About Dokkhand

Built by boaters,
for boaters.

So your time aboard is spent on the water, not on upkeep and vendor calls.

Thane, owner of Dokkhand
The Story

Hi, I'm Thane. A few months after moving to Seattle from Montana, I fell in love with sailing and the connection it gave me to the Pacific Northwest. I signed up for classes almost immediately so I could charter boats and take friends and family out on the water. A couple of years later I bought my own boat, and that's when the real education began. Not in how to sail or run it, but in what owning a boat actually means.

Dealers with no timelines. Which electronics ecosystem to commit to, what safety gear was required. Those turned out to be the easy decisions. Next came hundreds of reviews and Reddit threads to find someone for bottom paint and custom canvas. Calls and emails just to get on a schedule. Hours of logistics moving the boat between service providers and storage. Then annual maintenance, 100-hour oil changes, and sorting required work from upsell. I was starting to understand the old line about a boat owner's two happiest days being the day they buy it and the day they sell it. There were plenty of days I wondered whether I should have just joined a rental club.

If I felt that way, I knew other busy people did too, or at least that it was the question they were weighing before buying a boat at all. Dokkhand exists to level that playing field. The choice shouldn't be the freedom of ownership or the convenience of renting. The name is about as literal as it gets: a dock hand, the person who knows your boat, keeps an eye on it, and handles the calls, the scheduling, and the vendors so you don't have to.

Because the best parts of boating don't fit in a reservation window. A last-minute trip when the weather turns perfect. A quiet evening at anchor because you felt like it. That's what owning gives you, and it's too good to miss.

— Thane Owner, Dokkhand

What We Stand For

Three things we
won't compromise on.

Treat it like it's ours.

We check what we'd check, fix what we'd fix, and never let "good enough" near a boat we're responsible for.

No surprises. Ever.

You approve every dollar before it's spent. Bad news reaches you first, and from us. And we don't make a cent on work your boat didn't need.

Work with good people.

Life's short. Every vendor clears one bar: would we trust them with our own boat? So does everyone who works here, and every owner we take on. We work with people we like, and for people we like.

Questions Owners Ask

Straight answers,
before you call.

I do the checks and manage the vendors. For the work itself, I partner with the best marine service providers in the region. I get you the quote, make sure the job happens when it's supposed to, and check it when it's done.

Any boat kept within the city of Seattle, from a 20-foot lake boat to a 65-foot motor yacht. Enjoyable ownership shouldn't be reserved for the yacht class.

No. After an orientation call to go over your boat and how you use it, I handle visits and vendor appointments on my own. You get a report after every visit, and nothing is scheduled or spent without your okay.

Not yet, but I'm working on it. ABYC Marine Systems Certification and a USCG captain's license are both in progress. What I bring today is years on the water, being an owner myself, and the rigor of aviation maintenance schedules and procedures.

You hear it from me first, with what I found and what I recommend. If it's urgent, like water where it shouldn't be, I deal with it and then call. Everything else waits for your approval.

It depends on the boat. A 20-foot lake boat and a 50-foot sailboat need very different checks, so the list is built around yours during the orientation call. The basics are always there: lines, bilge, batteries, hoses, and whatever tends to go wrong on your boat. After each visit you get an email with photos and findings.

Let's Talk

Tell us about
your boat.

If it's kept within the city of Seattle, we'd love to hear about it. Reach out and we'll walk you through next steps.

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