# Boat Instrument

> Boat Instrument (iPhone/iPad app by VICTORIAN HANG GLIDING & PARAGLIDING ASSOCIATION INC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/boat-instrument/id6614616870 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [VICTORIAN HANG GLIDING & PARAGLIDING ASSOCIATION INC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1594349509)
- Category: Navigation
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 32 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2024-09-26
- Data updated: 2026-05-18
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/boat-instrument/id6614616870/reviews.md

## What is Boat Instrument?

A Boat Instrument for displaying data in fully configurable Boxes. The data is received via a subscription to a SignalK server.

The SignalK server should be fed from your boat's NMEA data. The SignalK server can run on any supported platform, but this is usually a Raspberry Pi running a marine specific OS build.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 0.9.0 — 2026-02-01

New Boxes:
  Autopilot Reefing Control
  Log, Total and Trip. Thanks to Mike K for the suggestion.
  Custom App Launcher, Thanks to Mikhail G for the idea.

### 0.8.0 — 2025-12-23

Improved Help written in Markdown, including linking.
Remote Control functionality.
Authentication is now handled centrally.
Export of configs and log files.
New/Updated Boxes: Compass Rose/Gauge, Timers/Stopwatch, Sailor Hat & Starlink, Anchor Alarm shows wind angle.

### 0.7.0 — 2025-08-08

Application time is now taken from the SignalK server.
Added Notifications Log display.
To allow for more complex SignalK setups, the SignalK Server
  is now specified as a URL rather than host and port.
HTTP headers can now be added in the setting to allow auth/proxy headers to be added.
Added "Full Screen" button.
SignalK data can now be designated "Real Time", "Infrequent" or "Static".
New Boxes:
  Next Waypoint Bearing.
  Magnetic Heading.

### 0.6.0 — 2025-03-18

Restructured the Box selection menu.
The row of buttons in the header bar of the Settings page now collapse into a menu on narrower screens.
Updates to in-app help.
Added Boxes for:
  Max AWS, TWS, Speed and SOG
  Min Depth, DBK and DBT.
Custom Boxes:
  Added option to show Max/Min values to Custom Boxes.
Bug fixes:
  Graphs now average over a whole number of seconds to stop the scales changing unnecessarily.

### 0.5.0 — 2025-02-17

Added experimental support for Graphs.
Added Kelvin to Temperature units.
The current SignalK Subscriptions can now be listed.

Added Boxes for:
  VNC - Experimental
  Raspberry Pi Info
  Exhaust Temperature
  Battery Temperature
  Fuel Rate

Added Graphs for:
  True and Apparent Wind Speed
  Water and Outside Temperature
  Speed and SOG
  Outside Pressure
  Cross Track Error
  Depths
  Battery and Solar Power

Box changes:
  Wind Rose - the Speed Boxes can now be Maximized
  Tank Boxes - now show percentage

Custom Boxes:
  Added Data Timeout toggle

Bug fixes:
  Timers are now disposed of properly.
  We now always subscribe to navigation.datetime so that that we don't
    reconnect if only static data is displayed.
  When editing Boxes, we now cope with devices that have restricted
    areas of the screen.
  The Roll Gauge now show negative values.

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