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"Ahh, boys and their toys.  And their cars.  And their boats.  We all know (even if we don't act like we know) that material things with flashy screens and big engines are extensions of a man, and a new social network is well aware of this fact.  TheBoaters  is an upcoming community for people to socialize around their boats.  The site is currently in private beta, but I got a chance to take this one out of the harbor.\nWhen TheBoaters sent us an email describing the social network, they weren't joking when they said it's like Dogster  for boats.  Once you sign up, you get a profile, and your user photo should respectively be that of your boat.  When you add a boat to your profile, there's a good amount of detail you can include with its profile, from what type of boat it is (PWC, human-powered, etc.), to the year and model.  Some of this information is required, and you'll need to know a good amount of information about your boat, like the length and manufacturer.  \nA feature that's typical of networks for cars, you can make a profile for a boat that you like or want.  You don't have to own it.  Meet other nice boats online, and make boating friends.  You can upload images of your boat, share them with friends, geo-tag them, list all the places your boat has traveled to, and create a boat log. Boats can also be submitted for the Boat of the Week contest. There are also groups and forums for you to participate in, and sections for events and resources, which is a great inclusion for this type of niche network.  Adding a Q&amp;A section or a more involved blogging system could let users provide more resources to each other.  And GPS integration might be a cool feature to wrap up in the geo-tagging and boat logging features.\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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