Help centre
How Marine Match works
Pick a guided tour below. Each one walks you through the real pages, highlighting what to do at each step — nothing is submitted, and you can stop at any point.
Boat owners
Getting quotes for your boat
Search professionals, compare up to three private quotes or book a Verified professional directly, then pay safely through Stripe.
11 steps · about 4 minutes
Marine professionals
Joining as a marine professional
Apply, get verified by our team, claim your profile, quote for work and get paid securely through Stripe.
10 steps · about 4 minutes
Booking
Can I book a specific engineer?
Yes. Choose “Book directly” on a Verified professional’s profile or on one of their Marine Match Boat Passport stamps. They send one private quote, which you accept and pay for under the same protections as any other job.
Watch first
Short video walkthroughs
Prefer to watch? Each 20-second film mirrors the matching guided tour, step for step.
Boat owners
Getting quotes for your boat
Search marine trades, post the job once, compare private quotes and pay securely through Stripe.
20 seconds · no sound needed
Marine professionals
Joining as a marine professional
Apply, get verified, find work, quote privately and get paid on completion.
20 seconds · no sound needed
For professionals
Connecting your calendar
Add to iPhone calendar
On your Availability page, copy your private calendar link. On iPhone go to Settings → Calendar → Accounts → Add Account → Other → Add Subscribed Calendar and paste it. Your Marine Match bookings then appear alongside everything else.
Add to Google Calendar
On a computer, open Google Calendar, choose + next to “Other calendars” → From URL, and paste your private calendar link. Google can take a few hours to show new bookings.
Stop double-bookings
Paste your own calendar's private iCal address on the Availability page. We check it every two hours, read only busy times and never offer owners a slot you're already busy in.
For professionals
Getting Verified
Upload your public liability insurance, photo ID and qualifications for each trade you're listed under from your dashboard. Surveyors also need professional indemnity insurance. Our team checks them and your listing shows the Verified badge once they're approved.
Parts & chandleries
Ordering parts through Marine Match
Ask up to three chandleries at once
Send the same parts list to up to three chandleries — nearest to your boat first. Each replies line by line (in stock, on order, or unavailable) with prices and lead times, so you can compare quotes side by side and accept the best total.
Parts suggested from your job
Every job page can suggest the parts the work usually needs, checked against our catalogue of real manufacturer part numbers. Tick what you want and send it straight to chandleries — already linked to the job.
Track readiness on the job
Accepted parts quotes appear on the job page with an "awaiting / ordered / ready / delivered" marker, so owner and engineer both know the kit is there before work starts.
Consumables reminders
Save recurring lists — oil, filters, anodes — and we'll nudge you when they're due, with a one-tap "ask again". No money changes hands through Marine Match for parts: you pay the chandlery directly.
For marinas, harbours and chandleries
Claiming and verifying your listing
Your business may already appear in our directory with details gathered from public sources. Claiming takes about two minutes and proves to owners that the information comes from you — not from us guessing.
Open your claim link
Use the link in the email we sent you, or find your business in the directory and choose “Is this your business?”. The link is unique to your listing and your email address.
Prove it is your inbox
We send a 6-digit code to your business email. Enter it on the claim page — that is all the verification we need to know the right person is answering.
Check and correct your details
Confirm what owners will see: contact details, opening hours, facilities, berth numbers, maximum LOA, beam and draft. Anything we have wrong, fix it there and then.
Choose whether to add a login
Optional, never required. With a free account you can edit your listing any time and answer berth or parts enquiries in the site. Without one, enquiries still arrive by email and your claim stands.
Claiming is free — no card, no subscription, and we take no commission on moorings or parts. Need a hand? Email hello@marinematch.co.uk and we will walk you through it.
Running your contractor register
How a contractor registers
Contractors register with your marina from their own Marine Match profile. Their insurance and qualifications are already on file, so there is nothing to chase by email.
Site documents, issued automatically
Your site rules, permits and policies are issued to each contractor when they register, and again whenever you publish a new version. Their acknowledgement is recorded against the version they read.
Your private cleared list
Only your office sees who is cleared to work on site, who is waiting on documents and who has a fee due. Contractors are registered with you, never recommended by us.
Fees
You can set an annual contractor access fee, or none. The first ten marinas to join run the register free for a year.
Still stuck?
Describe the problem to Ask the deckhand for a likely cause and the right trade, or read the Journal for cost guides and seasonal checklists.