Getting Started
Join your neighbors already on Ship2Mates or start a new community. Then, create your account, verify your address, update your profile and settings, and start connecting with your boating community.
About Ship2Mates
Ship2Mates™ is where you discover and connect with your boating community. Meet boating entusists locally and around the world. Discover captains, charters, businesses and services available – right in your local community and beyond. Receive trusted boating-related news, information, service recommendations and deals. Give, and get help with your watercraft from trusted cpatains and connections.
The reality is “boatng helps bring communities together.” Building valued connections is much easier on the water. Our guiding principle is to provide more access for interested boating adventurers and bring the boating community closer together.
We believe that by bringinglike-minded neighbors together, we can help cultivate stronger communities, locally and around the world.
Ship2Mates™ is completely free for individuals businesses and services to join.
Ship2Mates™ is currently available in:
- Australia
- Canada
- The United Kingdom
- The United States
While we don’t have a timeline for launching in other countries just yet, we do hope to bring Ship2Mates to waterways around the world in the near future.
NOTE
We recommend using one of the below browsers which are fully supported for full access to Ship2Mates.
You can access Ship2Mates on the internet using browsers such as Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and Edge.
- Firefox (https://www.mozilla.org/firefox)
- Safari (https://www.apple.com/safari)
- Chrome (https://www.google.com/chrome)
- Edge (https://microsoft.com/edge)
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Ship2Mates works best on the latest supported version of a browser. If you use Ship2Mates on older versions of these browsers, or on browsers not listed above, you may be unable to use parts of Ship2Mates.
Ship2Mates is privately funded since 2018.
We’ve always believed there is tremendous opportunity and value connecting like-minded people, businesses and services they need – Locally and around the world.
Ship2Mates is unique and free to individuals and businesses to connect. We’re an incredibly efficient organization with an easy-to-use, self-serve platform. We offer sponsored advertising to help generate the revenue we need to create a sustainable business. You will see some displayed sponsored content from small to national marine businesses who we believe have valuable marine businesses and services to share with your community.
Protecting your privacy is critical for preserving the trust you have with us. Participating local and national businesses will not have access to your private communications. You may additionally choose what information is available and displayed on your public profile. To learn more, please see our Privacy Policy.
Ship2Mates advertising practices.
Ship2Mates is supported by advertisements and sponsorships. Advertisers and sponsors are how we’re able to ensure the platform is free for members and local marine businesses and services.
Who can advertise?
We are a marine-centric platform. Local and national marine businesses and services are able to advertise with Ship2Mates, as long as the organization includes benefits for the boating community, and abides by our Ad Policy.
You may see ads in the main newsfeed, emails, in-app suggestions and in the For Sale and Free section. These ads are clearly marked as “Sponsored.” You can explore each ad type in more detail here.
Why you may see the same ad or advertiser?
Seeing the same ad multiple times is not uncommon and is a natural part of the ad serving process. Some advertisers hope to reach pet parents more often than others. Ad frequency does not violate our Ad Policy, so there is no need to report an ad that has been shown multiple times.
How can I report an ad that I believe is in violation of Ship2Mates Ad Policy?
If you see an ad that you feel violates Ship2Mates Ad Policy, please take a screenshot of the ad and contact us. We take these reports very seriously and will respond to your concern as soon as possible.
PLEASE NOTE
Ads that are irrelevant or repetitious do not violate Ship2Mates Ad Policy and should not be reported.
How can my marine services business advertise on Ship2Mates?
It’s in our name! Ship2Mates. If you provide marine and boating products and services for the well-being of the boating community – Your business can join, communicate and advertise. There are many free and paid opportunities to advertise on Ship2Maates. You can find a list of business advertising options here. We look forward to working with you.
To learn more about your personal privacy choices and how to manage your preferences, please review our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.
You can access our member agreement, here.
If you have questions or concerns about our Member Agreement, please contact us here.