Sail Expert: Sailing App is a sports app developed by Poterion.
Download Statistics
Sail Expert: Sailing App has been downloaded 87 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 250 times. It is ranked in the top 100 sports apps.
User Ratings
Sail Expert: Sailing App is rated 4.26 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 270 ratings.
App Information
Sail Expert: Sailing App is FREE to download. The APK download size is 74.85 MB. The latest version available is 7.1.326. The last update was on February 6, 2026.
Technical Requirements
Sail Expert: Sailing App requires Android 4.1+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play September 2014.
Description
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
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 info@sail.expert
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★★★★★
Excellent app. Display is very well-thought-out. The ability to get NMEA data over Wi-Fi (and use it automatically for the log) is most useful. Considering it's free and without annoying ads, I'd give it 6* if I could.
★★★★★
Giving 4 stars at the moment since I haven't started using it on ships yet, soon will be actually using it. Although can't find any maps for South Atlantic region, we'd appreciate if these areas are also included at the earliest. Also, we'd suggest if we get actual maps as we can find on ECDs so that we as Master of the ship can monitor well when off watch. Also for complete ECDs type version with world map folio is added with yearly subscription even that would be handy.
★★★★★
I tested this application in real condition and it works well. There are nevertheless a few points that would need to be added/modified to be fully operational for me: * Should add the notion of reef for sails * Would be nice to be able to set up the sail types for each vessel. Multi mast yachts, with several front sails or several spinners are not rare. * In the narrative section, add "hoisted sails" and "dropped sails' * In the narrative section, add "took reef" and "shook out reef" * In the narrative section again: "started drill" and "stopped drill" (instead of just "drill") * Just a detail: would be convenient for engine rpm field to highlight the previous value so that we just have to type the new one, instead of removing the old one before typing the new. Also, I add problems adding photos because the app couldn't set the GPS position quickly. It took each time up to 1 minute to be allowed to save the picture. It is very strange as GPS was up and position showing ok in normal log section. Maybe the photo feature require a new GPS full acquisition? Also, would be nice to be able to make a donation to help the developer :-) Hope all this information helps
★★★★★
Tried it in my last sailing trip works well
★★☆☆☆
No Australian map downloads could be found 🙃 Seems to have potential, but I've uninstalled it now ...
★★☆☆☆
Great App, but... I like the idea! This app is exactly what I was searching for a long time. However, since my device is not equipped with a magnetic compass the software cannot fill in the COG information which prevents my from saving any log entries. Additionally, the text is very hard to read due to the (beautiful background image). Please fix these bugs and provide a feature to export all log information into a CSV or PDF file....
★★☆☆☆
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.
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