American Sailing Association
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifestyle | $0.99 | American Sailing Association | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
All sailors will love the position function, which instantly displays position, speed and bearing, and can email not only your precise position, but also a link to a map displaying it to anyone instantly.
The Log Book allows users to record the details of a voyage in as much or as little detail as desired for later reference—great for building a sailing resume or to preserve the details of a memorable sail.
The Reference tab contains information useful for both beginners and experienced sailors. The leading Reference feature is a set of 13 two-minute, high-quality videos produced by ASA demonstrating key sailing skills such as tying spring lines, adjusting sail trim and docking. Other features include illustrations of basic sailing knots, signal flags, navigation lights, buoys, glossary of over 250 sailing terms and an ASA Standards summary.
The Online section provides instant web access to an extensive set of weather resources and ASA Twitter and Facebook pages. Links to the ASA website are included to easily access its Store and lists of ASA Schools, Charter companies, Sailing Clubs and Flotilla adventures.
Disclaimer on compass: The indicated bearing, speed and location are approximate and should not be used for navigation.
Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Reviews
Not ready, yet.
DBrigden
Compared to the usual functionality of an IPhone app, this one from ASA is lacking. It only links to a fraction of the content on the main site, and has little of use to active sailors. It lacks links to weather, member's info, and even truncates the 'standards' that were advertised. Save your money, and wait for release 2.0.
Don't waste your money
Lianna's Phone
Save your $1.99. This app is not even close to being ready. There is nothing here that you can't get for free and at a higher quality. They need to spend less time on this and more time on getting the 103 book done. Check out sailsim and windalert day tides and whatknot for some good apps. This was like a poorly done PowerPoint.
My expectation is for improvement
Gerlad
ASA has a wealth of information and very talented sailors to make this a "useful" App. Don't let the sailing community down....!!!
Not informational enough
SailorPerson
I generally like most things ASA, but not the first version of this app. The app has data, but not really any information. For instance, it lists ASA standards and lists ASA schools, but it doesn't say which school teaches which standard. I can't search for schools for ASA 108. I am unsure how to use the facebook/twitter features and the vessel lights fail to include basic things like "sailing vessel under way port side." The glossary doesn't include some basic sailing terms like "ketch" etc... The glossary should be about 10x as large to be a real reference.
Neat app and very helpful!
SanDiegoSailor2
I just got started sailing and this has a bunch of great features all in one place. I especially like being able to find a school on my iPhone and click one button to call the school or pull their website up. Since I'm still learning, the glossary, knots and how-to videos really come in handy. If this is just the beginning, as ASA has said, I can't wait to see the new features.
A great tool
USCG_Capt_Bill
I'm a sailing instructor, and I'm quite happy with this new sailing app from ASA. It's great to be able to have an interactive reference for novices--it holds a lot of basic sailing information in one place. For anyone who is new to sailing or wants to brush up, this app is a great tool. I look forward to the update, but this first version is definitely worth the $1.99!
Not Ready for prime time.
phototraveler
I have to agree with the other reviews this app is not ready yet and there are betters one out there. So what is it missing: Lights: It is missing the complete listing of night time lighting of ships. 12 list of lights do not really cover it. Knots: Granted it has the 6 basic ones, but it would be nice if it had more knots with their multiple names. Different people call certain knot differently even in different parts of the world. Glossary: Rope: It's missing the 2 ropes that are on a boat. This one I learn from a truly old salt. ;-) I don't mean to be harsh but for $1.99 there are better apps.
Not worth it
Layr Layr
Every aspect of this app is lacking. Videos are short and remedial. Knots are rudimentary and poorly illustrated. Weather is such a broad overview as to be useless on a local level. Sailing schools ought to have some kind of review or overview. There are WAY BETTER sailing apps out there. A waste of money. I'd delete it even if it was free.
Not worth the low price
Delta409
Limited application, poor implementation. One of the few apps that cannot be loaded directly on the IPAD. If you can sail at all and tie simple knots, you will not need this.
