Case study · BOVA · MVP 0→1

Knowing a marina is full before you sail there.

Validated before built: crowdsourced occupancy for 2,100+ marinas and anchorages, tested with 100+ sailors first.

Product: BOVA · real-time berths and weather for the Adriatic, on iOS and Android
Role: Designed the mobile app from scratch, supported the web platform · via Reactor Incubator
Timeline: 2026

Visit

BOVA’s charter web platform, Today view: boats out tonight, key numbers, the fleet map and boats that need attention — The charter web platform’s Today view: boats out tonight, the fleet map and who needs a call. Demo account, sample data.

01 — In short

Challenge

Skippers find out a marina is full when they arrive. Sailors named finding a berth their #1 pain.

What I did

Designed the mobile app from scratch, including the ~10-second arrival report and the vessel-status logic that reconciles crew reports and Vessel Finder data into one status sailors can act on. Helped design the web platform.

Result

Live and free on iOS and Android for 2026, now with weather and crew trip planning. A usability round with four skippers and charter owners is shaping what’s next.

2,100+destinations covered

100+sailors before launch

~10 sto report on arrival

02 — Decisions

Three calls behind the numbers.

Validate with sailors before building
100+ sailors confirmed the core of the app: finding a berth.
Three answers, one prompt, ten seconds
Space available, filling up, full: coarse enough that people actually report.
Two data layers, reconciled
Crew reports and Vessel Finder each stay true or false on their own.