About KnownWaters
Built from life onboard.
KnownWaters exists to keep a yacht’s operational knowledge onboard, organised, searchable and useful long after the crew who discovered it have moved on.
Why it exists
Yachts learn constantly. Too much of that knowledge disappears.
Every season, crews learn which tender drops actually work, which restaurants look after guests properly, where the safest anchorages are, which suppliers can be trusted and dozens of other details that make operations run smoothly.
Too often, that knowledge lives in WhatsApp chats, screenshots, Google Earth pins or individual crew members’ heads.
When people leave, the yacht loses part of what it has learned.
What we built
A permanent home for your yacht’s knowledge.
Capture what matters
Locations, contacts, warnings, guest preferences and operational knowledge, saved when the crew discovers it.
Keep it organised
Knowledge is tied to locations, reviewed by the bridge and stored in one trusted vessel knowledge base.
Keep it onboard
Your data stays isolated to your yacht. It is not pooled into a shared industry database.
Built by crew
Designed from onboard experience, not from the outside looking in.
KnownWaters was founded by Lewis Dixon while working onboard a superyacht.
The idea came from seeing the same problem repeatedly: crews build up valuable operational knowledge over months and years, but much of it disappears through crew turnover, fragmented systems and informal handovers.
KnownWaters was built to give that knowledge a permanent home onboard.
Lewis Dixon
Founder, KnownWaters
KnownWaters is operated by KnownWaters Ltd, registered in England and Wales.
Think your yacht could benefit from KnownWaters?
We’re currently working with a small number of pilot yachts.
Your yacht’s knowledge. Kept onboard.