About Verity
Meeting the Specific Needs of the Boatbuilding Industry
In 2009, Kelly and Steve Vaughn started Verity Yacht Publications to help custom yacht builders better serve their customers through high quality, custom made, marine technical documentation. Since then, Verity has been assisting industry leading manufacturers transition from cumbersome documentation processes and workflows to easy to use, tailor-made manual creation solutions.
We partner with engineering teams to:
- Identify the information required for each onboard system
- Organize technical information and system descriptions
- Translate engineering terminology into owner-friendly language
- Coordinate drawings, photography, & equipment documents
- Maintain documentation as boats and model years evolve
Services
- Manual creation and updating for production boat manufacturers and custom yacht builders
- On-site photography services
- Searchable keywords photo databases
- Creating and maintaining end-user-accessible databases of installed equipment with corresponding serial numbers and manuals
- Integrated Manuals: Manuals are accessible via print, cloud, flash drive, QR code placard, or loaded onto a tablet.
- Custom engraved placards
- Custom safety labels
Verity Innovations for the Marine Industry
2009 - Modular Document Design. This document construction method allows manuals to be edited and maintained more accurately, and with more efficiency, saving time and reducing errors.
2009 - Integration of Ultra-Wide Photography within Manuals: Provides unparalleled visual context and detail.
2009 - Keyword Searchable Photo Databasing of Yacht Builds: Created a comprehensive, searchable photo documentation database solution without the requirement for recurring subscription fees.
2010 - Fully Clickable Digital Owner's Manuals: Transforming how information within boat manuals is quickly and efficiently accessed.
2015 - Streamlined Document Markup: A no cost software solution which allows for engineering teams to easily input requested changes to a manual.
2019 - QR Code Manual Access: Providing instant, convenient access to digital documentation, manuals are stored in the cloud as which allows us to push out manual updates and make them available to boat owner's instantly.
2019 - Custom Digital Tablet Manuals: Delivering a modern, interactive, and portable manual experience. Custom tablets are pre-loaded with documentation specific to each boat.
2022 - Implementation of 360 photography: Spherical photos in extremely small and cramped spaces—the types of spaces impossible to photograph with a standard camera setup. With these photos, we can capture the entire space, from floor to ceiling, so that when viewing the photos, you're able to pan around as see the entire space as if you were physically inside the boat.
2025 - Laser Engraved and UV Printed Placards and Labels - Implementation of laser engraving and UV printing technology to provide the marine industry with custom QR code placards, safety labels, and engraved placards
2026 - ABYC Product Interface Committee - Kelly Vaughn joined the PIC Project Technical Committee