Research boating sources for content ideas and trends.
Research boating news, trends, and sources for content ideas.
Firecrawl is our primary web scraping and search tool. It handles JS-heavy sites that web_fetch can't render.
API Key: Set via environment variable before use:
export FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=fc-89973fb14e404b418666d0fd9f2fa421
Plan: Hobby — 3,000 pages/cycle, 5 concurrent requests. Use credits wisely.
Check status:
firecrawl --status
firecrawl scrape <URL> --only-main-content --format markdown
Options:
--only-main-content — strip nav, footers, ads (almost always use this)--format markdown — output as markdown (default). Also: html, links, screenshot, summary--format markdown,links — multiple formats output JSON--wait-for <ms> — wait before scraping (for slow-loading pages)--include-tags <tags> — only include specific HTML tags--exclude-tags <tags> — exclude specific HTML tags--json — output as JSON-o <path> — save to filefirecrawl search "<query>" --limit 5
Returns title, URL, and snippet for each result. Great for finding articles to scrape.
firecrawl map <URL>
Returns all discoverable URLs on a site. Useful for finding article indexes.
firecrawl crawl <URL>
Crawls multiple pages. Use sparingly — eats credits fast.
Use Firecrawl search and scraping to find:
Scrape these with Firecrawl (JS-heavy, won't work with basic fetch):
https://www.boatingmag.com (how-to, gear, boat tests)https://www.saltwatersportsman.com (fishing techniques, game fish, gear)https://www.sportfishingmag.com (offshore, destinations)https://www.discoverboating.com (beginner-friendly, gear guides, how-tos)https://www.yachtingmagazine.com (cruising, electronics, gear)All Firecrown brands (Boating, SWS, Sport Fishing, Yachting) share a similar site structure:
/how-to//gear/ or /fishing-gear//boats/ or /fishing-boats/Boating news:
firecrawl search "Florida boating news 2026" --limit 5
firecrawl search "Tampa Bay marina news" --limit 5
firecrawl search "FWC Florida boating regulations update" --limit 5
Seasonal content ideas:
firecrawl search "Florida boating winter tips" --limit 5
firecrawl search "Tampa Bay fishing February report" --limit 5
Magazine content to copycat:
firecrawl scrape https://www.boatingmag.com/how-to/ --only-main-content --format markdown
firecrawl scrape https://www.saltwatersportsman.com/how-to/ --only-main-content --format markdown
Then scrape individual articles for detailed content to adapt.
After research, cross-reference findings with the library:
skip card list --limit=50 --json
Ask yourself: