Case studies

Nine vessels. Nine moments when the record has to work.

Meet the crews and vessels behind practical WatchDeck workflows—from getting off the dock to preparing a yacht for sale, checking into Mexico, and keeping a small fleet ready.

Yacht ownersCaptains and crewsWork-boat operators

M/Y MERIDIAN

Meridian · Cruising trawler

A 200-hour generator service, closed cleanly.

See how Meridian’s generator oil-and-filter task moves from a meter reading of 1,657 hours to a complete service record and a new due point at 1,857 hours.

TRIGGERHour meter

INTERVAL200 hours

NEXT DUE1,857 hours

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Yacht owners

Yacht owners stories

Departure confidence, maintenance records, parts readiness, and a clean international arrival.

Equipment and maintenance records organized for a yacht sale

M/Y NORTHSTAR

Northstar · Yacht resale

Clear maintenance records give a buyer fewer reasons to hesitate.

Eleven seasons of invoices, machinery readings, photos, and open work become a buyer-ready record organized around the yacht.

OWNER GOALPrepare to sell

HISTORY11 seasons

RESULTClear evidence

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Recreational boat preparing for departure

HARBOR LIGHT

Harbor Light · Family cruising

The checklist that replaced dockside doubt with a departure decision.

A shared sequence finds two departure blockers, assigns the fixes, and separates them from work that can responsibly wait.

MOMENTBefore departure

FOUND2 blockers

RESULTClear decision

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Marine engineer organizing the parts for an upcoming generator service

M/Y RESOLUTE

Resolute · Parts readiness

When the service comes due, the right parts are already aboard.

A coming-up generator task exposes a missing secondary fuel filter while delivery is still possible.

SERVICE DUE36 hours

GAP1 filter

RESULTKit ready

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Vessel record prepared for an international arrival

M/Y PACIFIC EMBER

Pacific Ember · Mexico arrival

The document check that prevented a check-in disaster.

A pre-departure audit catches an outdated registration copy and mismatched insurance certificate before the yacht arrives in Mexico.

PASSAGEU.S. to Mexico

FOUND2 document gaps

RESULTRecords ready

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Captains and crews

Captains and crews stories

A practical handover that keeps work, manuals, history, and spares connected.

Private cruising yacht prepared for a captain handover

M/Y TERN

Tern · Captain handover

The yacht changes hands without losing its operating memory.

Tern’s new captain needs open work, service history, manuals, and critical spares in context—not a folder of files with no clear next action.

SCOPEOne yacht

FOCUSHandover

RESULTClear next work

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Work-boat operators

Work-boat operators stories

Keep operating commitments and maintenance windows visible together.

Commercial work boat at a working harbor

W/B IRONWAKE

Ironwake · Generator cooling

The 500-hour impeller task that became an underway shutdown.

An hour-based service passes its interval while readings live in separate logs. Ironwake loses generator cooling water under load, turning planned maintenance into fault finding.

INTERVAL500 hours

OVERDUE178 hours

CONSEQUENCEShutdown

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