# SailDash — Sail. Measure. Improve.

> Sail. Measure. Improve. (iPhone/iPad app by ALEJANDRO HERMOSILLO.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/saildash/id6763485957 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [ALEJANDRO HERMOSILLO](https://appshunter.io/developer/1895336596)
- Category: Sports, Health & Fitness
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.6 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-05-02
- Data updated: 2026-09-01
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/saildash/id6763485957/reviews.md

## What is SailDash?

Sail Dash is a two-device coaching dashboard for dinghy training. It supports Optimist, ILCA/Laser, 420, 29er, Topper, RS Feva and more.

ON THE BOAT
The sailor's phone becomes an instrument panel — big, monospaced readouts of speed, heading, bearing, VMG, and distance to the next mark. Numbers are sized for arm's-length legibility, the screen stays bright and awake, and recording keeps running in the background even with the screen off or the phone stowed for the whole session.

ON THE RIB
The coach sees every sailor in the session on one screen: live speeds, headings, and tile colours that match each sailor's sail number. Set the course at the RIB's position — windward/leeward, triangle, or a custom layout with start, top, bottom and wing marks. Capture the wind direction by pointing the bow into the wind and confirming. Trigger a 5/3/1-minute start sequence with a flag-coloured countdown banner and audible beeps on every device, then run a race timer that detects mark roundings and finishes automatically.

COACH BROADCASTS
Canned messages — STARTING SOON, REGROUP AT RIB, FOLLOW ME — hit every sailor's device with a full-screen banner and audio ping. Quick-tag notes (TACK, GYBE, POOR ANGLE, GOOD VMG, WIND SHIFT, CAPSIZE) log silently to the session timeline for review.

SESSION REVIEW
After the session, map every sailor's track with peak and average speeds, detected tacks and gybes, and leg-by-leg progress. With a mark or wind capture set, get upwind/downwind VMG and tack-loss analysis. Speed chart layers all sailors together. Annotations and coach notes pin to the timeline, and past sessions stay available for later review.

BUILT FOR ON-WATER USE
Works offline — sessions upload when the phone reconnects, and a session in progress survives the app closing and resumes when you reopen it. Audio cuts through the silent switch so timer beeps are never missed. Dark and light instrument themes.

Free to use. No ads. Built by a sailing parent for his son's training.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.3 — 2026-06-25

Sessions now keep running when you stow your phone.

- Recording continues in the background with the screen off or the app in your pocket, so a session you start on the water keeps logging speed, heading, and your track for the whole sail.
- If the app is closed or shut down by the system mid-session, reopening it rejoins the session in progress instead of dropping you back to the join screen.

### 1.2 — 2026-05-11

Review your sessions like never before.

Full replay — scrub through any saved session on the map and watch your boat retrace the course at any speed, with live heading, speed, and wind context as you go.
Overall stats — open any past session to see total time on the water, distance sailed, top speed, average speed, and tack/gybe count at a glance.

Max & average breakdown — every metric that matters (boat speed, VMG up, VMG down) now shows both your average and your peak side-by-side, so you can tell a fast moment from a fast session.

Plus stability fixes for reconnecting after a dropout and steadier heading readouts.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-05-02

No release notes.

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