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Boatsetter announced that it is partnering with GoFree – the provider of digital content and services and part of the Navico family of marine electronics brands including Lowrance, Simrad and B&G. The peer-to-peer boat rental company selected GoFree Track and GoFree Vessel solutions as the recommended vessel tracking and remote management solution for its global network of owners. GoFree Track is ...

Boatsetter announced Tuesday that it has completed $13 million of Series A funding that will help the company aggressively expand its sales and marketing efforts as well as broaden and accelerate its operations in the United States, according to an article in The Miami Herald. The investment round includes existing and new investors, including Great Oaks Venture Capital, Stanford University ...

Boatsetter announced the formation of a new partnership with Wally Castro Marine in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Boatsetter’s online platform connects boat owners to renters, giving vacationers and residents more accessible boat rental options, while providing boat owners with a way to monetize their boat when it’s not in use. “Boatsetter’s partnership with Wally Castro provides vacationers in Puerto Rico who ...

Jaclyn Baumgarten CEO/Co-Founder, Boatsetter Education: Stanford Graduate School of Business, M.B.A. 2005; Wellesley College, B.A. 2000, Dual major in Political Science and Spanish. Years in the marine industry: 5 What are some of the biggest lessons you have learned working in the marine industry? The marine industry has a powerful network and by tapping into that network and gaining the ...

The BI Weekly 5 is a collection of tips, news and data affecting the boating industry this week. Be sure to look for the BI Weekly 5 every week on BoatingIndustry.com. 1. Idaho boat builder indicted on fraud charges Christopher Bohnenkamp, former owner of Bohnenkamp’s Whitewater Customs, Inc. and Treasure Valley Marine, Inc., was indicted last week by a federal ...

Boatsetter will be providing boat rentals and on-the-water experiences for researchers, government officials and vacationers wanting to visit Cuba. The team of experts from the boat rental community includes boat owners and captains who know the Southern waterways, Cuban hotspots and what needs to be done before setting sail. Boatsetter is offering to walk customers through the process of filling ...

Boatsetter, a boat sharing community that connects renters to boat owners and Coast Guard licensed captains, has partnered with on-water assistance provider Sea Tow. “By aligning with Sea Tow, Boatsetter continues to focus on its commitment to provide customers with the safest boat rental experience available. We want Boatsetter customers to know that we are working with top on-water service ...

Boatsetter.com, an online peer-to-peer boat-sharing marketplace, welcomes Douglas ‘Sandy’ Warner, former chair and CEO of J.P. Morgan and chair of JPMorgan Chase, to its advisory board, where he will serve as a special advisor to the CEO and as a board observer. In addition to his leadership at J.P. Morgan and JPMorgan Chase, Warner served as a director of General ...

On Tuesday, Boatsetter, an online peer-to-peer boat-sharing marketplace similar to Uber and AirBnB, welcomed Roch Lambert as the newest member to their corporate advisory board. Lambert is the former president of Rec Boat Holdings, the parent company of the Four Winns, Scarab, Wellcraft and Glastron boat brands, until they were sold to Groupe Beneteau in June 2014. He is credited ...

Boatsetter, an international peer-to-peer boat-sharing marketplace, has appointed Pablo Vidal, the former global brand and marketing director of Telefonica, to serve as its new chief marketing officer. Vidal brings aboard more than 18 years of marketing experience on Fortune 100/500 companies and six years as CMO for LG Electronics both in Europe and Latin America prior to Telefonica. “This is ...