About Me

Let me introduce myself. I’m David Pilvelait, aka The Boat Gear Guy. For over 30 years, I’ve been involved in the boating products business. I started out as the PR Director for BoatUS (Boat Owners Association of the United States) when we had over 60 stores selling boating gear & accessories across the country and later launched BoatUS.com in the early days of the Internet.

Since 2001, I’ve been a consultant specializing in boating products marketing, PR, social media and distribution development. Over the past three decades, I’ve helped introduce a lot of innovative, well-designed products for boats into the market. If you’d like to know more about my consultancy, Home Port Global, visit https://homeportmarine.com.

So, with this blog, a web site (https://theboatgearguy.com) and The Boat Gear Guy Facebook and Instagram pages, I’ll post my thoughts and the occasional video to help boat owners choose products they might want to have on board. And I’ll look forward to tips from you, loyal reader, about products you like, too.