This app helps recreational sailors plan optimized routes based on current weather forecasts and boat characteristics. It simplifies route planning without complex technicalities, offering suggested optimal routes instantly. Use it before setting sail to evaluate passage options and anticipate travel time, sail configurations, and expected conditions.
v1.0.3
June 9, 2026
Stability improvements and various bug fixes.
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Sail Routing is a weather routing app designed for recreational sailors. It helps you plan optimized routes by considering current weather forecasts, ocean currents, and your boat's characteristics, making passage planning simpler and more effective.
Sail Routing offers a free version with core route planning features. Users can upgrade to Sail Routing Premium for advanced capabilities like unlimited departure dates, boat-specific polar data, multi-routing comparison, and an extended routing range.
Sail Routing is available on iPhone, iPad, and iPod. It is designed to provide a seamless experience across these Apple devices.
The app was last updated on June 9, 2026, to version v1.0.3. This indicates regular maintenance and potential feature enhancements to ensure reliable performance.
No, Sail Routing is intended as a planning tool to be used before you set sail, while you have an internet connection. It is not designed for real-time navigation at sea.
Sail Routing can compute routes using different wind forecast models, including GFS, which is updated four times daily, and ECMWF, updated twice daily. It also integrates daily ocean current data from the Copernicus system.
Sail Routing Premium offers advanced features such as planning any departure date, using boat-specific polar data for more accurate performance predictions, comparing multiple routes and departure times, and planning passages up to 500 nautical miles.
Sail Routing Premium is available via a subscription plan priced at $10.00 per month. Users can cancel their subscription at any time without commitment.
