Frequently Asked Questions

Sail Align is a mobile sailing app designed for regatta organizers, racing crews, and serious sailors. It helps coordinate race starts, manage vessels, log sailing activity, and access essential sailing tools in one place.

Yes, Sail Align is available for both iOS and Android devices. You can download it from the App Store or Google Play to start sailing with precision and confidence.

Start Time Broadcasting lets a race organizer share an official countdown timer with all participants in real time. It ensures the entire fleet is perfectly synchronized for a fair and accurate race start.

This feature shares the position of the race start line with all participants in real time. Sailors can position themselves accurately before the race begins, improving fairness and reducing start-line confusion.

Quick Race mode allows you to simulate a race countdown without creating an event or broadcasting to others. It's ideal for solo sailors who want to practice their timing and starting technique.

Several features work offline, including the personal logbook, saved checklists, vessel data, and safety guides. Real-time broadcasting and cloud syncing require an internet connection.

Yes. Sail Align includes quick-access first aid guides and VHF radio protocols that are available even offline. These resources are designed for use in emergency or communication-critical situations.

The License Wallet allows you to securely upload and store digital copies of your sailing licenses, certifications, and permits. Keep everything organized and accessible when needed for race registration or inspections.

Absolutely. The digital logbook lets you record races, trips, and sessions. You can review your history, filter by date or vessel, and track personal sailing progress over time.

Yes. Sail Align is completely free to use. All features, including race broadcasting, vessel management, logbook, checklists, and safety guides, are available without payment or ads.

It’s a map-based view of maritime safety messages (MSI), including navigational warnings (NAV), meteorological notices (MET), and SAR information. You can open readable bulletins and focus on items near your sailing area. Coverage is expanding, with current focus on EU & US sources.

The Forecast is a clean viewer (not a layered map) showing wind, gust and wave forecasts by time step. Use recenter to snap back to your location and refresh to pull the latest data. An internet connection is only required when updating forecasts.

The Tracker records your sailing route in real time, even offline. You can also import GPX files to prefill logbook entries, or rebuild unsaved tracks if a session ended unexpectedly.

Yes. After a race you can generate clean, printable PDF results with finish order and elapsed times, ready to share with crews and race officials.

It creates a professional Sailing CV from your logbook, licenses and personal info. Choose a layout and export as PDF—ideal for yacht applications, charters or club entries.

Store multiple boats and switch between them when logging or racing. Your checklists and log entries stay associated with the selected vessel—perfect for skippers, crews and clubs with more than one boat.

Yes. Create and reuse checklists for safety gear, departure prep or routine tasks. Rename, reorder, reset and keep separate lists for different vessels or trip types.

No. When an organizer broadcasts a start, nearby Sail Align users can follow the synchronized countdown and see the start line—no join codes required.

Logbook, checklists, licenses and safety guides are fully offline. The GPS tracker records without internet. Forecasts and NavTex need connectivity only when you refresh or fetch new data.

You can securely store digital copies of licenses and certificates for quick access during inspections, registrations or race check-ins—even offline.

Yes. Your personal information and documents are stored securely and are accessible only to you. Sail Align does not share or sell user data.

Sail Align supports iOS and Android with full feature parity. It’s designed for phones and tablets, and offers a consistent experience across platforms.

Enable location permissions for tracking and broadcasting. For long sessions, keep your device charged and avoid aggressive battery savers that can pause GPS in the background.

If you spot a bug or have an idea, send us a note via the app or the website contact form. Clear steps or screenshots help us fix things fast and shape our roadmap.