The dockwalk is the most important routine at your marina. Most teams are still doing it with a clipboard.
Labor is one of the biggest cost pressures marinas are navigating right now, and one of the largest time sinks hiding in plain sight is the daily dock walk. At a large marina, that's two or more hours on a clipboard, followed by another hour of transcription back in the office, followed by the uncomfortable "I think someone checked that" answer when something comes up. Every single day.
The Dockwalk tool in Dockwa's Spaces module replaces all of that. Dock staff open the app on their iPhone or iPad. The walk route is already configured to match the physical path they take. Two buttons — Occupied or Vacant — auto-advance to the next slip. One tap flags anything that needs attention; the office manager sees it immediately. No radio call, no sticky note. If they get pulled away, the app saves their place.
When the walk is done, every check is logged with the user, device, and timestamp. No transcription. No filing. No reconstruction. Marinas that were spending 2+ hours per walk on a clipboard are getting it done in under 30 minutes.
What it looks like across your team
Owners and GMs. The Summary Webview gives you a real-time picture of what's happening on your docks from your desk. Every flagged issue is visible the moment it's logged. That same record is your compliance trail, with every inspection attributed to a specific staff member with a device and timestamp. When an insurance claim comes in or a boater disputes a charge, you have documentation you can pull in seconds.
Dockmasters. Less time on the walk itself, more time on the docks. Auto-advance navigation alone accounts for most of the time savings. The flag system means you stop carrying issues in your head until you find someone to tell. And for the first time, the work you're doing every single day has a record attached to it.
Office managers. Instead of starting the day trying to piece together what happened on the last walk, the information is already there. No reconstruction, no chasing down dock staff for a verbal rundown.
Dockhands. The simplest possible experience. Two big buttons. Auto-advance to the next slip. One-tap flagging. A progress bar showing exactly how far along you are. Get pulled away, close the app, come back, and it picks up where you left off.
If you're on the Spaces module and haven't made the switch from the clipboard yet, this off-season is the time.
Team Dockwa