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@sirox , geofence alarms trigger pushover notifications. If you configure pushover, you should receive them.

Yes, please use https://assets.saillogger.com/static/app/saillogger.apk

Know a boater who keeps asking about your trip maps, or someone who would enjoy bringing their own adventures into Saillogger? You can now invite them with your personal referral link, with something in it for both of you.

Here is how it works:

• Send your personal invite
  Open Settings > Referrals to copy your personal link or referral code. Share it with a friend, dock neighbor, or cruising buddy who would enjoy Saillogger.

• They get 25% off
  When they create a new account using your link or code, they will get 25% off their first paid month.

• You get a month free
  After they make their first successful subscription payment, we will add one free month to your account.

• Invite more, save more
  Each qualifying referral earns you another free month. If you cannot use a free month right away, it will stay safely banked in your account until you can.

• Follow along
  Your Referrals page shows who has joined and how many free months you have earned.

Just make sure your friend follows your link or enters your code while signing up. Referral codes are for new accounts and cannot be added later.

Open Referrals page and invite a boating friend!

Smooth boating and happy Saillogging,
The Saillogger Team

Open your Badges page and you may find a few surprises waiting for you!

We have given Saillogger badges a fresh new look, added better ways to follow your progress, and launched tons of new badges celebrating everything from long passages to community contributions!

Here is what is new:

• Discover new badges
  Atlantic Crossing, Night Owl, Ship Spotter, Arctic Explorer, Baltic Cruiser, Tasmanian Devil, Maltese Falcon, Round Britain, and many more are ready to unlock! Some reward serious passages, some celebrate the places you have visited, and others recognize what you bring to the Saillogger community.

• Browse your collection more easily
  Badges are now organized into Milestones, Seamanship, World & Regions, and Latitude & Extremes. You can also filter the page to see all, earned, or locked badges.

• See what each badge takes
  Tap any badge to open its details. Locked badges show exactly what you need to do, while earned badges show when you unlocked them.

• Follow your progress
  Progress bars show how close you are to selected badges, and the Almost there section highlights the ones within reach.

• See how rare your achievements are
  Earned badges now show how many other boaters have unlocked them too.

Your existing Saillogger history counts, so you do not need to start over. Past trips, stays, photos, and community activity may already have earned you something new.

See your badges

Which badge are you most proud of, and which one are you chasing next? Reply here and let us know.

Smooth boating and happy Saillogging,
The Saillogger Team

A great photo makes a vessel much easier to recognize than a name or MMSI alone! Your camera roll may already hold the photo that helps another boater put a face to a name.

With community AIS vessel photos, every photo you contribute helps other boaters recognize the vessels they see and makes Saillogger’s maps more useful and personal.

Here is what is new:

• Add a photo while exploring the map
  See a boat on AIS? Add a photo! Whether it is a local favorite, a memorable passagemaker, or simply a great vessel you spotted, your photo can become part of its story.

• Help build a better view
  Each AIS vessel can have multiple photos, so different angles, locations, and moments all help tell more of its story.

• Your photo, your copyright
  You keep the copyright to every photo you submit. We will show your name whenever your photo appears (you may choose to opt out if you want to stay private).

• Earn the Ship Spotter badge
  Have photos published for 10 different AIS vessels to unlock the Ship Spotter badge.

• Keep track of your contributions
  Open Vessel photos to see everything you have contributed in one place.

Ready to go? Start with your friends, open the Friends map and add your first vessel photo!

Have a favorite vessel spotting story, a photo you are proud of, or an idea for the galleries? Reply here and share it with the community, we would love to hear from you!.

Smooth boating and happy Saillogging,
The Saillogger Team

Knots for boat speed, meters per second for wind, feet for depth, and Celsius for temperature? That combination now works.

Saillogger’s new Units settings let you choose display units for each kind of measurement instead of committing everything to a single Metric or Imperial system.

Here is what is new:

• Set each measurement separately
  Choose units for boat speed, wind speed, trip distance, depth, temperature, tank volume, barometric pressure, and engine pressure.

• Mix systems to match your instruments
  Keep boat speed in knots while reading wind in m/s, depth in feet or fathoms, temperature in °C, and pressure in inHg. Use whichever combination feels natural aboard your boat.

• Keep the easy presets
  Metric and Imperial presets still set everything at once. Changing an individual measurement marks your setup as Custom, while selecting a preset again resets every measurement to that preset.

