ON-WATER BOATING COMPETENCY
Prove You Can Handle the Boat.
Trusted Boater provides standardized, professional, on-water assessments that verify a boater's demonstrated competency on the vessel they actually operate.
A Course Teaches It. An Assessment Proves It.
A boating education certificate shows that someone has successfully completed a training course. The Trusted Boater assessment verifies that the individual can demonstrate practical boating skills on the water.
Assessment Prep
Build the skill.
Professional instruction helps boaters develop the skills needed to operate confidently and safely.
Assessment
Verify the skill.
A standardized on-water assessment documents demonstrated competency against an established assessment standard.
Simple. Standardized. Verifiable.
Assess
A vetted professional captain evaluates demonstrated on-water skills.
Verify
Competency is evaluated against the Trusted Boater assessment standard.
Document
The assessment result, vessel class, date and assessor are recorded.
Share
Authorized partners can verify assessment status digitally.
One Assessment. Multiple Uses.
Trusted Boater creates documented evidence of demonstrated boating competency. The institution determines how that verification fits its own requirements, eligibility rules and risk-management programs.
Insurance
Verified competency, not assumption.
Support participating underwriting, risk-management, loss-prevention and customer benefit programs.
GOVERNMENT & MARINAS
A consistent competency standard.
Establish and electronically verify competency requirements for marina, slip and other boating programs.
Boaters
Demonstrate your experience.
Build a portable record of verified on-water competency and boating information.
BANKS & LENDERS
More confidence behind the boat loan.
Add objective competency verification to marine lending and responsible-ownership programs.
The Assessment Matches the Vessel
The right assessor for the right vessel. Each boater is assessed by a vetted captain qualified for the appropriate vessel class.
Professional assessments require professional assessors . . .
More than half of our assessors are former military, law enforcement or first responders.
Built for Real-World Institutional Programs
MARINE LENDING · INSURANCE · GOVERNMENT · MARINAS
Trusted Boater assessments are designed to fit the programs institutions already run — lending, underwriting, compliance and marina operations.
Assessment May Have Additional Benefits
Boaters who successfully complete a Trusted Boater assessment may qualify for preferred consideration, program benefits, or premium savings through participating insurance carriers and agencies.
Eligibility and benefits vary by insurer and policy.
Ready to Demonstrate Competency?
Whether you're a boater looking to verify your skills or an organization looking for a standardized on-water competency program, Trusted Boater can help.