Boat watch is scheduled visual observation of a boat that sits unused while its owner is away. During a home watch visit, Avalon photographs the boat at the dock or on its lift, notes dock lines, fenders, and covers, and includes everything in the same written, time-stamped report the home receives. The owner sees how the boat is sitting without flying back to look.

Do you start the boat engine while I am away?

Yes, engine start-ups are available as part of boat watch. Avalon starts and runs the engine only as directed in the owner's written instructions, photographs the gauges while it runs, and logs the run in the visit report. Avalon operates the engine as instructed; it does not service, repair, or maintain the boat.

Is the golf cart included in home watch?

Yes. Golf cart watch adds the cart to the same visit: Avalon photographs the cart and its charger, notes the charge indicator as displayed, and can run the cart briefly per the owner's written instructions. It is added to the home watch plan and priced with the plan.

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Boat & Golf Cart Watch

While you are away, your boatstays on the record.

Your home watch visit does not stop at the back door. Avalon photographs your boat at the dock or on its lift, runs the engine on your instructions, looks in on the golf cart and its charger, and puts all of it in the same written report your home already gets.

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What Boat Watch Covers

The dock, the lift, the garage. Documented like the home.

Most home watch services stop at the house. If you keep a boat or a golf cart at your Fort Myers home, they sit unobserved for months. Avalon folds them into your scheduled visit, so the report that covers your home covers everything else you left behind.

Included · with your visit Boat

At the Dock or on the Lift

Every visit, your boat is photographed where it sits, so you can see for yourself how it is riding.

Photo record of the boat as visible above the waterline
Dock lines, fenders, and cover position noted in the report
Lift position and cradle noted where applicable
Time-stamped photos in your same-day written report

Available · per your instructions Engine

Engine Start-Ups

A boat that sits for months without running is a common regret of the season away. If you want the engine run, we run it your way.

Started and run only per your written instructions
Gauges photographed while the engine runs
Run time logged in your visit report

We operate the engine as you direct in writing. We do not service, repair, or maintain the boat, and we do not move it from where it sits.

Included · with your visit Golf Cart

Golf Cart & Charger

The cart in the garage gets the same treatment: photographed, noted, and on the record.

Photo of the cart and its charger every visit
Charge indicator noted as displayed
Brief run per your written instructions, if you want it

Part of storm prep Storms

When a Storm Is Named

If a named storm threatens, your boat and cart can be written into your storm plan alongside the home.

Pre-storm photo documentation where they sit
Post-storm photos as soon as access is safely restored
Covered under your storm prep scope, arranged in advance

Storm coverage is arranged through the storm preparation service, scoped in writing before the season.

Why It Matters

"The boat you left in October is not the boat you come back to in April."

Six months is a long time for a boat to sit alone.

Seasonal owners know the feeling: the whole summer away, wondering how the boat is riding, whether the cover held, whether the battery will turn the engine over in the fall. Most home watch services never walk past the lanai. The boat and the cart are simply not on their paperwork.

Avalon puts them on yours. Every scheduled visit, they are photographed and noted in the same written, time-stamped report as the home, and the engine runs when you want it to. You see how things sit while you are away, and you decide what, if anything, to do about it. No guessing from a thousand miles north.

Paul Gunderson is a licensed insurance adjuster in Florida with over 20 years of property loss field experience, including NFIP flood adjusting for FEMA. This background informs how visits are documented. It is not a professional opinion on the condition, safety, or value of any property, vessel, or vehicle, and home watch is not an adjusting, inspection, marine survey, or repair service.

Months

is how long a seasonal owner's boat can sit without anyone looking in on it

Same day

your photo-documented report arrives after every scheduled visit

Pricing

Added to your home watch plan.

Priced with your plan

Boat and golf cart watch rides along with your scheduled home watch visits, so there is no separate trip to pay for. The exact scope depends on what you own and where it sits: a cart and charger in the garage is one thing, a boat on a lift behind the house with engine start-ups is another. Your scope and price are confirmed in writing before we begin, and most clients set it up by phone, text, or email.

Honestly stated: we document what is visually accessible from the dock, lift, or garage during a scheduled visit. We do not board beyond what your written instructions call for, dive the hull, or move the boat.