Never Miss a Weekend on the Water
The Weekender automatically discovers boat races, poker runs, boat shows, swap meets, and community events across the country — so you don’t have to search 25+ websites.
How The Weekender Works
We Scan. We Track. We Notify You.
Automated Scraping
Our system crawls 33+ boating organizations, racing sanctioning bodies, city event calendars, and marina websites every few days. New events are automatically discovered, categorized by type, and added to the calendar.
Live Calendar
Events are organized in a 3-day, weekly, and monthly calendar view with color-coded categories. Filter by event type, state, or your saved interests. See what’s happening this weekend — or plan months ahead.
Personalized Alerts
Choose the event types you care about. Get email digests delivered weekly or daily — never miss a registration deadline or early-bird window.SMS alerts are live — opt in now.
What We Track
8 categories. Hundreds of events. All automatic.
Racing
Poker Runs
Boat Shows
Swap Meets
Tournaments
Festivals
Community
Meetups
Where We Look
The Weekender scrapes 33+ sources across racing organizations, boat clubs, city calendars, and marina event pages. New sources are added regularly.
Free for Everyone. Better for Members.
No paywall to browse. Premium perks for paid members.
Free Access
All registered users
- Browse all events on the calendar
- Filter by type, state, and date
- 3-day, weekly, and monthly views
- Save your interest preferences
- Submit events from the Forums
Paid Members
Unlocks premium perks
- Everything in Free, plus…
- Weekly & daily email event digests
- SMS text alerts
- Suggest new event categories
- Priority placement for submitted events
- iCal / Google Calendar sync (coming soon)
Forum ↔ Weekender
The OL community forum is the heartbeat. When members discuss upcoming events in forum threads, those events can be tagged and added directly to the Weekender calendar — keeping everything fresh without relying solely on the scraper.
Community Posts Events
Members discuss an upcoming race, poker run, or meet-up in the forum.
“Add to Weekender”
One click tags the event with a date and location — submits it to the calendar.
Admin Approves
Moderators review and approve — event goes live on the Weekender for all users.
No Other Boating Site Does This
Forums exist. Event calendars exist. But no other platform automatically scrapes 33+ sources, organizes events by your interests, feeds from community threads, and pushes personalized alerts to your inbox and phone.
33+
Sources Scraped
140+
Active Events
7 Months
Looking Ahead
Ready to Plan Your Next Weekend?
The Weekender is free for all registered users. Browse events, filter by your interests, and never miss what’s happening on the water.