Join Marina Car founder Peter Rauscher aboard a Navan C30 for a run along the Maine coast from Portland to Rockland—and a conversation about why transportation and access beyond the marina have been overlooked for far too long.
Watch the full video on our YouTube page: Portland To Rockland Marina Car- Extend Your Range- Dock. Drive. Discover.
Marina Car was created specifically for transient boaters.
For decades, boaters arriving at destination marinas have faced the same problem: once the lines are tied, accessing everything beyond the waterfront can be surprisingly difficult. Rental cars may be miles away. Rideshare availability can be inconsistent. Restaurants, marine suppliers, grocery stores, museums, attractions, and some of the best parts of a coastal community may be just beyond practical walking distance.
Marina Car is changing that.
By placing vehicles directly at participating marinas, Marina Car creates a network of Access Points built around the way transient boaters actually travel. Arrive by boat. Reserve your Marina Car. Get behind the wheel. Explore the destination.
Dock. Drive. Discover.
In this vlog-style introduction, we travel aboard a Navan C30 from Portland, Maine, north along the Maine coast toward Rockland while talking about the natural connection between the automotive and marine industries.
Boats give us incredible freedom on the water. Cars give us incredible freedom on land. Marina Car connects the two.
As boats, marine electronics, navigation systems, automobiles, and the overall boating experience continue to evolve, the infrastructure surrounding the transient boater needs to evolve with it. Marina Car is designed to become part of that infrastructure.
For the boater, that means convenient transportation located where your boat already brought you.
For the marina, it means another way to improve the transient experience without requiring the marina to operate its own transportation service.
And for the communities surrounding those marinas, it means connecting visiting boaters with local restaurants, shops, marine businesses, museums, attractions, provisioning, services, and experiences they might otherwise never reach.
The destination shouldn’t end at the dock.
This trip along the Maine coast represents exactly what Marina Car is about: access, exploration, boating, automotive, and the freedom to experience more of every destination.
Whether you’re cruising Maine, exploring New England by boat, traveling the Intracoastal Waterway, completing America’s Great Loop, or simply planning your next transient marina stay, we believe boaters deserve a better way to access the communities waiting just beyond the waterfront.
Marina Car is building that network—one Access Point at a time.
Extend Your Range.
Dock. Drive. Discover.
Learn more about Marina Car, find current Marina Car Access Points, and follow the expansion of the network at Marina-Car.com.
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