Sail Expert: Sailing App

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In-app purchases

About this app

Sailing Expert is a comprehensive app for sailors—a Swiss Army knife for navigation, regatta planning, weather forecasting, and maintaining your logbook. Designed for both recreational and professional sailors, the app uses your device sensors or onboard boat instruments to automatically record your sailing data.

Key Features:

Navigation & Sailing Tools:

• Real-time course tracking and alerts if you are off course
• Calculate distance, estimated time of arrival (ETA), and remaining trip
• Route planning and target point navigation
• Passage planning with distance-time graph
• Regatta support: startline timing and optimal crossing guidance

Charts & Maps:

• Offline maps with OpenSeaMap or NOAA RNC charts
• Import custom maps, MBTiles, or scanned charts
• Supports custom map servers like OpenStreetMap

Weather Forecasts:

• Global weather data (NOMADS GFS, DWD ICON Global)
• Wind profiles and detailed weather overlays for safer sailing

Trip & Logbook Management:

• Plan trips ahead and track check-in/check-out for boat transfers
• Export trips in GPX, CSV, and PDF formats
• Sync logged data with sail.expert or transfer via P2P over WiFi
• Monitor anchor drift with customizable alarms and remote device monitoring

NMEA & Instrument Support:

• Supports NMEA 0183 over WiFi (TCP & UDP)
• Compatible with boat instruments: position, heading, speed, depth, engine RPM, and weather sensors
• Works with Wear OS watch companion for instrument display on your wrist

Other Useful Features:

• Maintenance log for boats
• Man Overboard alert
• Configurable instruments and alarms
• Manual position fixes and audible speed coach
• In-app help (English) and backup/restore options

Supported NMEA Sentences:

• GGA, GLL, GNS, RMC (Position)
• HDG, HDM, HDT, VHW (Heading)
• VBW, VTG (Speed/Course)
• VLW (Trip log)
• DBT, DBP (Depth)
• RPM (Engine)
• MDA, MHU, MMB, MTA, MTW, MWD, MWV, VWR, VWT (Weather)

Privacy & Permissions:

No registration or internet connection is required for basic use. For details on permissions, see https://sail.expert/permissions.

Why Sailors Love Sailing Expert:

Sailing Expert combines navigation, weather forecasting, and logbook management into one easy-to-use app. Whether you’re racing in a regatta, cruising offshore, or monitoring your anchor, this app is your perfect sailing companion.

For help or bug reports, contact [e-mail]

Download now and take your sailing to the next level!

Ratings and reviews

worked great until it didn't. I was loving this app and features like the automatic logging and adding pictures, but on the 5th day of the voyage it just froze. no more log entries. it would act like it was accepting the entry, but didn't. I couldn't end the voyage either. it just froze. not even closing app could I get it to work again. too bad.

It's not clear that it needs a subscription. Edit: I expected the first screenshot screen to be available to free users, but as soon as you try to use it, the app tells you that it's just a demo and that you need a subscription to use it. If your app is just for paying users then put it very clear on as many places as you can on the app store page and maybe just be upfront when the app loads, instead of a 10 steps tutorial for something I can't use.

Awesome app! Easy to use and configure. Stable so far. One feature that would be super useful for me is the ability to configure simple alarms; On one page: drop down list for NMEA parameter, condition (<,>), alarming value and sound selection. My plan is to use the app from my cabin when I'm not on shift - for that purpose, audible alarms would make an immense difference.

What’s new

New in 7.0

• UI updates
• Bug fixes
• Some minor improvements