Whose weekend is it on the boat?
Four families, one boat, and a calendar that says no so a person never has to. Every co-owner gets a fair budget of weekend and midweek days, and the credit comes back the moment the trip is over.
No credit card. Invite every partner on the title.
The Bowrider
4 partners · you have 1 weekend credit left
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Three steps to a season nobody argues about
Set the credits once in the spring and the who-gets-which-weekend question answers itself until the boat comes out in the fall.
Add the boat
One page for the boat: a photo, the slip number, the launch checklist, and how many weekend and midweek days each partner gets in a season.
Invite the partners
Send one link. Everyone on the title opens it, signs up for free, and sees the same calendar. No more screenshots of a spreadsheet in the group chat.
Book with credits
Claim your days and the credits are spent. When the trip is over they come back, so nobody can lock up every Saturday in July before the season starts.
Why boat partners use AllDibs instead of a shared Google Calendar
A shared calendar is a race, and the winner is whoever checks their phone most. Credits turn it back into a share.
Summer Saturdays get their own budget
Weekend days come out of a separate, smaller pot than midweek days. The partner who books fastest still only gets their share of the good ones.
Nobody meets at the dock by mistake
The calendar refuses overlapping bookings outright, so two families cannot both turn up on the same Sunday because a text got missed.
The outdrive receipt lives with the boat
Each item has its own chat and a file drawer. Insurance, the survey, the winterizing invoice, and the thread about the weird noise all stay in one place.
Free for the whole partnership
The boat is one item. One account gets 5 for free, and every partner you invite pays nothing either.
The money is the easy half
A used bowrider costs roughly the same every year whether it leaves the slip or not, and splitting that four ways is simple arithmetic. What breaks partnerships is year three: one family quietly claiming every good Saturday, and everyone else deciding it is not worth asking.
We wrote up the full numbers, and the five things worth writing down before you buy, in Four families, one boat.
Write these down before the first season
- Who pays what, and when. A shared account beats settling up after every invoice.
- The repair threshold that needs a group yes rather than a text.
- How weekends and holidays get allocated. That is the part AllDibs handles.
- The condition rules: fueled, rinsed, cooler emptied.
- The exit clause, for the partner who moves away.
Questions boat partners ask
How do credits work for a multi-day trip?+
Every day of the trip costs one credit of its type. A Friday to Sunday weekend costs one midweek credit and two weekend credits. Once those days have passed, the credits come back to you on their own.
Can we give partners different amounts of time?+
Hosts set the midweek and weekend limits for the item and can change them at any time. If one partner owns a bigger share and the group agrees they should get more days, that is a one-minute change.
Does AllDibs track the money?+
No. AllDibs is the calendar, not the ledger. Keep the shared account wherever it already lives and use the item's Files section for the receipts and the chat for the conversation about who paid the fuel bill.
What happens when a trip gets cancelled?+
Cancel the booking and the days open up for everyone else immediately. Any credits for days that had not passed yet go straight back into your budget.
Is it really free?+
Yes. Your first 5 items are free with unlimited members, and there is no subscription. Most boat partnerships never need anything more.
Retire the boat spreadsheet.
Setup takes a few minutes. Send the link to the other partners and let the credits keep the season fair.
Put the boat on AllDibs, freeAlso built for shared cabins and neighborhood tool sharing.