What a crew day looks like when there’s no signal on the lake
On most working lakes the bars go at the first narrows. What has to be true about a crew app before a crew will keep using it.
· 6 min read
The blog
How this work actually runs — the season, the pricing, the handoffs, and the parts of it software has never handled well.
Water dropped a foot: the lift relocation season
By July the spring pool is gone and the boat is bumping the cradle. Relocations are found revenue if priced as a service — free work if a favor.
· 5 min read
Collect the spring while the water’s warm
Install season ends with a burst of work and a tail of money. The one-afternoon June pass that closes out spring before summer buries it.
· 5 min read
Half the lake is in: reading mid-season progress
Busy is not progress. Count pieces, not jobs; watch the weekly rate against the weekends left; and read the map’s amber pins.
· 4 min read
The dock’s in, the lift isn’t: what a half-finished property costs you
The dock goes in Tuesday, the lift waits for the crane until Thursday, and only memory connects the two visits. The costliest gap in dock service.
· 6 min read
Fitting repairs into a packed install season
A repair call in mid-May need not slip the season. Put it in the pool, let it ride the bay the boat was clearing anyway, and price it properly.
· 4 min read
Getting lift depth right the first time
Deep enough that the boat floats over the lowered rack at the season’s lowest water — not install day’s. Placement, and why the spring level lies.
· 4 min read
What the customer should get the day their dock goes in
One email that evening: every piece listed, the crew’s photos, the price, a button to pay. It ends billing arguments before they start.
· 4 min read
One piece at a time: recording work from the boat
Tap the piece, not the job. Why per-piece records make handoffs, billing and “did we do the canopy?” all trivial.
· 4 min read
How much to charge for dock installation and removal
Most shops price a dock install off what the last guy charged. How to build a real number from your own minutes per section, lift and canopy.
· 8 min read
When ice-out runs late: compressing a season without breaking it
The ice took three weeks and Memorial Day did not move. Size the hole in boat-days, buy capacity where it is cheap, and tell customers early.
· 5 min read
Cold water is the real hazard on a spring crew
Two weeks after ice-out the air says summer and the water is in the low 40s. What immersion does, and the PFD rule that cannot have exceptions.
· 5 min read
Put your own shoreline on the screen
Create the account yourself, import your customer list, drop a few pins, and you’re looking at your own water this afternoon. No sales call, no setup fee, and nothing charged until your first season generates work.
No card, no sales call, nothing to book — you're in within a minute. Send us a question if you'd rather ask a person first.