Set up DockNeighbor on your boat
From an empty account to a watched boat: the account, the station if you need one, and the sensors in the right places. Looking for help instead of how-tos? Head to Support.
Create your account and add the boat
Sign in on the web or install the app from the downloads page, then add your boat. If your marina is on DockNeighbor, make it your home port.
Add a station, if you need one
Your marina runs a DockNeighbor Station? Your sensors report through it. No station nearby, or you cruise? Bring one aboard; the app sets it up in minutes. The station.
Scan in sensors and choose who gets told
Scan each sensor's code in the app, put it where the guide says, and pick the friends who hear an alarm if you don't answer. The full walk-through is the Quick start.
Where the sensors go
The sensors are small, sealed and battery-powered, and they reach the station by long-range radio, so the bilge is as easy to cover as the saloon. Placement is most of the install.
Water and batteries
- Leak sensor: probes at the height where water means trouble, above the usual dampness.
- Bilge float sensor: in the bilge itself, where water collects first, with the float free to rise.
- Battery voltage sensor: two fused leads on the bank, body out of the bilge.
Shore power and location
- Outlet switch: any cabin outlet on the shore-power circuit.
- Current clamp: around one conductor of the shore-power feed, behind the AC panel.
- GPS tracker: anywhere with a view of the sky.
The per-sensor guide is Hardware setup. Already have a LinkTap valve, Shelly gear, Starlink or a cellular router aboard? The station reads them too, on Weekender and up — see partner devices.
How it all connects
Where the station lives, and what happens at three in the morning, are drawn out in How it connects and How it works.