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About Flying Start: Sailor

Flying Start is the countdown timer that every racing sailor wishes they had on their wrist. Built for dinghy and keelboat racers, Flying Start replaces clipboard timers and generic stopwatches with a purpose-built instrument panel that shows you exactly where you are relative to the start line. COUNTDOWN TIMER Standard 5-4-1-Go sequence plus 3-2-1-Go for short courses. Quick Start mode for instant race timing. Large, high-contrast digits you can read in full sun or spray. GPS INSTRUMENTS Distance to Line (DTL) shows how far you are from the start line in real time. Time to Line (TTL) tells you if you'll arrive early or late at your current speed. Course Over Ground (COG) gives you heading without a compass. OCS DETECTION Crossed the line early? Flying Start alerts you instantly with visual and haptic warnings so you can turn back before the recall flag goes up. APPLE WATCH Full countdown timer on your wrist — works independently or synced with your iPhone. DTL, TTL, and COG right on your watch face. Start celebration haptic when you nail the start. START RATINGS After every race, get a 0-100 score measuring how well you timed your start. Track your improvement over the season. Share branded start cards with your crew. GPS TRACK RECORDING Every race is recorded with GPS. Review your approach, share your top speed, and replay your starts at flyingstart.app. CREW SYNC Connect multiple iPhones via peer-to-peer so your entire crew sees the same countdown, perfectly synchronised. SUNLIGHT MODE High-contrast yellow digits at maximum brightness for when the sun is directly overhead and you can't see anything else. FREE FEATURES 5-4-1-Go countdown, Quick Start mode, basic race timing. FLYING START PRO Unlock DTL, TTL, COG, OCS alerts, start ratings, season stats, Apple Watch, sunlight mode, crew sync, and GPS track recording. Privacy Policy: https://flyingstart.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://flyingstart.app/terms

What’s new

Version 1.2 · Updated August 19, 2026

Race replay is here. RACE REPLAY Every race you sail is recorded. Open it in MY RACES and watch your own GPS track play back on a satellite map. Scrub to any moment and see exactly how your start went. NEW TAB BAR RACE, MY RACES and SETTINGS are now three tabs along the bottom. Settings is a full page instead of a slide-up sheet, so nothing is buried. 6-5-4-1-GO The six minute sequence many clubs use joins Quick Start, 5-4-1-Go, 3-2-1-Go, 1-Go and Pursuit. A TIGHTER GUN Your countdown now sets itself against a network time source. Every phone and watch on the start line counts to the same second. ALSO IMPROVED The screen stays awake the whole time the app is open, not only during a countdown. Your trail and position are drawn on every map. FINISH is ready the moment the gun fires. FIXED MY RACES could show an empty calendar. It now loads your races correctly.

App privacy

The developer, Dominic Brandreth, reported these privacy practices to Apple.

Data Linked to You

The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:

  • Location: Precise Location
  • Contact Info: Email Address, Name
  • Identifiers: User ID

Used for: App Functionality

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