Transportation Network
Built for Transient Boaters
Marina-Based Access
Marina Car is the first and only vehicle fleet dedicated to the transient boater lifestyle designed to help you Extend Your Range. By positioning vehicles directly at destination marinas, upland access is as simple as stepping off your boat and into a car.
Membership fees waived for the first season!
Dock * Drive * Discover
Dock
Step off your boat and into a waiting vehicle.
Drive
Seamless access through Marina Car’s reservation system.
Discover
Explore beyond the marina: errands, dining, local destinations.
Vehicles staged directly at participating marinas.
Built around the real needs of transient boating.
Daily and hourly rates available. Quick trip? Go explore.
BOATER MEMBERSHIP – Membership Waived For The First Season!
Marina Car membership provides boaters with convenient access to vehicles staged directly at participating marinas. Instead of searching for transportation after arriving by boat, members can reserve a vehicle located right at the marina.
Why Become a Member
Yacht owners and captains traveling between ports
Great Loopers needing to reprovision for the next stage of their trip
Guests staying at marinas who want to explore the surrounding area
Ease of access to doctors appointments, supply stores, veterinary offices, etc.
MEMBERSHIP NETWORK
As more marinas join the Marina Car network, members gain access to vehicles across an expanding range of boating destinations.
Marina Car helps marinas provide a simple and valuable amenity for transient guests: reliable transportation located directly at the marina.
Contact Us for More Information on Becoming a Marina Car Partner Marina
When visiting by boat, transportation on land can often be difficult to find. Marina Car was designed to provide a simple solution — placing vehicles directly at marinas so transportation is available when guests arrive.
Why marinas participate
Marina responsibilities
Provide a designated parking space
Marina Car was created specifically to support the way boaters travel. By placing vehicles directly at
marinas, transportation becomes simple, reliable, and convenient.
Step 1
Reserve a vehicle through the Marina Car platform prior to arrival or while staying at a participating marina.
Step 2
When you arrive, transportation is already waiting in the marina parking area.
Step 3
Use the vehicle for provisioning, dining, exploring local towns, nearby attractions, and errands during your stay.
Step 4
At the end of your reservation, simply return the vehicle to its designated space at the marina.
Marina Car vehicles are located at participating marinas throughout the network. Each location provides convenient access to transportation for visiting boaters.
The Marina Car network of partner marinas is growing rapidly—bringing reliable transportation to destinations where access has traditionally been limited. As new locations come online, our Locations page will be continuously updated so you can plan your travels with confidence, knowing a vehicle will be ready when you arrive.
As we begin building the Marina Car network, we’re offering exclusive savings for early marina partners and boating members:
Spring Point Marina – www.springpointmarina.com
Marina Car was created to solve a simple but persistent challenge in the boating experience — what happens after you arrive.
For years, boaters visiting destination marinas have faced limited and often unreliable transportation options. Marina Car changes that by placing a fleet of vehicles directly at participating marinas, giving boaters immediate access to reliable transportation the moment they step off the dock.
With that access, everything beyond the marina becomes part of the experience. Restaurants, grocery stores, marine supply shops, local businesses, and cultural destinations are no longer out of reach — they’re just minutes away.
But Marina Car is more than convenience. It’s a system designed to strengthen the connection between marinas and the communities around them. By making it easier for visitors to explore inland, Marina Car helps extend stays, increase local spending, and support small businesses that rely on seasonal traffic. It also creates opportunities for meaningful connections between a highly mobile, often entrepreneurial boating community and local professionals.
As the network continues to grow, Marina Car is building a new layer of infrastructure for coastal travel—one that enhances the boating experience while contributing to the long-term vitality of the communities it serves.
Marina Car. Extend Your Range.
Founder @ Marina Car
Peter Rauscher is the founder of Marina Car, a platform designed to provide convenient transportation for transient boaters visiting destination marinas.
With more than 25 years of experience in the marina and waterfront environment — beginning with his first marina job at age 14 — Peter has developed a deep understanding of how marinas operate and how boaters travel between coastal destinations.
Marina Car was created from that perspective, providing a simple solution to a common challenge faced by traveling boaters: reliable transportation after arriving at a marina.
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INVESTORS & STRATEGIC PARTNERS
Marina Car is developing a transportation network designed specifically for transient boaters visiting destination marinas.
STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES
Tell us where you want Marina Car next and we will work to provide Marina Car service at those destinations.
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