Should I Sail
Eran Yanikov Utilities iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Should I Sail is a free Utilities app for iPhone and iPad by Eran Yanikov. Requires iOS 15.1. Updated October 23, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 68 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 23
- 2026 · v1.5.1
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About Should I Sail
Should I Sail? answers the question every skipper asks before leaving the dock — and keeps watching the water after you do. Tap anywhere on the sea and get an instant, colour-coded verdict: Yes · Challenging · Requires Safety Gear · Only if You Must · No. The answer is tuned to your boat, so a 50-ft cruiser and a dinghy get different calls in the same conditions — and you can see exactly which factors drove the score. Free to download. Sign in free to unlock the full toolkit for a day at a time with Pro Days, then go Pro when you’re ready. MARINE WEATHER, ANYWHERE Hourly forecasts for any point of sea worldwide: wind and gusts, wave height and direction, swell, current, visibility and rain. Scrub through 24 hours and 9 days with everything updating instantly, and read directions at a glance on the compass-rose overlay. Set a condition alert on a departure and get notified if the forecast turns before you leave. PLAN ROUTE Drop waypoints, pick a departure time, and the app scores every leg, works out arrival times from your cruising speed and warns you if a leg crosses land. Save routes, revisit them, and share any route with a link so the crew can see the plan. DEPARTURE CHECKLIST (new) A skipper-grade pre-departure checklist built for your boat type — weather, documents, safety gear, engine, rig, deck, crew briefing and last look. Tick items off at the dock, add your own, reorder sections, and keep going with no signal: ticks sync when you’re back online. ON THE WATER Your boat pin follows live GPS with heading and real-time speed over ground. The OpenSeaMap nautical overlay adds depth contours, buoys and hazard markers right on the chart. TRACK RECORDING Record your sail in the background — it survives the app being closed or the phone sleeping. Finish to see distance, duration, average and top speed, then turn the track into a saved route in one tap. Recording stops automatically when you reach shore. ANCHOR WATCH Place the anchor, enter your chain length, and rest. The app pulls water depth from the GEBCO global database, calculates your safe swing radius and watches for drag continuously with the screen off. A full-screen alarm fires the moment you stray outside the zone. MY SPOTS Star the anchorages and launch points you return to and check them in a tap. MADE FOR EVERY CREW 16 languages including Hebrew and Arabic with full right-to-left layout. Large text, high-contrast and bold modes. Have a code from your sailing club or partner? Enter it for bonus Pro months. Terms of Use: https://shouldisail.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://shouldisail.com/privacy
What’s new
Version 1.5.1 · Updated October 23, 2026
ShouldISail 1.5.0 turns the map into a planning tool. DEPTH LAYER — the sea is shaded by depth with contour lines, in meters or feet. On by default. Switch it off in Map layers. Depths are indicative, not for navigation. MAP LAYERS — one button for depth, distance rings around your boat (2–50 NM), markers and drawings. MARKERS — drop your own anchorages, hazards, fuel stops, and fishing spots with 30 icons and a short name. Synced with shouldisail.com and still visible offline. DRAWINGS — sketch directly on the map in 8 colors, with undo and erase. MEASURING TAPE — tap two points for distance and bearing. ALSO — drag the forecast panel to the height you like. Anchor Watch now warns you if iOS/Android stops it in the background. optional crash reports (About → Send crash reports). Stability fixes.
App privacy
The developer, Eran Yanikov, 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:
- Identifiers: Device ID, User ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Location: Precise Location
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Other Diagnostic Data
Used for: App Functionality
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