Big-boat navigation tech — without the big-boat price.
Smart Sail brings aviation-level planning, real-time routing, and hands-free control to recreational boating — without replacing your existing electronics.
Built by sailors and pilots who were tired of juggling outdated chartplotters, disconnected apps, and manual autopilot inputs.
Why Smart Sail exists
Boating technology hasn’t kept up with how people actually sail. Most sailors plan routes on modern apps, then manually re-enter everything into outdated chartplotters or autopilots. It’s clunky, slow, and error-prone — and once you leave the dock, the workload lands back on you.
With AIS, satellite connectivity, and modern weather data, boats have situational awareness once reserved for professional crews — but the software never caught up. We’re building the modern navigation stack.
Connect the dots
Routing, traffic awareness, weather overlays, and harbor intelligence — in one modern app.
Connect it to the helm
Let the app handle the routing. Let HelmLink handle the navigation. You focus on sailing.
No forced upgrades
Professional-grade navigation without forcing anyone to replace gear they already trust.
What makes Smart Sail different
A modern navigation stack that’s designed to work together — planning to helm.
App-first navigation — not hardware-locked
Plan and navigate from your phone or tablet, like modern pilots do — without getting trapped in a closed ecosystem.
Autopilot integration (built in)
Smart Sail is being built to not just plan routes — but execute them, bridging software and the helm.
Built for real sailors
From single-handers to couples cruising offshore — designed for how boats are actually sailed, not how manuals describe them.
A social layer for the water
Share routes, discover harbors, learn from others — and turn navigation into a connected experience instead of a solo chore.
Introducing HelmLink
HelmLink is Smart Sail’s hardware bridge — designed to safely connect modern routing software with existing autopilot systems.
Instead of manually steering headings or re-entering waypoints, HelmLink allows Smart Sail routes to drive the helm directly.
See Smart Sail in action
Watch how modern routing and real-time overlays reduce workload — so you can focus on sailing.
Built to make navigation safer, smarter, simpler
Plain, confident tools that reduce workload underway — without forcing new hardware.
Aviation-level planning, made simple
Route planning that feels modern, clear, and fast — built to reduce workload, not add it.
Real-time weather intelligence
Wind, wave, and current overlays designed for confident decisions underway.
Offline-ready for real cruising
Download charts and essential data before you depart — because signal isn’t a plan.
Built by sailors who got tired of “good enough”
We’re not a big marine electronics company. We’re boat owners building the tool we wish existed.
Career flight test engineer and competitive sailor — bringing aviation-grade planning discipline to the marine world.
CTO responsible for making Smart Sail reliable on real boats. I lead the core platform including routing, offline-first navigation, and autopilot integration so the system behaves predictably and safely when it matters most, underway.
“Let the app handle the routing. Let HelmLink handle the navigation. You focus on sailing.”
We’re just getting started
Smart Sail is in active development, testing on real boats, and growing a community of early supporters. If you care about safer, smarter, more connected boating — we’d love to have you along for the ride.
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