Built around how boats actually get delivered.
BoatsQC is quality-control software for boat dealers and marine workshops. One system carries a boat from the delivery truck to the customer's first launch: checklists in the workshop, photos on every check, a live board in the office, and a signed report at the end.
What checklists can I run?
Every boat gets a job, identified by its HIN, with the checklists your workshop actually uses: new-boat PDI and rigging, engine commissioning for outboards and sterndrives, trailer PDI and compliance, water test and sea trial, customer handover, used-boat pre-sale inspection and service QC. Riggers and technicians tick each check on a phone or tablet as they go, and every tick records who, when and at which branch. Start from the starter templates or build your own.
Because a check can't be skipped quietly, "she'll be right" turns into a named, timestamped decision. On a boat, that's the difference between a good first day on the water and a tow back to the ramp.
How do photos and water-test records work?
Any check can carry photos taken straight from the phone camera — the Australian Builders Plate, the engine serial and hours, the safety gear laid out, the trailer compliance plate, the gauges at wide-open throttle. The water test becomes a record, not a memory: RPM, steering, trim, bilge and alarms checked, with engine hours noted at the start and the finish.
When an owner rings about something after the first trip, you can see exactly what was checked, by whom, and what it looked like the day it left.
What's in the signed PDF report?
When the last check is done, BoatsQC generates a branded report: every stage, every check, who signed it off and when, with the customer, boat and HIN on top. Hand one copy over with the keys and the trailer, and keep one on file.
Months later, when a warranty conversation starts with "it was never commissioned properly" — you open the report. It usually ends the conversation.
How does issue flagging work?
Anyone in the workshop can raise a flag against a check — a photo, a note, done in seconds from the same screen they're ticking. A flagged boat can't be signed off until the rework is done and the check passes again, and the whole trail stays on the job.
Faults stop travelling. The boat that "was going to get sorted before pickup" actually does, because the system won't let it be signed off otherwise.
How does multi-branch tracking work?
Each branch — dealership, marine workshop, service centre — runs its own live QC board, and head office sees them all in one view: which boats are being rigged, which are waiting on a water test, what's flagged, what's ready for handover. Roles keep it clean: technicians see their jobs, managers see their branch, owners see the lot.
The "is that boat ready for Saturday?" phone call dies. If a boat's state isn't on the board, it didn't happen.
Does it connect to Cin7, Xero and Zoho?
Yes — optionally. Turn on the Cin7, Xero or Zoho Books connector in your settings and BoatsQC looks up the customer and order details when you create a job, so names and models land on checklists and reports exactly as they appear in your source system. No double entry, no misspelt surname on a customer's handover report.
Connectors are per-tenant and off by default: your credentials, entered by you, used only for lookups. Run with no integrations at all and everything still works — the connector layer is built to grow, with more links on the roadmap.
Where does my data live — and can I get it out?
Your QC records are yours, and BoatsQC treats that literally. Point the backup connector at your own SharePoint (your Microsoft 365 tenancy, your credentials) and scheduled off-site backups land where you — not we — hold the keys. Prefer not to connect anything? Download a complete backup whenever you like.
Commissioning and service records back warranty claims, insurance questions and resale value for years. They shouldn't be hostage to any software vendor — including us. That's the deal.
Who can see and do what?
Role-based access keeps the system honest: riggers and technicians tick and flag, inspectors sign off stages, managers run branches, admins run the company. Every action is attributed — a tick without a name is worthless in a dispute, so there's no such thing here.
Passwords are stored salted and hashed, sessions are signed, and sign-in with Google is available if that's how your team already works.
See it with your own boats on the board.
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