Locked up my phone!
Had to reboot to get out of it. Don’t waste your time.
Horrible
This app is just a joke! Reminds me gameboy quality
Should be removed from App Store
This app is horrible. On first start up it appears it hasn’t been updated since the early 2000’s. It tries to make you pay and sign up in random ways. And request random permissions that a game shouldn’t need.
Overall this app should be removed for the App Store. Just avoid it.
Overall this app should be removed for the App Store. Just avoid it.
Response from developer
This is right. We do no longer develop this version. Please download the new 3D version!
Not ready for the market
Like others have said, the boat dynamics are spot on. But this app fails miserably in the fender and line control. The engine and rudder control are great. Controlling the lines is an exercise in pulling your hair out. For the life of me, I can not get a lined shortened. In real life it is one of the easiest things to do. I do as the program says, tap and hold, and it removes the line completely. Until the developers make line and fender control as intuitive as the engine and rudder control, my only recommendation is to save your money.
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Response from developer
We do no longer develop this version. Please download the new 3D version!
Best in class!
Note to Developer: I have the full version of both 2-D and 3-D App’s.
They each offer something a little different to boaters.
This one is _still_ Fabulous. Please Don’t stop supporting it.
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Absolutely the best Boat motoring docking (or casting off) sim out there.
The developer _obviously_ is a real sailboat owner who knows what’s really happening around marinas! If you are a skipper that has poked your head out of the cabin to remind a frustrated guest to “slow down” as you enter a channel at 2.5 knots, then this App will seem very realistic.
I single-hand my 30 foot sailboat all the time. Sailing is easy, but motoring and maneuvering around marinas can be hard. This sim is great and I’ve had it for 2 years. You get more out of this App the more you play it (and the longer you’ve owned your real boat).
The tutorials were ok but too challenging in my opinion. Don’t get discouraged, because the Gold in this Sim is the ability to create-your-own “sandbox” scenario.
You can replicate marinas, and drive the boat around to practice docking. You can practice moving fenders at different spots around the boat. Experiment throwing lines at different angles and sequence. Try driving against a dock at different rudder angles and throttle. You can change current and wind; the scenarios are realistic. Then to leave the marina, the Sim lets you setup fenders and ease off the lines gradually to simulate a slipped line.
My reason for finally writing a review was this morning I created a scenario replicating a local marina’s crazy pump-out location deep inside the marina.
The pump-out is so hard to get to, it’s as if they don’t want sailboats to use it.
I took a aerial photo off the internet, replicated the marina, took a 30 foot sailboat with prop-walk and started practicing “what-if’s”.
(Tip: you can edit existing tutorial scenarios to make creation faster).
I have the new 3-D version of the app too, but this 2-D version fantastic if you are a real sailboat owner. Honestly this App is not so much a tutorial. It’s more of a toolkit like the Navionics chartplotter app that I look at weekly. In retrospect, I should have used this App to replicate unknown destination marinas before a trip to practice the approach to transient slips.
They each offer something a little different to boaters.
This one is _still_ Fabulous. Please Don’t stop supporting it.
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Absolutely the best Boat motoring docking (or casting off) sim out there.
The developer _obviously_ is a real sailboat owner who knows what’s really happening around marinas! If you are a skipper that has poked your head out of the cabin to remind a frustrated guest to “slow down” as you enter a channel at 2.5 knots, then this App will seem very realistic.
I single-hand my 30 foot sailboat all the time. Sailing is easy, but motoring and maneuvering around marinas can be hard. This sim is great and I’ve had it for 2 years. You get more out of this App the more you play it (and the longer you’ve owned your real boat).
The tutorials were ok but too challenging in my opinion. Don’t get discouraged, because the Gold in this Sim is the ability to create-your-own “sandbox” scenario.
You can replicate marinas, and drive the boat around to practice docking. You can practice moving fenders at different spots around the boat. Experiment throwing lines at different angles and sequence. Try driving against a dock at different rudder angles and throttle. You can change current and wind; the scenarios are realistic. Then to leave the marina, the Sim lets you setup fenders and ease off the lines gradually to simulate a slipped line.
My reason for finally writing a review was this morning I created a scenario replicating a local marina’s crazy pump-out location deep inside the marina.
The pump-out is so hard to get to, it’s as if they don’t want sailboats to use it.
