Liam's boat is an early 1950's Chris-Craft Sedan Cruiser.
Dylan Bruce (Liam Bradley) was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada where much of this movie was filmed.
Emily Tennant (Tabitha) and Milo Shandel (Phil Berkmann) previously worked together in Mr. Young (2011).
The cover for the book By the Lighthouse by Gabriel August is done in a very similar style to the covers of the real-life author Nicholas Sparks. The cover for the book in the movie is most similar to the cover of the book True Believer by Nicholas Sparks.