Marina Blog

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Marina Metrics You Should Track Monthly

Analytics can be overwhelming to think about setting up, not to mention reviewing on a regular basis. But tracking a few essential metrics can make a major difference for your marina's revenue and...

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Average Daily Rate for Marinas

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How to Measure a Marina's Average Daily Rate

What is Average Daily Rate? Average daily rate is just as it sounds. Since occupancy and rates can fluctuate throughout a season or year, Average Daily Rate gives you a handle on what your baseline...

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Revenue Per Linear Foot

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How to Measure Marina RevPLF

What is revenue per available linear foot (RevPFL) We admit, it's not the easiest acronym to say, but RevPLF is a powerful one. Revenue per Available Linear Foot (RevPLF) is a combination metric of...

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Occupancy Rate

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How to Measure a Marina’s Occupancy Rate

What is a Marina Occupancy Rate? Occupancy rate is a measure of how much of your dock space is rented to customers over a given period of time. While each marina is different in terms of how their...

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Shoreline photo with estimated values

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Knowing Your Marina's Value in an Age of Institutional Investors

We are at a watershed moment for the marina industry - one which will change the face of marina ownership and management for a generation to come. Marinas have always changed hands as owners round...

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Webinar: How marinas can make the most of 2020's "Boater Boom"

In the wake of Covid-19, more people than ever before are taking to the water for recreational and social activity. While this is an absolute win for the boating industry, it won't be "business as...

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The Dockwa Platform

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A letter to our marina partners

To our trusted marina partners,

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marina cybersecurity

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Marina Cybersecurity: Getting Started

Dockwa CTO John Nagro recently joined the NMTA Boatyard & Marina Conference to talk shop about marina cybersecurity. Here's Part 1 of our cybersecurity blog series, starting with a quick list of...

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There's a smarter way to set your dockage rates.

Setting your dockage rates each year has an enormous impact on the success of your season; it's possible you are setting them too low. As we noted in our webinar on Optimizing for Occupancy, reducing...

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Is your marina open after a hurricane? Let boaters know with Alerts

For several years, Dockwa has taken the lead on facilitating post-hurricane communication between marinas to boaters. This year, we upgraded the process to make it even easier for marina teams to...

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