Sailing Companion
Bernd Ulrich Bornhauser Sports iPhoneiPadApple Watch
Sailing Companion is a paid Sports app for iPhone and iPad by Bernd Ulrich Bornhauser. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated October 25, 2026.
- Price
- 1.99 USD
- on the App Store
- Size
- 29 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 25
- 2026 · v1.7.1
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About Sailing Companion
Your sailing companion on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch: track every trip, navigate to your waypoints, keep a digital logbook and sleep soundly with a reliable anchor alarm. No subscription, no account, no ads – and it works offline, because that’s normal at sea. TRACKING & NAVIGATION - GPS tracking in the background, pause and resume any time - Waypoint navigation with distance, ETA, sound and voice announcements - Apple Maps or OpenSeaMap chart overlay, satellite view, measuring tool and range rings - Track colored by speed, with legend COCKPIT - Choose from 12 metrics incl. SOG, COG, heading, VMG, distance and time to waypoint and heel - Large, glanceable digits that work in bright sunlight – optionally always dark - Speed, course and today’s miles on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island SAFETY - Anchor alarm: drop a virtual anchor, set a radius and the app watches for drift – even when your phone is asleep - Man overboard: one tap marks the position and voice guidance leads you back - Barometer with storm warning, safety and charter checklists LIVE POSITION SHARING - Friends and family follow your trip on a live map in their browser – no app or account needed - Private link, no personal data; reset or delete any time WEATHER - Worldwide forecasts for wind, gusts, waves and pressure, with your choice of model (ECMWF, GFS, ICON and more) - One tap puts the current weather into your logbook LOGBOOK & EXPORT - Log position, weather, maneuvers, engine readings, photos and voice notes on your trip’s timeline - Printable PDF logbook with chart, GPX, CSV and JSON for OpenCPN, Google Earth and more - Share complete trips with other Sailing Companion users via the open .sca format and AirDrop -SHARE YOUR TRIP - Photos and videos with your track and live data – ready for Instagram and co. MORE TOOLS - Nautical reference (flags, buoyage, lights, COLREGs), Morse light, expense splitter for the crew APPLE WATCH -Cockpit, logbook entries, anchor alarm and MOB right on your wrist Available in 20 languages.
What’s new
Version 1.7.1 · Updated October 25, 2026
New: 3D Flyover videos - Turn any trip into a cinematic video. The camera flies in from above and follows your boat in 3D along your track over the satellite map, all the way to the last mooring. - Your track is colored by speed, and a data line shows the day of the trip, the local time, your speed and the miles sailed. - Anchorages and harbors where you stopped get a pin with the place name, and the video pauses briefly so you can read it. - Your photos pop up as polaroids from the spot where you took them. - At the end, a summary with distance, duration, top speed and average speed. - Choose the format (Stories, square or widescreen), a length of 10 to 90 seconds, the zoom, and your boat: dinghy, monohull or catamaran. - Find it in Tools → Social Media Export → Video. The video is created on your device; nothing is uploaded. Improved -The Social Media Export assistant now shows larger photo and video tiles, and 3D Flyover is at the top of the template list with a live preview.
App privacy
The developer, Bernd Ulrich Bornhauser, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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