# First Not Last — Match & team sailboat racing

> Match & team sailboat racing (iPhone/iPad app by Russell Bolger.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/first-not-last/id6811377164 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Russell Bolger](https://appshunter.io/developer/6811377166)
- Category: Games, Racing, Sports
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 77 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-13
- Data updated: 2026-10-15

## What is First Not Last?

First Not Last is sailboat racing as it's done on the water: umpired match races and team races, where the wind, the right-of-way rules and a good start decide who wins.

LEARN TO SAIL
New to sailing? Seven short lessons, a minute or two each, and no account needed: steering, reading the wind, the fastest angles upwind and downwind, slowing down, penalty turns, match-race starts and match-race penalties.

SAIL IT FOR REAL
• Hold ◀ or ▶ to steer and hold the boat button to slow down. The sails trim themselves, so it all comes down to where you point.
• Boat speed depends on your angle to the wind. Find the best VMG upwind and downwind, then tack and gybe on the shifts.
• The breeze shifts, and gusts show as dark patches on the water.
• Every sail casts a wind shadow. Sit in another boat's dirty air and you slow down.

RACE BY THE RULES
• Right of way, room at the marks and starting early are all judged on the water.
• Foul another boat and you owe a penalty turn. Leave it too long and you're disqualified.
• Match races come with umpire flags and match-race penalties, as in real umpired racing.

RACE REAL PEOPLE
• Unranked matchmaking for 1v1 match races and 2v2 or 3v3 team races.
• Add friends, invite them to your lobby and race on the same team.
• Custom races: public or password-protected, with a windward-leeward or Digital N course, match or team racing rules, and up to four boats a side.
• Your nationality flag shows next to your name.
• Report or block any sailor in a tap. Players must be 18 or older.

SAIL ALONE
Free Sail to practise boat handling, or Solo Practice for a full race on your own: countdown, start line, marks and finish.

No ads and no tracking.

## Is First Not Last safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess First Not Last.

## Is First Not Last legit?

First Not Last has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for First Not Last is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.8 — 2026-10-14

• Competitions: enter a team in a round robin and race the other teams back to back.
• Polls in the app.
• Wind shadow downwind: on a run your dirty air now falls straight behind you, and dinghies throw more of it off the wind.
• Leaving a ranked race after mark 2 no longer costs you a penalty.
• Finding friends by name no longer cares about capital letters.

### 1.0.7 — 2026-10-13

No release notes.

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