Knowledge · Guide
Getting started with the Logbook app on your first sailing trip
This guide will walk you through the app’s key settings and features so that you can make the most of it on your next sailing trip. Let’s start by opening the app for the first time.
Updated: July 2026
Opening the app for the first time
Once you’ve answered the two or three questions in the introduction – which have set your key preferences for future use – you’ll find yourself looking at a blank logbook. Whilst the logbook is still blank, the most important functions are summarised for you once again in a sort of cheat sheet.
Log-Tab
As soon as the Auto recording starts, the Log tab fills in automatically: time, position in plain text, Mode, Speed Over Ground, weather and your own notes are listed chronologically one below the other. You can find individual entries using the search bar at the top, and click the plus icon in the top right-hand corner to add a Quick Manoeuvre.