or care while you’re away, with clear tasks and updates.
Make more of your boat.
Your boat could be doing more for you.
Discover new ways to care for your boat, find help, connect with people and explore opportunities — on your terms.
Explore possibilities without an account. Listings, matching and bookings remain demonstrations.
Make more of your boat.
Discover what’s possible
A boat can make room for more than your next trip. Explore a few possibilities, then see what might fit your situation.
Exchange a stay for agreed help
A place aboard can be part of an arrangement that works for both sides. Agree the help, hours and any costs first.
Get help with boat projects
From a cabin refresh to seasonal preparation, define the work and the skills it needs. Agree pay, materials and accommodation separately.
Explore permitted earning opportunities
Consider paid stays or other arrangements only where your berth agreement, insurance and local rules allow them.
Staying aboard yourself? Sharing space and agreed living costs is another possibility. It does not have to involve care work or a paid stay.
What could your boat do for you?
Three short steps. A few ideas to explore. No account needed.
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How often do you use your boat?
Your time aboard helps us explain which arrangements may be worth exploring.
What is yacht sitting?
One platform. Different arrangements.
The owner may be away or living aboard. Accommodation, duties and money are agreed separately: a stay for care, shared costs, a stay fee or payment for work.
Stay aboard & care
Agreed liveaboard caretaking with clear duties, subject to marina and insurance permissions.
Paid yacht caretaking
A compensated role with explicit terms. Accommodation may or may not be part of the arrangement.
Marina check visits
Periodic condition observations — no overnight stay. A practical option where liveaboard isn't permitted.
Share life aboard
The owner stays aboard and shares space and agreed costs with you. Sleeping arrangements and everyday responsibilities must be clearly described.
For yacht owners
Care, help or shared living — on agreed terms.
Explain whether you are leaving, need regular visits or want a cohabitant. Make clear what you need and what you can offer in return.
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Set dates, owner presence and the help you need
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Describe accommodation, costs and any payment for work
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Agree on duties, privacy and communication
Help with your yacht. Support for your business.
Refreshing the interior, woodwork or preparing for the season? Or a website, photography or marketing for your business? Participants can bring different skills. Describe the help you need.
Clear scope. Clear payment terms.
Agree on the scope, required qualifications, timing and any pay. Discuss accommodation, its costs, any exchange arrangement, and material and tool costs separately. Business support is voluntary — it is not a required part of a stay. Work on systems and safety-critical components requires appropriately qualified specialists.
For individuals and couples
Find an arrangement that fits your life.
Travelling solo or as a couple, living as a digital nomad or looking for local work? Explore possibilities for stays and helping aboard. To work remotely from the boat, check each offer’s internet, power and workspace.
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Describe your skills and availability
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Check living conditions, costs and required skills
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Agree on duties and how you will share the yacht
Your skills could make a difference, too.
Have maintenance or refit experience, take photos, build websites or work in marketing? You could offer the owner help with their yacht or business. Your remote work for your own clients or employer is separate.
Clear scope. Clear payment terms.
Agree on the scope, required qualifications, timing and any pay. Discuss accommodation, its costs, any exchange arrangement, and material and tool costs separately. Business support is voluntary — it is not a required part of a stay. Work on systems and safety-critical components requires appropriately qualified specialists.
Process
How YachtSitting is designed to work
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Browse or list
Owners describe their needs and terms. Participants explore stays, shared living or care work that fits their situation.
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Agree on terms
Everything — duties, hours, accommodation, costs and scope — is agreed openly before anyone commits.
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Stay in the picture
Agree on shared living rules or care reporting. The demo logbook illustrates how updates could work.
Guides
For sitters: find your way aboard
Explore yacht care, agreed stays and life aboard as an individual or couple.
What is yacht sitting?
Yacht sitting is an arrangement to look after a boat under an owner’s agreed instructions.
How YachtSitting works
Start with a profile, then prepare the details of the arrangement you want.
Liveaboard yacht care
Living aboard and caring for a yacht need separate, clearly agreed terms.
Yacht sitting versus yacht charter
Care, accommodation and a sailing holiday are different starting points.
Trust and safety: questions before you agree
Clear information and a careful handover matter more than broad assurances.
Preview the tool we’re building
YachtSitting Care
Your yacht cared for. You kept informed.
Preview the tool we’re building for agreed boat care: checklists, photos, issue reports and a history of visits. The current preview uses example data.
Web app prototype — example data. No app-store download.
Explore the app demoSafety and responsibility
Good care starts with clear boundaries.
Owners remain responsible for checking insurance, marina permissions and local rules. Sitters should never accept tasks outside their training or competence. No website can guarantee vessel safety — only a realistic plan and competent people can.
Insurance
Owners must verify that any care arrangement is covered by their policy. This varies by insurer and location.
Marina permissions
Liveaboard permissions vary by marina. Neither sitter nor owner should assume them without written confirmation.
Qualifications
Tasks must be within the sitter's competence. Safety-critical work requires a qualified professional.
FAQ
For yacht owners
I have a yacht
Need care while away, regular help, or someone to share life aboard and living costs with you?
Explore options for ownersFor individuals and couples
I want a stay or work aboard
A nomad, sailor or local caretaker? Explore different ways to stay aboard, share a home or help care for a yacht.
Explore your possibilities