# Elcano Navigator — Marine Charts & Logbook

> Marine Charts & Logbook (iPhone/iPad app by Oscar Leche.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/elcano-navigator/id6757625327 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Oscar Leche](https://appshunter.io/developer/1840417386)
- Category: Travel, Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 26 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-01-14
- Data updated: 2026-08-12
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/elcano-navigator/id6757625327/reviews.md

## What is Elcano Navigator?

Elcano Navigator is the intelligent sailing companion built for cruisers, racers, and passage makers. Plan smarter routes, track your performance against polar targets, race with confidence, and log every mile — all from one beautifully designed app.

**NAVIGATE WITH CONFIDENCE**
• Live OpenSeaMap charts with real-time vessel tracking
• Trip planning with waypoints, route polylines, and one-tap waypoint completion
• Nearby ports, anchorages, and hazards overlaid directly on the chart
• Tide predictions and tide station markers
• Compass rose with heading readout
• Man Overboard (MOB) with instant position marking
• Anchor watch with drag distance monitoring

**SAILING INSTRUMENTS**
• Real-time SOG, COG, TWS, TWD, and VMG instrument strip
• Connect to onboard NMEA 2000 instruments via Bluetooth LE
• Built-in NMEA simulator for testing without hardware
• Wind rose visualization with true and apparent wind
• Target speed and polar percentage readouts

**PERFORMANCE TRACKING**
• Polar diagram integration — know if you're sailing at your boat's potential
• Upwind and downwind VMG targets
• Historical performance metrics (overall, upwind, downwind)
• Polar performance bar for at-a-glance speed comparison
• Point of sail detection (close hauled, beam reach, running, and more)

**RACING MODE**
• Full start sequence timer (5-4-1, 3-2-1, or 1-minute countdowns)
• Pre-start countdown with haptic alerts at key intervals
• Live race HUD with elapsed time, leg tracking, and SOG/COG
• Automatic mark-rounding detection within configurable radius
• Course mark visualization (windward/leeward, Olympic, triangle courses)
• Race history with tack, gybe, and sail change counts

**AUTOMATIC LOGBOOK**
• Trip-based log with automatic sailing event recording
• Tack, gybe, reef, sail change, heave-to, and anchoring events
• Per-entry details: point of sail, maneuver, SOG, wind (Beaufort + direction), sails
• Cross-trip log view and detailed trip summaries
• Distance, average speed, and polar performance per trip

**WEATHER & MARINE CONDITIONS**
• Current wind, temperature, humidity, visibility, and pressure
• Marine weather: wave height, swell period, water temperature
• Tide predictions with HIGH/LOW indicators and heights
• Hazard reports from Open Sea Map and the Elcano community

**WORKS OFFLINE**
• Download chart tiles for your trip area — navigate without connectivity
• API data cached automatically with smart TTL per data type
• Stale-cache fallback when network is unavailable
• Offline event queue — actions sync automatically when you're back online

**VESSEL MANAGEMENT**
• Vessel profile with type, dimensions, and sail plan
• Multi-vessel support linked to your account
• QR code pairing for quick device setup

**BUILT FOR SAILORS**
• Dark nautical theme optimized for cockpit visibility
• High-contrast instrument displays readable in direct sunlight
• One-handed operation for essential functions
• Haptic feedback for critical alerts (MOB, race countdown)

Elcano Navigator syncs with the Elcano platform. Plan your trips on the web, sail with the app.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 2.1.0 — 2026-08-05

Sail calm. This is Elcano rebuilt around one idea: a chart you can read at a glance — on the water, in the sun.

What's new
• Chart-first navigation — a decluttered chart with seamarks, buoys and hazards, a compact instrument strip (SOG, COG, wind, VMG) and a single, clear next-waypoint card.
• Smart routing — turn-by-turn passage plans that follow real water, plus divert-to-port with a long press on the chart.
• Marine weather & tide — wind, waves and tide for your position, cached so it keeps working offline.
• Performance & Race — a live wind rose, speed and polar targets, plus a start-line timer with line bias and VMG for club racing.
• Logbook, trips-first — browse a trip, its entries and full detail; every mile logged automatically.
• Community hazards — see and report hazards from other sailors.
• Steadier at sea — offline map tiles, a responsive compass, tablet layouts, and more reliable device sync.

Found a rough edge? Open a support ticket from your dashboard — we read every one. Fair winds.

### 2.0.0 — 2026-02-18

**Version 2.0.0 — Complete Redesign for Sailors**

Elcano Navigator has been rebuilt from the ground up as a dedicated sailing companion.

NEW IN 2.0:
• Complete UI redesign with a dark nautical theme and 5-tab layout (Navigate, Performance, Race, Logbook, More)
• Live OpenSeaMap charts with vessel tracking, waypoint markers, and route polylines
• Sailing instruments: SOG, COG, TWS, TWD, VMG in a persistent data bar
• Wind rose visualization with true/apparent wind display
• Performance screen with polar diagrams, target speed, and historical metrics
• Full racing mode: start timer with haptic countdown, race HUD, automatic mark-rounding, race history
• Hazard reporting: report and view hazards from the Elcano community and Open Sea Map
• Nearby ports with distance, type info, and chart markers
• Anchorage discovery with map overlay
• Tide predictions and marine weather
• Man Overboard with one-tap position marking
• Anchor watch with real-time drag monitoring
• Automatic logbook with sailing event recording (tacks, gybes, reefs, sail changes)
• NMEA 2000 Bluetooth LE instrument integration
• Offline map tile downloads for trip areas
• Automatic data caching for offline sailing
• Passage plan viewing
• Navigation mark creation (waypoints, POI, danger, anchor, MOB, custom)

IMPROVEMENTS:
• Significantly faster app startup and screen transitions
• Smarter API caching — weather, tides, hazards, ports, and anchorages persist across sessions
• Stale-cache fallback ensures data is available even without connectivity
• All API responses properly validated and mapped

### 1.0.1 — 2026-01-20

We just added improvements in the compass, maps centering and general navigation

### 1.0 — 2026-01-14

No release notes.

## More apps by Oscar Leche

- [PartFinder: Repuestos y Autos](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/partfinder-repuestos-y-autos/id6752656353)
- [Samio: Kids Learning Games](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/samio-kids-learning-games/id6755229443)
- [Samio for Schools](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/samio-for-schools/id6759849776)
- [Askimo](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/askimo/id6760259046)

All apps by Oscar Leche: https://appshunter.io/developer/1840417386

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