Straight answers about Boat Ramp Desk.

Boat Ramp Desk is boat ramp management software for organizing watercraft registration, controlled ramp activity, photographs, ownership history, and accountability in one system.

It is built for private lakes, homeowners associations, public lakes and parks, marinas, boat clubs, managed waterfront communities, and other organizations that control access to a ramp.

Yes. The software is built for organizations that control access to a ramp, and that includes public access points. We work with each organization directly to fit the software to how it operates. We do not make claims about government procurement processes, agency requirements, or public-records obligations, which vary by jurisdiction.

It is designed to replace the disconnected forms, tag lists, photo folders, and launch logs commonly managed in spreadsheets.

Yes. The ramp workflow is designed for mobile use so authorized workers can record activity where it happens.

The workflow is four steps: find the record, tap In or Out, add photographs if they are needed, and save. The watercraft, the worker, the time, and the status are captured automatically.

One search box covers owner, lot, address, phone number, email address, tag number, and watercraft, so a worker can type whatever they happen to know and reach the right record.

Yes. Authorized workers can record launch or removal activity and connect it to a watercraft record.

Yes. Boat Ramp Desk records entry and removal events, when they occurred, and which authorized worker recorded them.

Yes. Optional watercraft and tag photographs can be kept with the related record, with protected delivery and audited deletion.

Yes. Persistent watercraft records and historical ownership periods preserve context when a watercraft changes hands.

Yes. Seasonal registration history is preserved instead of replacing the prior season's record.

No. Property or lot records support communities that use them, while other organizations can use the customer and contact records that fit their operation.

Yes. Staff can schedule launch, removal, retrieval, inspection, and other locally defined appointment windows, and the resulting movement record stays in the same system.

No. Scheduling is a staff tool. Boat Ramp Desk does not provide customer self-booking, automated reminders, or a boat-owner self-service portal.

Yes. Additional inventory covers golf carts, ATVs, four-wheelers, side-by-sides, and similar community items, tracked alongside watercraft records and kept outside the watercraft movement workflow.

No. Boat Ramp Desk is record-keeping software. It does not detect, identify, remove, or prevent aquatic invasive species, and it cannot guarantee that a prevention effort succeeds. What it does is document the procedures your organization and its governing authority have decided to carry out, so there is a searchable record of what was done and by whom.

No. Inspection and decontamination are performed by people, following the requirements that apply to your water. Boat Ramp Desk records information associated with those processes, such as movements, tag numbers, photographs, and review outcomes. Recording information about a process is not the same as performing it.

By keeping the record. Where your organization records launches and removals, tag numbers, photographs, pending review, registration approvals, exceptions, and release history, Boat Ramp Desk keeps those together and attributable to individual workers. Our aquatic invasive species guidance explains where that fits within a broader prevention program.

Report it through the state or local authority responsible for your water, not to a software vendor. Reporting processes and responses differ by state and by water body. University extension guidance also cautions against unauthorized removal or treatment, which can make an infestation worse. Our guidance page links to federal and university starting points.

The platform is designed with tenant-separated customer databases and storage.

By the number of watercraft and other assets you track. Up to 200 assets is $588 per year. 201 to 500 assets is $828 per year. 501 to 1,000 assets is $1,068 per year. 1,001 or more assets is $1,188 per year. Every plan includes the same core Boat Ramp Desk experience.

Because the number of watercraft and other assets in the system is the clearest measure of what Boat Ramp Desk is keeping records for. The plans differ only by the size of that tracked inventory.

No. All plans are billed annually. The monthly figures shown on the pricing page are equivalents provided for comparison only.

No. Every plan includes the same core Boat Ramp Desk experience. The only difference is the number of tracked assets it covers.

Use the request form on our contact page. Tell us about your operation, roughly how many watercraft you handle, and how you keep ramp records today, and we will reply by email.