Founding Member Program · Marina del Rey · Summer 2026

Know your boat.
Take back
your time.

Less managing. More boating.

KEEL Works is the vessel intelligence platform for owners who'd rather be on the water — and the technicians who make that possible. Permanent records. Proactive service.

Now accepting applications · Marina del Rey

KEEL Certified · V LOGX System
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Early Access Application

How will you use KEEL Works?

Choose your path. We'll tailor the application to your role.

Vessel owner

I own a vessel.

Vessel intelligence for owners who'd rather be on the water. Permanent records, proactive service, and a history that travels with the boat.

Apply as owner
Marine technician

I turn wrenches.

Jobs dispatched. Vessel history on arrival. No invoices, no owner calls, no chasing payment. Join a network built for technicians who are serious about their trade.

Apply as technician
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Vessel owner · founding member

Your boat has
a record.

Every visit, every finding, every photo — logged and searchable. A permanent history that travels with the vessel and makes every season cleaner than the last.

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Per month · V LOGX
6 mo
Pilot duration
The problem

Sound familiar?

The marine service industry is structurally broken for the boat owner.

01
Can't get a good tech
Demand exceeds supply. Grey-beards are retiring with no replacement pipeline. You wait weeks and get whoever shows up.
02
Every contractor starts cold
No vessel history, no failure patterns. Unbilled troubleshooting hours on every visit. It never improves.
03
You're the project manager
Chasing contractors, scheduling, decoding invoices. That burden falls on you by default. It's not what you bought the boat for.
04
Deferred maintenance compounds
Without a proactive system, small problems become expensive failures. The reactive model costs far more than prevention.
05
Service quality is unpredictable
No vetting standard. You have no reliable way to know if the tech is excellent or a cowboy — until something goes wrong.
06
Value lost at sale
No documented history means buyers discount, surveys flag issues, and sellers lose value they actually earned.

The average boat owner spends more time managing maintenance than on the water. That's not ownership — that's a second job.

What changes

Concierge-level vessel intelligence.
Without the overhead.

Your boat has a record
Every visit, every finding, every photo logged and searchable. Nothing lives in a tech's head.
Nothing slips through
Service intervals tracked automatically. You get reminded before something becomes a problem.
Recalls found for you
V LOGX monitors your make, model, and engine. If something's issued, you'll know.
Worth more at sale
Your KEEL Record transfers with the vessel. Buyers see the history. Surveys go cleaner.
Early access application

Early access.
Zero friction.

Founding members get direct coordinator access and the satisfaction of knowing their boat — possibly for the first time.

Additional work orders billed transparently — you approve before any work begins
Your record transfers with the vessel at sale — brokers sell with confidence
Founding Member Application

Apply for early access.

We review every application personally. Pilot slots are limited to the Marina del Rey corridor.

unlock@keelworks.com · We'll follow up within 48 hours.

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Marine technician · network application

You turn wrenches.
We handle the rest.

Jobs dispatched. Vessel history ready before you arrive. No invoices, no chasing payment, no 9pm owner calls. KEEL Works is the operating system for technicians who are done running a business on top of a trade.

The problem

The real cost of going it alone.

Independent marine technicians are excellent at their trade. The business side is what breaks them.

01
You find your own work
Word of mouth, slow seasons, feast and famine. No pipeline, no predictability.
02
You start every job cold
No vessel history. Unbilled diagnostic time. Same questions, every visit. It never compounds into expertise.
03
You're the scheduler
The 9pm call the night before July 4th. No-shows. Rescheduling. It all lands on you.
04
You chase payment
Invoicing, follow-ups, awkward conversations. You became a tech, not an accountant.
05
Your skills aren't documented
No credential system. No portable record of your expertise. Every new owner starts from zero trust.
06
The ceiling is low
You can only work as many boats as you can personally touch. There's no leverage in the current model.

Great technicians are overwhelmed by the business they never wanted to run.

What changes

Here's what it looks like
in practice.

Jobs come to you
Dispatched to your phone. Vessel history ready before you arrive.
The app guides every job
Step by step. Nothing missed. You're covered if anything comes up later.
Submit and move on
No invoices. No owner calls. Payment processes automatically.
Earn badges that mean something
Discipline-coded nautical-flag badges. Your skills, documented and portable across every vessel you've worked.
Join the network

Built for the
technician who
means business.

We review every application personally. We're looking for technicians who take documentation as seriously as the wrench work — because that's what makes the platform valuable for everyone.

Vetted before activation — background-checked, referenced, assessed for documentation discipline
Dispatched with full V LOGX vessel history — no cold starts, no wasted diagnostic hours
Accountable through the platform — every finding logged, every work order traceable
Specialist network available for scope beyond your discipline — curated, never random
Technician Application

Start your application.

About 5 minutes. We'll walk you through credentials and disciplines when we onboard your region.

We review every application personally · 48-hour response

KEEL Works
Application received

Welcome
aboard.

We review every application personally. You'll hear from us within 48 hours. In the meantime, here's what comes next.

I. Confirmation email — heading to your inbox now.
II. Personal review — we look at every application, not just the form. Expect a response within 48 hours.
III. Quick conversation — if you're a fit, we'll schedule a brief call to get you enrolled.
∞ V LOGX knows your vessel — and it only gets smarter from here.

Questions? Reach us at unlock@keelworks.com