• See your choices throughout Saillogger
  Your selected units carry across maps, monitoring gauges, history charts, alerts, logbook views, trip statistics, and summary emails.

Nothing changed automatically for existing users—their previous display choices were preserved. Nautical units such as knots and nautical miles remain the standard in both presets unless you choose something different.

Available now for Saillogger users on the web and in the mobile apps.

Manage your units

Have questions or an especially creative combination of units? Reply here and tell us what works aboard your boat.

Smooth boating and happy Saillogging,
The Saillogger Team

Whether you are arranging a raft-up, checking in after a passage, or deciding whose dinghy is making the snack run, conversations with your boating circle now have a home inside Saillogger.

You can now send direct messages to boaters in your network and join a private group conversation for each fleet you belong to.

Here is what is new:

• Chat boat to boat
  Start a direct conversation with a boat you follow, a boat that follows you, or another member of one of your fleets. Saillogger identifies members by their boat name whenever one is available.

• Bring the fleet together
  Each fleet has one shared chat for its current Saillogger members. Open it from the fleet map or find it alongside your direct conversations in Messages.

• Send photos, emoji, and reactions
  Share a quick photo, add emoji, or acknowledge a message with a reaction when a full reply would be overkill. Direct conversations also support replies and forwarding.

• Jump in from around Saillogger
  Look for Message actions on friend and fleet surfaces, and on supported arrival and departure updates, so you can continue the conversation without hunting for the right boat.

• Choose how messages reach you
  Direct Messages and Fleet Messages have separate E-mail and Phone controls under Settings > Notifications. Phone notifications require a linked Pushover account.

Messaging stays within your boating network: you cannot search for or start conversations with strangers. Fleet chat is visible only to current fleet members, even when the fleet map is public.

Available now for signed-in Saillogger users on the web and in the mobile apps.

Open Messages

Have questions or ideas? Reply here and tell us how you are using it.

Smooth boating and happy Saillogging,
The Saillogger Team

Hi @upstart yes, just copy your collector ID and it should be enough. Please make sure you stop the old Signal K process or Saillogger plugin on it first, to avoid both of them sending duplicate data.

Not every stop fits neatly into the same few labels. Sometimes it is a marina, sometimes it is a mooring ball, sometimes it is a lock or a haul-out.

Saillogger now supports custom stay types, so you can label stays and moorage in a way that matches how you actually cruise.

Here is what is new:

• Create your own stay types
  Add labels like Marina, Yacht Club, Guest Dock, Raft-Up, Haulout, or whatever makes sense for your logbook.

• Use them when logging stays
  Your custom types appear alongside the familiar built-in options when you update a stay or moorage.

• Filter and review your logs your way
  Custom types make it easier to spot the kinds of places you return to, compare cruising patterns, and keep your logbook feeling like yours.

• Defaults still work
  Anchor, Mooring Buoy, Dock, and Unknown are still there. This is optional, so there is no need to reorganize anything unless you want to.

Ready to give your logbook a little more personality?

Manage your stay types

We would love to hear what labels you create. Reply here with your favorites, especially if one of them is oddly specific and immediately useful.

Smooth boating and happy Saillogging,
The Saillogger Team

We’ve added a new Notifications center to Saillogger, giving your important updates a home inside the app.

Instead of digging through emails or wondering what you missed, you can now catch up quickly with a clean, chronological view of recent activity around your boat and boating community.

Here is what you can see in one place:

• Boat Alerts
  Review recent alerts from your boat, including important monitoring and status updates.

• Trip Updates
  Stay informed about recent trip activity, arrivals, departures, and other voyage-related updates.

• Friend Activity
  Follow updates from friends and boats you care about without digging through email.

• Badges and Achievements
  See recent badges and milestones as they happen.

• Account Updates
  Keep track of important Saillogger account notifications.

• Weekly Summaries
  Find your recent weekly summaries when you want to look back at your boating activity.

The new Notifications center gives you a clearer picture of what has happened since your last visit, making it easier to stay connected each time you return to Saillogger.

Available now for all Saillogger users on the web and in the mobile apps.

Smooth boating and happy Saillogging,

The Saillogger Team

We’ve significantly enhanced the Saillogger fleet experience, making it easier than ever to create, manage, and grow your own fleet.

Fleets have always been a great way to bring boats together, whether you are cruising with friends, organizing a rally, managing a club, or keeping track of a group of vessels. With this update, fleets are now much more powerful and fully self-managed.

