My Boating
Understand your risk. Make better decisions on the water.
DockWise brings together the boater, the boat, the marina and the exact dock, so you can see your strengths, the areas that need attention, and practical ways to be better prepared before you leave the slip.
Start with the Boating Readiness Score, completely free. No payment or credit card required.
A free account is required to securely save your answers, track your progress, and keep your completed report. You can stop and return at any time. No payment or credit card required.
Built by a USCG-licensed captain & boating instructor
My Boating is decision support built on practical boating experience. It is not a license, a certification, an actuarial insurance risk score, or a guarantee of safe operation.
The boater. The boat. The marina. The exact dock.
Each assessment looks at a different part of your setup. They are separate reports, not a single combined score, and together they give you a broader picture of where the real difficulty sits.
Boating Readiness Score
FREEBeing a capable boater is about more than years of experience. Education, professional instruction, demonstrated handling skills, and good judgment all play a role. This free assessment helps you understand your strengths, identify areas that need attention, and see practical ways to become better prepared on the water.
Boat Handling Report
$39Not all boats handle the same way. Size, weight, propulsion, windage, and equipment can make one boat much easier or harder to maneuver than another. This assessment helps you understand your boat’s handling characteristics and the challenges they create, so you can make better decisions about the boat you own or are considering buying.
Boat Compatibility
$19One comparison between a specific boat's demands and your own experience, so you can see where the two line up and where they do not.
Marina Difficulty
FREENot all marinas are the same. Prevailing wind direction and speed, fairway widths, and marina layouts can create very different docking challenges. Browsing marinas, the satellite map, dropping your pin and your selected dock's wind and fairway reading are free for everyone.
Your Docking Grade
$9Two sides of the same dock can present very different docking challenges. Prevailing wind direction and speed, fairway width, and approach conditions can make one side much harder than the other. Dock condition, type, and material also matter: a light graze against wood may have a different outcome than contact with concrete or metal. This assessment helps you understand those differences so you can choose a slip that better matches your boat and skill level.
Reports build on one another: Boat Compatibility uses your Readiness and Boat Handling reports, and Your Docking Grade uses your Boat Compatibility report. Each paid report can be bought on its own. DockWise Pro Annual includes 3 Boat Handling Reports a year, each with one matching Boat Compatibility comparison, plus Your Docking Grade for your own boats at any marina at no extra cost; existing grandfathered access remains unchanged.
Why all four matter
Risk changes when any part of the setup changes.
Docking difficulty is rarely just one thing. It is all four working on each other at once. Change any one of them and the day gets easier or harder.
A capable boater can still face a difficult boat.
A manageable boat can become challenging in a tight marina.
A good marina can still contain a difficult exact slip.
The same boater can face very different demands depending on the boat, wind, current, fairway and dock.
Each assessment is a separate report on a separate part of your setup. DockWise does not combine them into a single validated risk score, and no such combined score exists today.
What your reports can show you
See what goes into your assessment and how the results can help you make better decisions. Every report below is available today. The Boating Readiness Score is free; the Boat, Marina and Dock reports are separate reports, never one combined score.
Boater readiness
Free, available now- A clear readiness score out of 100, with an easy-to-understand rating.
- A breakdown of your experience, education, instruction, handling skills, and judgment.
- A separate evidence-confidence rating showing how well your assessment is supported.
- Prioritized recommendations to help you improve, with important safety concerns highlighted.
- A saved report you can print, save as a PDF, or share securely.
Boat handling characteristics
Available now- Understand how your boat's size, weight, windage, propulsion, and equipment affect maneuverability.
- Identify handling characteristics that may make certain conditions or maneuvers more demanding.
- See practical considerations to help you operate your current boat or evaluate one you're considering buying.
Marina exposure and layout
Available now- Compare prevailing wind conditions, fairway widths, and marina layouts that can create different docking challenges.
- Understand how the same marina may become easier or harder to navigate under different conditions.
- Identify considerations that can help you choose a marina better suited to your boat and skill level.
Exact-slip docking difficulty
Available now- Understand how the two sides of a dock can present different challenges based on wind, approach direction, and fairway geometry.
- Review dock condition, type, and material, including how contact with wood, concrete, or metal may have different consequences.
- See how your boat fits the exact slip and which approach considerations may help you dock more safely.
