{"id":33491,"date":"2023-04-14T14:02:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T14:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/?p=33491"},"modified":"2023-04-14T14:02:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T14:02:29","slug":"hamilton-is-getting-a-boat-sharing-service-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/hamilton\/hamilton-is-getting-a-boat-sharing-service-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton is getting a boat-sharing service this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We\u2019ve all heard of bike share; but have you heard of boat share?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, Hamilton is about to get its own boat-sharing program that will allow locals with the appropriate license to easily rent a boat at the city\u2019s Harbour West Marina.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Helmed by the Finnish company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skipperi.ca\/fleet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skipperi<\/a>, the boat-sharing program is entering Ontario for the first time beginning May 1st, with boat-share serving cities like Hamilton, Toronto, Mississauga, Oakville, St. Catharines, Scarborough, and Pickering.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The boat-share will function as a monthly subscription program, with individuals who have their Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC) able to rent out one of Skipperi\u2019s fleet of boats between May and October each year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Boatshare Skipperi set to launch service for Ontario in May \u2013 Hamilton |\u00a0PKBNEWS <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jw5rb860sP\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/Jw5rb860sP<\/a><\/p>&mdash; PKBNEWS (@PKBNEWS_US) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PKBNEWS_US\/status\/1645832116121239558?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 11, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aside from the cost of the subscription and their own fuel consumption, users don\u2019t need to worry about anything else: Skipperi handles things like maintenance so users can simply take a boat out for a spin, refuel it, and leave it docked at its original location.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subscriptions can be managed through Skipperi\u2019s smartphone app, giving users an easy, efficient way to rent out a boat and take it for a spin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information about Skipperi can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skipperi.ca\/fleet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you think about a boat-sharing service coming to Hamilton? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lead image courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skipperi.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@skipperi.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019ve all heard of bike share; but have you heard of boat share?\u00a0 Well, Hamilton is about to get its own boat-sharing program that will allow locals with the appropriate license to easily rent a bo...","protected":false},"author":258,"featured_media":33495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8065],"tags":[2763,6728,8471,8473,19,20,2917,8470,8472,158,2422],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/boat.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/258"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33491"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33494,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33491\/revisions\/33494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}