Boat swaps work better on paper.
A place to swap boats. No fees. No middleman.
What Is DIY Boat Swap?
DIY Boat Swap is a community built to help boat owners and sailors find each other and arrange temporary swaps.
That might be a boat-for-boat swap, a boat for a campervan or holiday home, or another arrangement that works for both sides.
DIY Boat Swap is completely free to use. It’s free to join, free to list your boat (or other asset), and there are no paid tiers or premium memberships.
Maybe your boat is in Greece and you’ve always wanted to sail the Caribbean.
Perhaps you’re an experienced sailor without a boat of your own, but you’d happily offer the use of your home in exchange for time on someone else’s boat.
Or maybe your boat spends eight months of the year sitting in a boatyard while you’re somewhere else — and you’d love to put that unused time towards your next adventure.
The idea is simple: help people with something to share find other people with something to share.
We provide the listings, information and practical resources to make those connections easier. We don’t approve or arrange swaps, handle money between users, or decide whether a particular swap is right for you.
You connect, you decide, you swap.
What We Don’t Do
DIY Boat Swap isn’t a charter company, broker, insurer or safety authority.
We don’t inspect or approve boats or operators, guarantee swaps, hold payments, or mediate disputes.
Owners are responsible for doing their own due diligence and deciding whether a swap is right for them.
How It Works
- Boat owners create a listing
Listings require detailed disclosure about the vessel, the operator, and the conditions under which a swap would be considered. - Owners browse and connect
No matching, no rankings, no recommendations. Just information and an introduction. - Swaps are arranged privately
If both parties agree, they organise the swap themselves — using their own judgement, insurance, and paperwork.
We provide structure and practical tools so you can DIY your boat swap.
New to Boat Swapping?
Before listing your boat or arranging a swap, take a few minutes to understand how the platform works and what to consider when swapping boats.
It covers responsibilities, insurance, agreements, handovers and the checks both owners should consider before agreeing to a swap.
Practical Tools for Your Swap
Once you’ve found someone you’d like to swap with, you don’t need to start from scratch.
Our practical toolkits include:
- Swap agreement templates
- Boat handover checklists
- Insurance conversation prompts
They’re designed to help both owners cover the important details, ask the right questions and clearly document what they’ve agreed.