Kompas

Are you better than last month?

Kompas lets you follow your progress in sailing. Record your sails, score every skill in every wind, and watch your wheel fill in.

Download on theApp StoreComing soonGoogle Play

Free until 1 January 2027. iPhone · Android · English and Türkçe · Works offline

The Progress screen in Kompas: the wheel at 59 of 100, up 17 this month, Tactics most improved. Sample data.

The wheel shows your progress in sailing at a glance.

13 areas, the headings Olympic sailors work on. The wheel answers in one number: how much you’ve moved this month, and which area moved most.

Up 17 this month

Most improvedTactics 46 → 69

See what’s missing.Sharpen your goal.Move forward step by step.

PrepSpeedHandlingStartingStrategyTacticsRulesWeatherCommsFitnessMentalLogisticsCampaign59of 100

Sample data.

Tap an area to bring it forward on the wheel.

Two questions for every skill.

The wheel shows whether a skill is held back by technique or by reps. Try it: these are the 420’s own words for this gybe.

Same skill, four different winds.

A gybe you do well in 8 knots and struggle with in 20 doesn’t get lost in an average. Kompas scores each one separately.

  • Light
  • Medium
  • Strong
  • Survival

Built for your boat.

Each class has its own skills, written for that boat.

  • Optimist
  • RS Feva
  • 420
  • 470
  • 29er
  • ILCA
  • J/70

End-for-end gybe under load

420 · Handling · Strong wind

When it works, how good is it?

How many of the last 10 came off?

6 of the last 10

45
ScoreReps hold it back
The Strong wind section of Boat handling: a wheel of its skills and each one’s score. Sample data.

Plan. Record. Read. Progress.

A training day, start to finish, in one app.

Plan your session.

On the water, ashore or in the gym. Plan your session ahead and start the day ready.

Real screens, sample data.

Planning a session: where and when, with the day and the time. Sample data.The calendar, a month of sessions and races. Sample data.

Day. Dark. Red.

Keep your eyes off the numbers on the water. Your phone becomes an instrument you read at a glance. White by day, dark in the evening, red at night. Your coach’s calls land on the same screen.

The recording display in day mode, black on white. Sample data.The recording display in dark mode, white on black. Sample data.The recording display in night mode, red on black. Sample data.

It records with the screen off. Heel and compass readings need the phone fixed to the boat. Sample data.

The countdown: 1:24 to go, 64 m to the line, 43 seconds early, laylines from your own tacks. Sample data.After the start: 6 m back at the gun, 5.2 kn, crossing 34% from the pin. Sample data.

The last five minutes decide everything.

How far you are from the line, how much time you have in hand, which end you’ll start from: it’s all on screen. When the start is over, you see what happened in numbers.

Mark the line yourself or have your coach send it. The OCS call still belongs to the committee.

Kompas on the water: 4 ways

It works with no phone at all, and with everything. See what each set of gear gives you in the guide.

  1. Way 1Log onlyThe phone stays ashore.
  2. Way 2Watch onlyTrack and heart rate, analysis ashore.
  3. Way 3Phone in a case, earbud or speakerFull track, audio cues, coach talk.
  4. Way 4Everything: mount, watch, earbud or speakerScreen, watch and sound: all of it.

The same 4 ways on every boat

A single-hander, a 420, a J/70 or a yacht: the log, the watch, the phone and the earbud do the same job on each.

  • Single-handerSingle-hander
  • 420420
  • J/70J/70
  • YachtYacht

Photos: 420: Johann-Nikolaus Andreae, CC BY-SA 2.0 · J/70: Hein.Mück, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Yacht: Beth Fitzpatrick / Pexels

Read the guide

Analysis from the water

What happens on the water no longer has to stay in your head. Every session is right there on the map, in the colours of your speed.

  • Starts
  • Tacks
  • Gybes
  • Mark roundings

Every tack gets its own score. The score starts at 100, and every second lost takes off 10 points.

