# Flying Start: Sailor — Sailing Race Timer & GPS > Sailing Race Timer & GPS (iPhone/iPad app by Dominic Brandreth.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/flying-start-sailor/id6761272761 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Dominic Brandreth](https://appshunter.io/developer/1888565001) - Category: Sports, Navigation - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 11 MB - Languages: American English, Arabic, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French (France), German (Germany), Greek, Hebrew and 12 more - Released: 2026-05-06 - Data updated: 2026-08-19 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/flying-start-sailor/id6761272761/reviews.md ## What is Flying Start? Flying Start is the countdown timer that every racing sailor wishes they had on their wrist. Built for dinghy and keelboat racers, Flying Start replaces clipboard timers and generic stopwatches with a purpose-built instrument panel that shows you exactly where you are relative to the start line. COUNTDOWN TIMER Standard 5-4-1-Go sequence plus 3-2-1-Go for short courses. Quick Start mode for instant race timing. Large, high-contrast digits you can read in full sun or spray. GPS INSTRUMENTS Distance to Line (DTL) shows how far you are from the start line in real time. Time to Line (TTL) tells you if you'll arrive early or late at your current speed. Course Over Ground (COG) gives you heading without a compass. OCS DETECTION Crossed the line early? Flying Start alerts you instantly with visual and haptic warnings so you can turn back before the recall flag goes up. APPLE WATCH Full countdown timer on your wrist — works independently or synced with your iPhone. DTL, TTL, and COG right on your watch face. Start celebration haptic when you nail the start. START RATINGS After every race, get a 0-100 score measuring how well you timed your start. Track your improvement over the season. Share branded start cards with your crew. GPS TRACK RECORDING Every race is recorded with GPS. Review your approach, share your top speed, and replay your starts at flyingstart.app. CREW SYNC Connect multiple iPhones via peer-to-peer so your entire crew sees the same countdown, perfectly synchronised. SUNLIGHT MODE High-contrast yellow digits at maximum brightness for when the sun is directly overhead and you can't see anything else. FREE FEATURES 5-4-1-Go countdown, Quick Start mode, basic race timing. FLYING START PRO Unlock DTL, TTL, COG, OCS alerts, start ratings, season stats, Apple Watch, sunlight mode, crew sync, and GPS track recording. Privacy Policy: https://flyingstart.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://flyingstart.app/terms ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Flying Start Pro | $19.99 | per year | | Flying Start Pro | $4.99 | per month | ## Version history (last 3 releases) ### 1.2 — 2026-08-19 Race replay is here. RACE REPLAY Every race you sail is recorded. Open it in MY RACES and watch your own GPS track play back on a satellite map. Scrub to any moment and see exactly how your start went. NEW TAB BAR RACE, MY RACES and SETTINGS are now three tabs along the bottom. Settings is a full page instead of a slide-up sheet, so nothing is buried. 6-5-4-1-GO The six minute sequence many clubs use joins Quick Start, 5-4-1-Go, 3-2-1-Go, 1-Go and Pursuit. A TIGHTER GUN Your countdown now sets itself against a network time source. Every phone and watch on the start line counts to the same second. ALSO IMPROVED The screen stays awake the whole time the app is open, not only during a countdown. Your trail and position are drawn on every map. FINISH is ready the moment the gun fires. FIXED MY RACES could show an empty calendar. It now loads your races correctly. ### 1.1 — 2026-07-07 Flying Start 1.1 — smarter starts, on the house ALL RACE TYPES ARE NOW FREE. Fleet, pursuit, average-lap — the lot. We'd rather have every sailor on the line than behind a paywall. DISTANCE-TO-LINE NOW MEASURES FROM YOUR BOW. Set a bow offset once, and the app accounts for the fact that your phone is in your pocket amidships — but it's your bow that crosses the line. Your countdown-to-burn just got honest. INSTRUMENTS KEEP WORKING WITH YOUR PHONE LOCKED. Background GPS means you can stash your phone in a dry bag mid-sequence and the numbers stay live. And the start-area map is now available offline, because mobile signal offshore is a rumour. MY RACES OPENS WHERE YOU ARE. The list now lands on your most recent race, and the tracking sheet shows today's races front and centre — less scrolling with cold, wet hands. AFTER THE FINISH: the Start Score panel is more dependable, with an inline preview of your track (you can switch it off if you prefer a quiet debrief). ON YOUR WRIST: tap any race in MY RACES on Apple Watch to drill into full details, and GPS track uploads now retry automatically when signal drops out — no more lost races. UNDER THE HOOD: crew sync is now encrypted, a crash in the start-signal schedule is fixed, instrument rendering is faster, and everything is ready for iOS 27. Fair winds — and see you on the line. ### 1.0 — 2026-05-06 No release notes. ## Related topics [sailor virgin](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/sailor-virgin) · [sailor](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/sailor) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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