What boatIQ is not.
Half of trust is being clear about what you don't do. Here's our half.
Not a marine survey
Nobody boards the boat, taps the hull or opens the engine. boatIQ works from the listing, the photos and the video — the head start before the survey, never a substitute for it. Always commission a qualified surveyor before any purchase.
Not a broker or a marketplace
We hold no listings, take no commissions, and have no stake in whether any boat sells. Our only product is the truth about the boat.
Not a blue book
Sailboats have no blue book, and anyone quoting a boat's value to the exact dollar is selling certainty that doesn't exist. We give a defensible range and show our work.
Not a chatbot with a boat prompt
Underneath runs a frontier AI — but it's held to a hand-built, human-vetted model intelligence library, and to one rule it never breaks: if we can't truly see the boat, we don't sell the report. How it works →
Not a lead machine
Your email exists so we can deliver your report and let you resume where you left off. It is not sold, shared, or fed into anyone's funnel.
Not always for sale
If what you give us isn't enough to see the boat properly, we refuse the sale and tell you exactly what's missing. Honest analysis or nothing — that's the deal.