BoatUS and Savvy Navvy collaborate to improve boat safety across the USA

BoatUS and Savvy Navvy accomplice to spice up navigation confidence amongst leisure boaters

Springfield, VA, January 6, 2026 –  With grounding incidents among the many main causes of on-water help calls in the US, BoatUS and navigation expertise firm Savvy Navvy are thrilled to announce a partnership for leisure boaters to navigate extra safely and confidently.  

The partnership goals to deal with vital expertise gaps, significantly amongst newer boaters who could lack expertise with chart studying, tidal patterns, and route planning. Savvy Navvy – sometimes called “Google Maps for boats” – delivers an intuitive, all-in-one app that helps boaters plan safer routes with ease. Earlier this yr, Savvy Navvy launched new options together with NMEA Join, which seamlessly integrates NMEA-enabled boat devices with the app, offering real-time information and enhanced AIS visibility.  

BoatUS, the Boat Homeowners Affiliation of The US, is the nation’s main advocacy, providers and security group for leisure boaters. Offering on-water towing help to its members, this new partnership will allow its 740,000 members with a reduction on a Savvy Navvy Premium account, offering enhanced entry and functionalities for safer navigation.  

“BoatUS does nice work for its members, and its mission to eradicate preventable leisure boating accidents aligns completely with why we based Savvy Navvy. As a pacesetter in digital navigation, we firmly imagine in formal coaching, understanding navigation, and realizing what’s occurring within the background whereas the app is doing the heavy lifting. With human error and inexperience behind so many on-water incidents, this partnership allows extra boaters to entry Savvy Navvy, enhancing security and peace of thoughts while out on the water,” says David Cusworth, Head of Partnership and Innovation at Savvy Navvy.  

“We’re excited to accomplice with Savvy Navvy and provide our members a reduced charge to entry the Savvy Navvy navigational app,” stated Elio Betty, Director of Partnerships at BoatUS. “Our hope is to attach our members with a seamless navigational expertise when on the water and guarantee our members attain their vacation spot safely.” 

To turn into a member of BoatUS for less than $25 yearly and luxuriate in advantages such because the Savvy Navvy Premium Account, a subscription to BoatUS Journal, complimentary DSC-VHF radio registration, reductions on marina gasoline, transient slips, repairs and extra, go to BoatUS.com/Membership.

In contrast to different navigation options, Savvy Navvy gives sensible routing, giving customers the optimum route and dynamic ETAs primarily based on real-time information: departure time, chart data, climate circumstances, tide, boat specs, and native laws. With greater than 3 million downloads worldwide, the US continues to be one among Savvy Navvy’s quickest rising markets. For extra data, go to www.savvy-navvy.com. 

About Savvy Navvy Simplifying boating expertise has at all times been the intention of savvy navvy, based by lifelong sailor and ex Googler Jelte Liebrand. He was baffled on the quantity of knowledge sources you wanted to get a transparent image of the place you had been, what the tide was doing, what climate to count on, tips on how to plot your course to steer and tips on how to discover a good anchorage or marina after which tips on how to share your plans along with your buddies and household. He centered on tech that’s already within the palms of most boaters. So, turning a telephone or pill into your boating buddy appeared like an apparent subsequent step. In lower than six years, savvy navvy has attracted world customers from everywhere in the world all utilizing the app to assist their expertise on the water. As a part of savvy navvy’s steady development, they’ve expanded to assist kayakers, jet-skiers and paddleboarders with simplified navigation. As we speak savvy navvy is out there on Android, IOS, PC and Mac and can be utilized on an infinite variety of units. Discover out extra on www.savvy-navvy.com .  

About BoatUS Celebrating 60 years, BoatUS is the nation’s largest advocacy, providers and security group with greater than 740,000 dues-paying members. BoatUS is the boat homeowners’ voice on Capitol Hill, preventing for his or her rights. The TowBoatUS® fleet is out there 24/7 to help our members on the water when boats break down or run aground with some 660 vessels and 330-plus places throughout North America, bringing our members safely again to the launch ramp, marina or dock. On the highway, we’re The Boat Homeowners Auto Membership™, serving to guarantee roadside trailer and tow automobile breakdowns gained’t sluggish you down. BoatUS provides GEICO boat insurance coverage insurance policies that give boat homeowners reasonably priced, specialised protection and the superior service they want. Award-winning BoatUS Journal is the most important circulation leisure marine publication within the U.S. with partaking content material that speaks to the fervour for boat possession, whereas our 501(c)(3) nonprofit BoatUS Basis for Boating Security and Clear Water provides the nation’s solely free on-line boating security course and plenty of different packages that maintain boaters secure and our waters clear. Go to BoatUS.com for extra data.