FOR GOVERNMENT & MARINAS
A Consistent Competency Standard for Your Waterways.
From permitting to slip assignments to on-water enforcement, unverified operators raise liability and response burden. Trusted Boater gives agencies, marinas and harbors an objective, standards-based way to establish and verify who is qualified to operate.
One Standard for Agencies, Marinas & Harbors.
Establish a consistent, objective competency requirement — and verify it electronically — across permitting, slip and other boating programs.
Vetted captains delivering assessments nationwide
Objective categories / individual checklist items per assessment
Assessors from military, law-enforcement or first-responder backgrounds
Three Steps to a Verified Standard for Your Borrowers.
01
We Assess
A vetted captain runs your borrowers through the same objective, criteria-based on-water evaluation.
02
We Verify
Results are scored against the documented Trusted Boater standard.
03
You Decide
The borrower's certificate — with a scannable QR code and secure link — lets your team confirm status in seconds. You set the terms it unlocks.
Partner integrations and API verification available.
42 Categories. 486 Items.
One Clear Answer: Can They Operate the Vessel?
Every operator goes through the same objective, criteria-based evaluation — lookout and Rules of the Road, docking and close-quarters maneuvering, anchoring, person-overboard retrieval, planing-mode handling, and dozens more real-world skills. Each item is scored on a defensible, documented scale — not a self-reported checklist.
Assessments align with American National Standard EDU-1 and the ABYC On-Water POWER Standard. (confirm before publishing)
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
Bring a Consistent Competency Standard to Your Programs.
Let's talk about how verified on-water competency fits your agency, marina or harbor programs.