Making onboard standards visible and verifiable.
Smeaton was created around a simple idea: if an onboard check matters to the safety, security or management of a high-value vessel, stakeholders should not have to rely only on somebody saying it happened.
High-value vessels deserve better evidence.
Superyachts depend on professional crews carrying out thousands of routine actions correctly: security patrols, safety checks, machinery observations, access checks and other operational rounds.
The work itself may be excellent, but the evidence around it can still be fragmented across paper logs, spreadsheets, messages and verbal reporting.
Smeaton was created to close that gap by connecting scheduled activity to physical NFC checkpoint verification and retaining a structured record of what actually happened onboard.
“Inspired by John Smeaton, whose pioneering lighthouse became a landmark of maritime engineering and resilience, Smeaton represents protection built on evidence, precision and dependable performance.”
Josh Newman, Founder
Physical verification. Operational context. Clear assurance.
Smeaton connects three layers that are often separated: what crew physically do onboard, how management organises that work and how stakeholders understand the resulting evidence.
Built specifically around superyacht operations.
Smeaton is a product of Bolt Tail Technologies Ltd and is being developed as a specialist maritime risk, compliance and operational-assurance platform for high-value vessels.
The focus is deliberately narrow: make important onboard activity more verifiable, make the resulting evidence easier to understand and create a stronger information bridge between the yacht, management and risk stakeholders.