Boatspeed

Hans Joachim Herbertz

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About this app

Sail smarter without expensive hardware! Boatspeed is a versatile app for sailors, powerboaters, and regatta participants that turns your smartphone into a professional instrument.

Optimal readability & instrument replacement:

Large, high-contrast digits display speed (SOG), course (COG), and heel – ideal for use in direct sunlight or from a distance in the cockpit.

Specialized regatta features:

A real highlight is the regatta countdown. Once the countdown is complete, the app automatically switches to speed mode. Especially convenient: The app provides voice prompts with information on time and speed, allowing the sailor to keep their hands and eyes free for the maneuver.

Innovative safety with "Anchor Alert To Go":

In addition to a classic anchor alarm, the app offers the ability to remotely monitor the boat's position via the internet. This allows you to check the anchor's hold on your phone at any time while ashore.

Navigation & Tracking:

The app uses OpenSeaMap for navigation. You can plan routes, set waypoints, and record your trips. Tracks can be exported (GPX, CSV) or shared as images to document or analyze your experiences.

Performance Analysis:

By integrating weather data, values ​​such as VMG (Velocity Made Good) can be calculated, helping ambitious sailors find the optimal course relative to the wind.

Full documentation: https://www.boatspeed.app

Ratings and reviews

Truly diabolical! Immediately displayed an error message all across the screen saying "Heeling not available on this device", and then refused to let me close app. Even after I did manage to close it, the error message was still there and had to turn off my phone to get rid of it. Immediately uninstalled.

Looking forward to trying this out in my next dinghy race. I note that the speech generator calls out "kates" for "kts", maybe if it was spelled "knots" it would pronounce the word correctly. It reports degree in the singular, rather than degrees. Also the countdown timer doesn't let you set 12 minutes, for some bizarre reason.

Excellent for dinghy racing. When the countdown has finished it switches to speed and heading, heel can be turned off. Countdown would be better with a horn/alarm. Countdown can have speech which is good for 2 man dinghies, but then constantly talks speed which is annoying, we can read the big numbers while concentrating on going fast.