We run on spreadsheets and a binder. Is this too much for us?

That's exactly who we built it for. You switch on the parts you use and the rest stays out of sight. Plenty of lake marinas start with a spreadsheet, a calendar on the wall and a phone that never stops.

My tenants aren't big on computers. Will they use it?

Everything opens from a link in an email, on any phone, with nothing to download. Tenants who would rather pay at the counter still can, and you mark them renewed in one click so the reminders stop.

Can you move us off what we use now?

Yes, that's our job, not yours. We bring over your slips, tenants, leases and boat rental bookings, check them against your old records, and nobody hears from the new system until you say go.

Where does the money go when someone pays?

Straight into your marina's own account, through the card processor connected to your website in your name. We never hold your money, and we never take a cut.

How long does it take to get going?

About six weeks from the day you sign to the day you go live, website included. The off-season is the best time to start.

Marina software for lake and inland marinas

Spend the season on the dock, not in the office.

Your slips, leases and boat rentals, all online. Tenants renew and pay from anywhere, renters book any hour, and we build the website that brings them to you.

Slips from $249 a month, boat rentals from $199, and your website is included.

GROVE MARINA · LAUREL RIVER LAKE, KY

Since 2024, renters have booked and paid for 2,800+ boat rentals online at the lake marinas we work with.

Cherokee Lake, Tennessee. Boat rentals and their website.

Laurel River Lake, Kentucky. Boat rentals and their website.

Built on real docks.

Field Guide Marina started at a real lake marina, with real tenants and real problems: renewal notices that went unread, payments that could only be made by check or at the counter, and boat rentals kept on paper.

We spent a year learning how that marina ran, from the office to the dock, before we built a thing. Everything since has come the same way: a real marina tells us what slows them down, and we build what fixes it. We’re still listening, and the system keeps growing.

Renewals that collect themselves.

Renewals used to mean letters, phone calls and checks in the mail, every time a lease came due. Now each lease gets its own reminders, starting 60 days before it ends, whatever month that is. Your tenants renew and pay from their phone, and the new lease starts the day the old one ends, on the same slip. You call the handful who haven’t answered, and you know exactly who they are.

Before it endsReminders go out on their own, in your words
From their phoneTenants renew and pay, and the new lease is written for them
If they forgetOverdue notices follow, and you see who is late on one screen

A front desk that never closes.

Your tenants can renew, pay, send in their insurance card and report a broken dock light from their phone, at any hour. That means fewer small calls for you, and records that keep themselves up to date.

Renew their lease and pay online
Upload insurance, registration and the boat title
See their balance and download a statement
Read your notices, like the water being off on B dock

Your pontoons book themselves at 10pm.

Every pontoon at your dock is a booking waiting to happen, and lots of renters plan their lake day at night. With online booking on your website, renters choose a boat, add extras and pay whenever it suits them, and you start the morning with a full calendar instead of a stack of missed calls.

Busy days can earn like busy days, with holiday and weekend pricing. And there’s never a booking fee, from us or for your renters.

Everything a lake marina runs on.

Each part does one job well, and they all share the same slips, tenants and renters, so nothing gets typed twice.

Slips and the slip map

Every slip on a map of your docks, colored by lease, with the tenant and boat one click away.

Leases and renewals

Leases signed from a phone, renewals that remind and collect on their own, and insurance kept current.

The tenant portal

Your tenants handle their own paperwork, payments and requests, from their phone.

Billing and accounts

Who owes what and for how long, statements, and late fees that apply themselves.

Boat rentals

Online booking at any hour, a calendar for the whole fleet, and pricing for busy days.

Running the docks

Dock walks, work orders, messages to tenants, freshwater records and reports.

Your website and marketing

A website we design, build and host for you, and seasonal social media if you want it.

Made for marinas like yours: lake and inland marinas, small marinas and boat rental fleets.

One small team, from setup onward.

Field Guide Marina is made by Field Guide Digital in Corbin, Kentucky. The people who set up your system, move your records over and build your website are the same people who help you after you go live. We’re small on purpose: your question goes to someone who already knows your docks and your season, not to a ticket queue.

What you can count on

Published priceson this website
Booking feesnone, ever
Your moneypaid straight to you
Your domain and recordsyours to keep
Who helps youthe people who built it

Pay for what your marina runs.

Lease slips, rent boats, or both. Each package is priced by the size of your marina, and every one includes your website, hosting, email and support.

Boat Rentalsfrom $199/month
Slipsfrom $249/month
Slips + Boat Rentalsfrom $399/month

Setup from $1,500. No booking fees, ever.

Questions marina owners ask us

We run on spreadsheets and a binder. Is this too much for us?: That’s exactly who we built it for. You switch on the parts you use and the rest stays out of sight. Plenty of lake marinas start with a spreadsheet, a calendar on the wall and a phone that never stops.
My tenants aren’t big on computers. Will they use it?: Everything opens from a link in an email, on any phone, with nothing to download. Tenants who would rather pay at the counter still can, and you mark them renewed in one click so the reminders stop.
Can you move us off what we use now?: Yes, that’s our job, not yours. We bring over your slips, tenants, leases and boat rental bookings, check them against your old records, and nobody hears from the new system until you say go.
Where does the money go when someone pays?: Straight into your marina’s own account, through the card processor connected to your website in your name. We never hold your money, and we never take a cut.
How long does it take to get going?: About six weeks from the day you sign to the day you go live, website included. The off-season is the best time to start.

See it on a working marina.

A 30-minute walkthrough on a real lake marina, built around your questions. Or click around our demo marina on your own first.