Know the boat before you pay for the survey.
Before you fall for a listing — or pay for a survey, haul-out and sea trial — see whether it clears the Loop's hard limits, how it scores against what you actually need, and where the expensive risks hide.
$49/year for founding members. Founding rate closes November 30.
No card, no charge today. You're reserving the founding rate, not buying yet. It covers your first year; after that you renew at the standard price.
And it's working now — reserving gets you in today. Access details are on the next screen.
For a six-figure boat — and published surveyor rates run about $28–35 a foot, plus haul-out and a separate engine survey — being early costs you nothing here.
Already been invited? Don't fill this in — your invite email has a link that sets up your account straight away. If you can't find it, email support@caniloop.net and I'll send another.
- 📏Air draft — the number to confirm, not trust Will it fit under the 19'6" fixed bridge that stops boats cold in Chicago? We track it by model, so you know before you make an offer.
- 🌊Draft & range Can it clear the skinny water and cover the long fuel-less stretches? The two gates that quietly disqualify boats people fall for — and a listing often gives you the wrong version of the number.
- 🛠️A survey-prep brief you hand your surveyor A printable PDF: the model's known trouble spots, this boat's open questions, and what's already verified — so the survey you pay for is spent checking the right things, not rediscovering what everyone already knows.
- 🔔Your shortlist in one place Track your candidate boats with price history and status in one place, so you're not refreshing listings all day.
Here's what you're reserving
A walk through the actual product — the real sample boat, not a mockup — reserve, and you can paste in a boat you're actually looking at.
Tell it what matters to you
The Loop's hard limits are fixed — air draft, draft, range. Everything else is yours: diesel or gas, a price ceiling, two heads, a walk-around queen, thrusters. Weight what matters to you and switch off what doesn't.
- ✓ Air draft (lowerable) under — route: Chicago · 19'6" ▾
- ✓ Water draft (loaded) under — clears 5'0"
| On | Criterion |
|---|---|
| ✓ | Diesel power |
| ✓ | Price at or under 200000 |
| ✓ | LOA at or under 50 ft |
| On | Criterion | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| ✓ | Two heads | 2 ▾ |
| ✓ | Walk-around queen berth | 2 ▾ |
| ✓ | Fresh water capacity 120 gal | 2 ▾ |
| Washer / dryer | 1 ▾ |
The gates are the Loop's. The weights are yours — that's what makes the score your score.
You paste the listing
Nothing gets scraped — the parser proposes the fields, and you confirm them.
Two answers at once
Does it clear the Loop's hard gates — pass, fail, or needs verifying — and how well does it match what you said you wanted. Mission fit and personal fit, side by side.
| Gate | Status | This boat | Loop limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air draft (lowerable) under | PASS — unverified | 16'5" | 19'6" |
| Water draft (loaded) under | PASS | 3'2" | 5'0" |
| LOA at or under | PASS | 38.83 ft | 50 ft |
| Range (at displacement speed) | VERIFY | — | 250 mi |
| Diesel power | ✓ | gate |
| Price at or under $200,000 | ✓ | gate |
| Two heads | ✗ | wt 2 |
| Walk-around queen berth | ✓ | wt 2 |
| Fresh water capacity | ? | wt 2 |
That amber row is the point. The air draft is published, not measured — so it clears the bridge on paper, and we say exactly that instead of showing you a confident green. Below it: one head, not two — a real miss against what you asked for, and it costs the match score.
Then the part a listing won't tell you
The known trouble spots for that exact model — every claim tagged for how much to trust it: verified fact, listing claim, fleet pattern, or open question.
And the one-pager you hand your surveyor
Model-specific check items, this boat's open questions, and what's already verified — so your survey money is spent looking in the right places.
We don't replace the survey — we keep you from wasting one on a boat that was never going to fit.