Here is what is new:

• Create and manage your own fleet
  You can now create a fleet directly in Saillogger and manage it yourself, without needing help from the Saillogger team.

• Invite boats to join
  Fleet owners can invite other boats and build their fleet around friends, cruising groups, clubs, rallies, or any boating community.

• Control fleet membership
  Add, review, and manage fleet members as your group grows. You are in control of who belongs to your fleet.

• A better shared boating experience
  Fleets make it easier to follow the boats that matter to you, see where everyone is, and stay connected while underway or at anchor.

• Built for real boating communities
  Whether you are coordinating a few buddy boats, organizing a larger group, or simply want a shared space for your cruising circle, the new fleet experience is designed to be flexible and easy to use.

This is a big step toward making Saillogger more social, more useful, and more connected for boaters everywhere.

Ready to bring your group together?

Create your own fleet

Smooth boating and happy Saillogging,
The Saillogger Team

We’ve added a new satellite overlay view to Saillogger, and it is now the default map layer across all views.

This new layer combines the visual richness of satellite imagery with the practical context boaters need on the water, including place names and marine geography such as straits, bays, channels, islands, and other useful labels.

Previously, satellite views were great for seeing the coastline, anchorages, marinas, and surrounding terrain, but they could sometimes lack the geographic context that makes a map easier to read. With the new overlay, you get the best of both worlds:

• Satellite imagery for a realistic view of the coast, islands, anchorages, and surrounding land
• Place names so you can quickly orient yourself
• Marine labels for features like bays, straits, channels, and passages
• A better default experience across Saillogger maps, whether you are reviewing your own trips, following friends, or exploring fleet activity

With this change, we are also retiring the NOAA map view. While NOAA provided useful marine context, it was limited to the United States. The new satellite overlay is global, more visually rich, and provides a better experience for boaters wherever they cruise.

We think this makes Saillogger’s maps more useful, more beautiful, and more intuitive, especially in complex cruising grounds where geography matters.

As always, you can still switch map layers when you prefer a different view.

Smooth boating and happy Saillogging,
The Saillogger Team

Boating is better with friends, and Saillogger’s Friends feature just became your new favorite crewmate. Here is what is new and as always, you stay in full control of your data:

• Broader AIS Coverage
  Our expanded AIS network makes tracking friends on the globe faster and more accurate than ever! You can even follow boats that are not yet on Saillogger through AIS, although inviting them means both of you get richer data!

• Richer Trip Details
  Saillogger always beats raw AIS. When you follow another Saillogger user, you see their trip notes, photos, and stats, all automatically logged. Your friends decide what you see: if their profile is public you get the full story. If it is password-protected they can share that password with you, and they can switch back to private at any time.

• Smart Arrival and Departure Alerts
  Follow any boat to get instant alerts when it casts off or makes landfall, with more event types coming soon (so you can be the first one to see the fish they just landed!). You are always in control: toggle alerts in Notification Settings.

• Follower Notifications
  When someone follows you (your profile needs to be public) you receive a notification. If their profile is public you can follow them right back with a single tap!

• See Who’s Aboard
  Curious who is watching your adventures? View your followers on the Followers page.

• Privacy Controls
  It is your data and you are the skipper. By default your profile is private. You can

  • keep it private,
  • set a password and share it only with trusted crew, or
  • make it public so everyone can cheer you on.
    Whatever you choose, you can change it at any time.

Need more details? Check the Support Page or reply here.

Follow your boating friends, set your profile the way you like, invite your crew, and start exploring. Your next great voyage is only a follow away!

Smooth boating and happy Saillogging,

The Saillogger Team

@upstart are you logging data connections? Make sure it is not checked in as those logs can grow very fast. Saillogger is efficient with its storage and won't need those log files.

That's great to hear, thank you for sharing!

We have something in the works to completely eliminate this dependency. It is a major rewrite though so requires extensive testing, please stay tuned.

Is this on a Raspberry Pi? Unfortunately this is a new dependency they introduced, if so can you do a manual npm install signalk-saillogger in ~/.signalk directory?

Hi @upstart ,

This is all automated. If Saillogger detects an engine is running (through NMEA data), it sets the state to Motoring. If not, but it knows an engine is present on NMEA, it marks it as Sailing.

Just deployed a change that may address this. Can you try again?

This should be addressed now for outgoing mails. If you see this on your browser, it probably is a local setting though. If so, can you share the details of your OS and browser?