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Get rewarded for useful sailing knowledge

Share marina reviews, anchorages, useful places, photos, and practical guides. Useful contributions earn points, and 1 point equals €1.

Start with one useful review or place you know well. The best contributions are specific, local, and based on real sailing experience.

Ways to earn

Current reward values are shown below. More actions are collapsed by default.

Reward points for contribution actions
Action Points
Article, published
5
Invite a friend, when used
5
Marina review
Regular review: 1 point. First useful review with photos can earn more.
1-4
Add anchorage
3
Add yacht store or service
3
Rewards depend on usefulness, originality, and duplicate checks. Values may change.
1 point = €1 , updated 06.09.2026

Why it matters

Sailors.tips gets better when local sailing experience becomes clear planning context for the next crew.

Better stopovers

Reviews and local additions help skippers understand a place before they arrive.

Fair credit

Useful additions add points to your balance instead of disappearing into a generic database.

Trusted community

Anyone can join directly; contribution limits and active moderation help keep shared sailing knowledge useful.

What you can contribute

Focus on sailing details that help another skipper choose, approach, or enjoy a stopover.

Marina reviews
Share practical notes about approach, facilities, prices, photos, and recent changes.
Anchorages and buoys
Add stopover points where reliable local anchoring context is hard to find.
Stores and services
Add chandlers, repair points, fuel stops, and services that solve real trip needs.
Places ashore
Add attractions and useful shore notes when they improve destination planning.
Guides and stories
Turn local experience into clear advice, checklists, or practical sailing stories.

New marina records are added by the admin team. Contributors strengthen those pages through reviews, photos, nearby places, and local updates.

How rewards work

The logic is simple: add useful content, earn points on your balance, and request payout once you reach €100.

1
Contribute

Add reviews, photos, places, anchorages, or guides based on real sailing experience.

2
Earn points

Eligible additions add points to your balance.

3
Build balance

1 point equals €1, so your balance grows as you add useful content.

4
Withdraw

Once you reach €100, you can request payout to an IBAN account.

Useful content standards

There is no pre-moderation step for every post. We monitor quality, duplicates, and abuse after publication, with sensible limits and moderation when needed.

Eligible for rewards

  • Place-specific details, not generic travel text.
  • Your own photos and observations.
  • Approach, facilities, prices, depth, services, or recent changes.
  • Advice another skipper can reuse during a real stopover.

Can lose rewards

  • Duplicate listings or repeated reviews.
  • Copied text or photos you do not own.
  • AI filler, invented details, or vague summaries.
  • Generic notes that do not help with a specific place.

FAQ

Create an account directly—no invitation is required. If another sailor invited you, their code is optional.

Original and useful contributions can earn rewards: marina reviews, photos, anchorages, services, places of interest, route reviews, comments, and practical guides.

Yes. Write in your native language. The site can translate content after saving and lets you preview the English version.

Cash-out unlocks at €100. We currently pay to IBAN accounts.

Yes. Duplicate, low-effort, misleading, copied, or system-gaming contributions can lose rewards, and accounts can lose access.