Reserved dealer capacity
Reserve up to five racks for your dealership, held for your buyers. Your customer skips the public line — and you close on your timeline, not a waitlist's.
Dealers · Boat & RV
Storage shouldn't cost you the sale.
In Sarasota / Manatee, buyers increasingly can't find a place to keep their boat — and a stalled storage search can stall the purchase. Gold Key Boathouse gives your customers a real answer, so deals close.
The Dealer's Problem
"Where am I going to put it?" is killing deals.
Every dealer in this region knows the moment: the buyer is ready, the boat is right, and then the storage question comes up. With local facilities full and waitlists years long, that question can delay or sink the sale. Some dealers are already telling buyers to secure storage before they buy — which puts your deal at the mercy of someone else's waitlist.
Every deal that dies on the storage question is margin you already earned — walking out the door.
The Dealer Program
What Gold Key offers dealers.
A storage answer at the point of sale
Hand buyers a credible, indoor, hurricane-resistant option instead of a shrug — and remove the last obstacle to closing.
A referral program that pays
Every closed referral earns your dealership a defined reward, tracked through your partner channel. Terms are in the dealer agreement — simple, written, and honored.
Co-marketing that reaches owners
Sponsored launch events, showroom materials, and co-branded campaigns that keep your dealership in front of the region's boat owners all season.
Before the Doors Open
Charter dealer partners get first position.
We're signing a limited number of charter dealer partners before opening — six dealerships, region-wide. Charter partners lock their rack allocation before the reservation list claims the building, get first call on capacity as the Florida rollout expands, and are featured at the grand opening. When the allocations are committed, the program closes.
The reservation list is already filling. Racks your buyers will want in 2027 are being claimed now.
6
charter dealer partners, region-wide
5 racks
reserved for each partner dealership
2027
doors open
Built for the boats you sell.
Gold Key stores boats and trailers together, accommodates vessels up to 50 feet, and is purpose-built for the trailer-boat owner who makes up the majority of this market. For your buyers, that means fast launch-day retrieval and protected, indoor storage — an easy story to tell on the showroom floor.
And because boat and trailer stay together, your service department gets the whole rig back in one trip — no marina haul-out coordination.
Secondary Program
Limited RV capacity, same standard.
Up to 25% of capacity is dedicated to RV storage under the same indoor, hurricane-resistant standard. Boats come first, so RV space is limited and reservation-based — if you sell RVs in this region, the time to reserve capacity for your buyers is before opening, not after.
Built by the operator who invented the format. Gold Key's founder, Brian
“BMac” McCarthy, Rear Admiral, SC, USN (Ret.), created the trailer-on-rack inland boathouse
concept and operated two California facilities storing ~500 boats. Your customers are in experienced
hands — and so is your reputation.
Concept originator
~500 boats operated
Veteran-owned
Opening Sarasota 2027
How It Works
Four steps to a clean close.
- 01
Refer your buyer
Point them to Gold Key during the sale, or submit them through your partner channel.
- 02
We reserve their space
Their boat (or RV) gets a spot in a protected, indoor facility.
- 03
They launch with ease
Boat-and-trailer-together retrieval means happy customers — and no post-sale storage headaches landing on your desk.
- 04
You get credited
The referral is logged to your dealership and the reward is paid per your dealer agreement. Clean close, closed loop.
Let's make storage your closing tool, not your obstacle.
Become a charter dealer partner and give every buyer a real answer.
Or call the dealer desk directly: 941-263-7953 · info@drystackboats.com