Sail Expert – Helps sailors to keep their logbook

[App] Sail Expert

The Sailing Expert application, a swiss knife for sailors, supports navigation, regatta, helps sailors to keep their logbook, shows weather forecast, keep maintenance log for different boats and more.

The device’s sensors are used to fill the log (location, COG, SOG, temperature, pressure).
If a WiFi NMEA provider is available over WiFi the boat sensors will be used instead. Both TCP and UDP is supported.

This app support Wear OS watch companion app showing the instruments on your watch.

Please see ail.expert/permissions for how this app uses permissions.

Supported NMEA Sentences:

GGA, GLL, GNS, RMC – Positioning
HDG, HDM, HDT, VHW – Heading
VBW, VHW, VTG – Course, speed
VLW – Trip log
DBT, DBP – Depth
RPM – Engine revolutions
MDA, MHU, MMB, MTA, MTW, MWD, MWV, VWR, VWT – Meteo/weather

Navigation

The application will tell you the target course or alert if you are off course, calculate the remaining distance and estimated time of arrival (ETA).
Routes: while sailing you can use routes to navigate
Target: fix a concrete bearing or target point of interest (POI) you want to sail to
Passage: the application help you plan a passage using a distance-time graph method
Startline: on regattas the application helps you to cross the startline on time and with optimal speed

Charts

Map data from OpenSeaMap project or NOAA RNC are available in the application for offline use
Custom map servers can be used with this application (e.g. OpenStreet maps)
Local MBTiles files can be imported
Scanned maps can be imported, calibrated and setup up as a map source

Weather forecast

Global weather forecasts (NOMADS GFS, DWD ICON Global and selected locations) can be downloaded to the app and used during your trip.

Trips

Trips can be prepared ahead with support of simple check-in and check-out for boat transfer
Trips or their parts can be exported to CSV, GPX and PDF directly from the app
Logged data can optionally be synchronized with sail.expert
Trip can be share between devices using P2P connection over WiFi

Other

While on anchor the app monitors your location and alarms you if drifted outside the set area. Such area can be configured as a location and radius or a set of points (polygon). A second device can be setup to monitor anchor alarm remotely.
Simple expression can be set as alarms on different instruments
Optional contact suggestion feature when adding/editing people in the app (needs permission to read your contacts)

User requested features and features based on feedback from our users

PDF export
Passage planner (distance-time graph)
Manual position fix
Audible speed coach
Maintenance log for boats
Anchor alarm
P2P data transfer between devices
In-app help (only EN)
Backup/restore

Other features:

NMEA over WiFi
Weather forecast
Wind profile
Nautical map overlays
Navigation
OpenSea Maps
Man Over Board
Starting line
Units (metric, imperial, …)
GPX, CSV export
Configurable instruments

This application does not require an internet connection nor any registration for its basic function.

We encourage our users to file reports if the application misbehaves or crashes.
Reports can be filed in also by an email to info[at]sail.expert.

Many thank for all reports and suggestions!

See /sail.expert for more details.

Some icons are from:
Icons8.com (icons8.com/)
MatWeather (prithusworks.blogspot.com/2015/07/matweather-material-weather-icon-set.html)
Maps Icons Collection (mapicons.mapsmarker.com)

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Sail Expert user reviews :

I’ve really liked this app. But now I’ve downloaded Delaware, Maryland and Virginia and those charts don’t show up on the map. I’ve also downloaded New Jersey, New York and North and all of those do show up. Update: I had to completely uninstall and it worked correctly. I believe that the issue was that if you try to download maps in parallel rather than one at a time sometimes doesn’t register the map.

• Hi, thank you for your review! Downloading multiple maps should work, just make sure your phone is in charger and not in sleep. If the download gets interrupted the map may not work. You can delete the not working map and re-download it. If you have any issue, please to contact us at info[at]sail.expert.

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.

I am trying to find a simple sailing log book app that has no issues. Maybe it’s time I make my own… This app has potential, but for a couple of issues. When the app first opens it makes an annoying sound.. Which can’t be turned off!!??.. Second issue is the maps are upside down and the compass is completely wrong. I am in Australia and you have me facing south when I should be facing north!.. Uninstalled, sadly, as it has potential.

• Hi Mick, thank you for your feedback. Thats a really weird issue with the compass. We tried to reproduce that but with no luck. If you could send us a screenshot to info[at]sail.expert we would really appreciate it and will fix it asap. About the anoying sound, is it a bell sound?

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