OpenWind

Michael Liesenberg

About this app

OpenWind wirelessly transmits wind, position, and boat data from the masthead to your phone, tablet, and watch – without cables running through the mast.


OpenWind delivers wind, position, and boat data from the masthead to your phone, tablet, and watch. INSTRUMENTS

• Apparent and true wind: AWA, AWS, TWA, TWS, TWD, VMG, SOG, and COG

• Heel and trim, course, start timer with countdown, sync, and start line

• All values ​​on one page, large digits readable even in sunlight, dark and light modes

DIAGRAMS

• Wind, true wind, wind direction, boat, VMG, and heel over up to 2 hours

• Touch the diagram to read all values ​​at that time

• Tacking and gybing are marked, wind direction shifts (lift/header) are shown

• Polar chart showing % of target: learn your own polars while sailing or choose from over 280 boat polars

MAP

• Your boat with apparent and true wind, course line, and laylines to buoys

• Navigational aids (OpenSeaMap), depth contours for Europe (EMODnet), and free official nautical charts for the USA, Canada, Finland, Norway, and New Zealand

• Record track and save as GPX Share

DEVICES

• OpenWind wind sensor, NMEAkit / NMEAString (NMEA 2000 gateway with depth, speed through water, and water temperature), and DisplayKit (cockpit display)

• Automatic source selection: OpenWind first, then NMEAkit or DisplayKit

• Calibration, mast rotation compensation with finger calibration, offsets, and firmware updates via Bluetooth

• DisplayKit: Dashboards, display settings, waypoints, and track download

ALSO

• Alarms for wind speed, anchor, wind shift, and depth

• Widget for the home screen and live notification (live update from Android 16)

• NMEA 0183 ($WIMWV) via UDP for navigation apps

• Wear OS app

• German, English, Danish, Spanish, French, Norwegian, Dutch, Portuguese, and Swedish

Maps and depth data are for informational purposes only and not for navigation.

Bluetooth and location permissions are required to locate the OpenWind devices and calculate the true wind from the GPS.

What’s new

• New: report a problem, request a feature or suggest an improvement directly from Settings > Feedback.