Sample Boating Readiness Score
See a completed DockWise Boating Readiness Score and how scores, evidence confidence, and improvement recommendations are presented.
Discover your strengths. Know what to improve.
Your free Boating Readiness Score gives you a clearer picture of your boating experience, skills, and judgment, along with a practical plan to help you become better prepared on the water.
- Your readiness score: See your result out of 100 and understand what it means for your current level of preparation.
- A detailed breakdown: See how experience, education, instruction, handling skills, and judgment contribute to your result.
- Your strengths and areas for improvement: Understand what you do well and where additional practice or training may help.
- A personalized improvement plan: Get prioritized next steps, with important safety concerns clearly highlighted.
- Evidence confidence: Understand how well your assessment is supported by documentation and professional observation, separately from your score.
- A report you can keep and share: Save your results, return later, print or save a PDF, and share securely.
How it works
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Tell us about your boating background
Share your experience, education, instruction, handling skills, and how you approach important safety decisions.
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Discover your readiness and next steps
Receive your score, understand your strengths and areas for improvement, and get a personalized plan to help you become better prepared.
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Explore your complete boating setup
Look at your boat, your marina and your exact dock as separate reports, each showing the challenges that part of your setup brings.
The Boating Readiness Score is completely free. No payment or credit card is required, and you never have to buy anything to finish or keep your score.
Understand the complete picture before you leave the slip.
Your readiness is only one part of the picture. The boat you run, the marina you pick and the exact dock you use each bring their own demands. My Boating keeps these assessments side by side so you can see which one needs the most work.
- Boating Readiness ScoreFree
- Boat Handling Report$39 separately
- Boat Compatibility$19 separately
- Marina DifficultyFree
- Your Docking Grade$9 separately
Pro Annual includes 3 Boat Handling Reports and matching Boat Compatibility comparisons per paid year, plus Your Docking Grade for your own boats at any marina. The new Pro Lifetime includes 10 pairs per purchase-anniversary year and Your Docking Grade as well; existing grandfathered access remains unchanged.
The DockWise Pro subscription is separate
- Compare Docks: rate any slip's real difficulty
- Anchor Guidance with real depth, tide and scope
- Unlimited boat profiles and saved docks
- Multi-day forecast at every saved dock
- Sea state and wave conditions tuned to your boat
- Boater Resources: safety checks, education, training
These are the DockWise Today features, on the $39/year plan, which does not include reports. DockWise Pro Annual adds 3 Boat Handling Reports a year and Your Docking Grade at any marina.
DockWise Pro Annual
Best value$99per year
- Everything in DockWise Today: saved docks, multi-day forecast, Compare Docks, Anchor Guidance and the Pro resources
- 3 Boat Handling Reports per paid year
- One matching Boat Compatibility comparison with each of those 3 reports
- Your Docking Grade for your own boats at any marina, included at no extra cost
- Reports you unlock stay readable, printable and shareable, even if you later cancel
Recurring subscription, billed yearly at $99 until you cancel. The 3 included reports reset each paid year; unused reports do not carry over. Cancel any time and keep access until the end of the year you paid for. Reports already unlocked stay yours.
Useful beyond the dock
Built from real boating experience.
My Boating was developed by Captain Robert B. Kolb, a USCG-licensed captain, boating instructor, and member of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Decades of recreational boating experience on the Great Lakes and in coastal waters inform the practical approach behind the assessment.
- USCG-licensed captain
- Boating instructor
- U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary member
- Decades of recreational boating experience
Your completed reports can help you document your boating experience, professional training, boat characteristics, and the steps you’ve taken to better understand and manage your risks. You can also share relevant information with an insurance agent or underwriter.
Know more before you leave the slip
Better preparation starts with understanding your risks.
Knowing where your boating risks sit shows you which areas deserve attention and what you can do to prepare. If you insure your boat, you can choose to share relevant DockWise reports with your insurance agent or carrier as additional information. Acceptance and any effect on underwriting, coverage or price are entirely up to the insurer. DockWise is not insurance and is not approved, recognized, or endorsed by any carrier.
The readiness model is an expert-designed decision-support framework. It is not a calibrated actuarial model, a certification, a boat survey, or a guarantee of safe operation. It does not replace your judgment, professional instruction, or an insurer’s own evaluation.