Calculated from GPS, an estimate. Sample session.

A mark rounding on the chart, the track in the colours of speed: 7 m lost. Sample session.A sail’s analysis: 12 tacks and 5 gybes, speed and VMG, mark roundings. Sample session.Tack by tack: time lost, the average and the worst three. Sample session.

Who trains regularly? Who puts in the work? Who’s improving?

No more guessing. Calendar, session plans, notifications, scores and training logs in one place. Clubs can follow all their squads on the same platform.

The squad heat map: sailors against areas, with their scores. Sample data.The register: four of eight here, and what each said they’d do. Sample data.

Real screens, sample data.

The Live panel: the line, the countdown, Everyone to me, Head to shore, Tack, Gybe, 360, 720, and hold to talk. Sample data.The coach’s call on a sailor’s display, in yellow: TACK. Sample data.

One tap to call. Hold to talk.

The whole fleet on one panel, on the water. See who is where, send the line, start the countdown.

Needs an internet connection. Kompas is not safety equipment. In an emergency, call 158 or 112 (Türkiye).

People who share a boat form a crew and fill in one wheel together.

On a double-hander or a keelboat. As a crew, you can also join a coach’s squad.

And more

  • Checklists. Sample data.

    Checklists

    For the boat, the season and before each event, with a reminder when one is due.

  • Tuning guide. Sample data.

    Tuning guide

    Your settings for each wind, and what you change as it builds.

  • Playbook. Sample data.

    Playbook

    What you’ve worked out, in your own words.

  • Spares. Sample data.

    Spares

    What you keep and where; the low ones come first.

  • Fitness. Sample data.

    Fitness

    Gym, run, bike, swim or stretching. Recorded, not scored on the wheel.

Real screens, sample data.

No ads, and no third-party trackers in the app. Your sails and scores are yours.

  • Your wheel and scores are seen only by you, your crew, the coaches of squads you join and, if your squad is in a club, its sports director. The director doesn’t see your notes or tracks.
  • The moment you leave a squad, its coaches lose access. The database decides that, not the app.
  • While you record, your squad’s coaches see you live, and nobody else does. The live position isn’t kept; your track is saved to your account. A shared map leaves out the first and last 50 m.
  • Delete your account and everything of yours on the server goes with it.
Read the privacy policy

Questions, answered.

What does it cost?

Kompas is free until 1 January 2027. You’ll be told before anything changes, and you can always see what you’ve recorded.

Do I need a watch or a GPS device?

No. The phone records the sail on its own, with the screen off, in a waterproof pouch on the boat. Heel and compass readings need the phone fixed to the boat.

Does it work without signal?

Yes. A sail records with no signal at all, and everything you do is saved on your phone first and syncs when you’re back in signal. The coach’s Live panel needs the internet.

What can my coach see?

The coaches of squads you have joined, while you are in them, see your wheel, scores, logs and sails. A coach can score you on either axis: their score goes on your wheel, and you are told. Whoever scored last counts.

Who else sees my sails?

You choose, under Who sees what. A sail you share goes without the first and last 50 m of its map, with its headline and three numbers. Your wheel, scores and coach notes are never part of it.

How does a crew work?

Anyone can start a crew. You score one shared wheel together on one phone, and each person has their place on the boat. A crew can join a coach’s squad.

Which boats is it for?

Optimist, RS Feva, 420, 470, 29er, ILCA and J/70. Every class has its own skills, written for that boat, so classes are added one at a time.

How do I sign in?

With Apple, Google or your email address.

Can I delete my account?

Yes, in the app. Everything of yours on the server goes with it. How to delete your account

Kompas lets you follow your progress in sailing.

Download on theApp StoreComing soonGoogle Play

Free until 1 January 2027. iPhone · Android · English and Türkçe · Works offline

The recording display in its dark mode: course 243°, speed 6.4 kn, heel 4°. Sample data.