I took a aerial photo off the internet, replicated the marina, took a 30 foot sailboat with prop-walk and started practicing “what-if’s”.
(Tip: you can edit existing tutorial scenarios to make creation faster).
I have the new 3-D version of the app too, but this 2-D version fantastic if you are a real sailboat owner. Honestly this App is not so much a tutorial. It’s more of a toolkit like the Navionics chartplotter app that I look at weekly. In retrospect, I should have used this App to replicate unknown destination marinas before a trip to practice the approach to transient slips.
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Response from developer
Nice review. Thank you. Our problem is, that we cannot continue to develop this version for technical reasons. But it will stay in store for as long as Apple allows.
Very realistic, love it
This app simulates keelboat physics including prop walk and spring lines. Controls are difficult however. Moving fenders is frustrating and line handling equally so. If devs improve controls, this will be a 5 star.
I already use it for teaching close quarter maneuvering.
I already use it for teaching close quarter maneuvering.
Very realistic
Excellent simulation, very realisticc
Great sim
Really good sim very realistic overall great app
Paywall City
There’s nothing wrong with in-app purchases but this app won’t even start unless you create an account, pay for the premium version, or some combination of the two.
The UI is hard to review because I didn’t get to do much except push the throttle up before another popup occurred.
Please remove the popups and disable the need to login. It’s a game, not a social network.
The UI is hard to review because I didn’t get to do much except push the throttle up before another popup occurred.
Please remove the popups and disable the need to login. It’s a game, not a social network.
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Response from developer
We do no longer develop this version. Please download the new 3D version!
Locks up on X
Had to power off and restart phone.
Response from developer
We do no longer develop this version. Please download the new 3D version!
A train wreck
Despite being about boats this apps execution is a complete train wreck. Pop ups over pop ups. Horrible UI. Very confusing to understand goals and learn to play. Essentially nothing to do without paying. Play to see what not to do in an app. Nothing else.
Response from developer
We do no longer develop this version. Please download the new 3D version!
Great and cheap way to save your boat
This app is worth every penny. The boat handling is very realistic and gave me the confidence and skills I needed to dock my sailboat without damaging others. I only rated 4 stars due to kamikaze boats and the difficulty in tightening/lengthening lines. I’m looking forward to playing with the scene creator to replicate my local environment.
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Horrible
This app has the worst physics and never works for me and the instructions don't work😡😡😡😡😡
Response from developer
We do no longer develop this version. Please download the new 3D version!
Realistic and humbling
Boat physics are great, can adjust wind and current. I was able to pick a 14 m saildrive boat similar to my 15 m boat currently wintering in Greece. I get to work through many scenarios which is great training because you can never be too prepared for docking in the Med! It requires patience and a subtle touch, just like a real boat. Much less expensive than practicing on the real thing in the real world!
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Annoying
Great game however it says buy it once and use on all your devices , except I brought it on my phone and can't play on my iPad . Needs more content, easy to crack through all the scenarios and proper tutorials and information on how to correctly dock would be handy
Good concept but...
One scene only the rest of the time it's all about the pro version.. with wait times, better off doing video ad during that time if your all about making money. Maybe be smarter with your in-app selling via ads or video ads and not push to buy a clunky looking pro version on a badly designed page. The one scene offered doesn't get me excited to spend any money on the pro version at all. Give us more taste of the game and you might just sell more.
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Actually helped me in real life
This app proved to be a good training app to help me understand the affects of prop walk etc when docking a boat in real life. Suggest this for anyone who is starting out on a bigger boat!
Many options,great simulator
This little simulator allows for so many variables that you can "play" the same scene numerous times. Wind speed and wind direction and the same for current are adjustable;the combinations are almost endless. As well as the scenes. While it might seem very straightforward to guide the sailboat down a narrow curving fairway, add a good crosswind and swift current it becomes very interesting. The sailboat does respond to pro walk and a burst of forward. No water flowing across the rudder in reverse-no steerage. Very well done and well worth the price!
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Amazingly Realistic
The boats actually respond to the controls just like a real boat, and the situations are very well thought out. I'm not much of a gamer, I prefer sailing, but this is a great learning/teaching tool, even for expert sailors.
Excellent simulator
Handles surprisingly like the real thing and really gets you thinking about and planning for the affect of wind, tides, etc. Have emailed developer as I can't work out how to drop anchor. Well deserved 5* as essential for yacht skippers and crew.
