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SailLab

Trim your sails, not your data

Automatic Race Analysis. Numbers You Can Trust.

Record straight from the app, or drop in a GPX, Vakaros, Velocitek or Garmin file. Every sail gets the numbers — speed, VMG, every tack and gybe — and SailLab estimates the wind, finds your races, and links your boat with everyone else who was on the water. No event codes, no group invites, results about a minute after you upload.

Join the beta

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You don't need an account to start. Record or upload your first sail, look around, and create a free account later — it keeps everything you recorded as a guest.

On a laptop? Try the demo in your browser — a real fleet race day, no account.

See how it works ↓·Read the guide

✓Any Boat Class
✓Auto Race Detection
✓No Account Needed
✓Open Beta

Inside the app

See it in action

A peek at what your debrief looks like.

Race analysis with leg splits

Race analysis with leg splits

Finish ranking plus leg-by-leg splits for every upwind and downwind — no manual stopwatching.

How It Works

Record your race. Skip the setup. Get the debrief.

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Record or Upload

Use the in-app race tracker to ping the line and hit the start timer, or drop in a GPX, Vakaros (VKX), Velocitek (VTK) or Garmin (FIT) file after the race.

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Automagical Syncing

No event codes. No group invites. Nothing from the organiser. SailLab groups boats by time and location and detects up/downwind courses on its own.

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Debrief Instantly

Was I fast? Did I sail further than I had to? Where did the gap open? Speed and VMG against the fleet, distance sailed on every leg next to every other boat's, and splits that show the leg it happened on — about a minute after you upload.

Who it's for

From a training evening to a regatta

Sailors who want to know how they actually sailed — dinghy or keelboat, any class. A phone is enough.

You vs. the Fleet

Stop Guessing. See How You Stack Up.

Don't just compare yourself to one other boat. SailLab aggregates the data from every boat in your fleet session — so you can see, instantly, whether your tacking speed, VMG, or starts were faster or slower than the fleet average.

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Tacking Speed

Time lost vs. fleet median, every tack and gybe.

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VMG

Upwind and downwind, your boat against the fleet median.

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Start Quality

Distance from the line and speed at the gun, against the fleet.

Also on the web

The same data, on a bigger screen

The web app is another view on the same sessions, races and fleets — with the room a bigger screen gives you to explore. And a demo you can open without an account.

More on screen at once

Map, timeline, replay and the numbers together, instead of one at a time. Six boats rounding a mark is a different thing on a laptop.

Room to explore

Compare boats side by side, work through a race day race by race, dig into a single leg without losing the overview.

Same data, same account

Nothing to sync. Sign in on a laptop or tablet and your sailing is already there. The phone stays the tool for the water.

For coaches

Debrief the whole squad, side by side

If you coach a class group, a youth squad, or a handful of crews on a Tuesday evening — put their sailing in one place and go through it together, on a screen big enough to read.

One squad, one place

Group the teams you coach. Every crew's sailing lands in the same list, newest first — fleet days first, because a crew out on its own isn't a debrief.

They decide, and they can undo it

You send a link; the team's owner picks which team joins. Either side can end it whenever, and access stops there. A coach keeps nothing.

Early days — tell us what you need

What's there today is the basics: their sessions, races and tracks, exactly as the crews see them. No coach tools for input yet. If you coach and need something, write to feedback@saillab.app — this is the part we most want to build with the people using it.

How coaching works · Open the web app

Open Data Philosophy

Smarter Fleets. Better Racing.

SailLab is built on an open-data philosophy. Upload your track and you see the fleet's. Two boats are already a real comparison; every extra boat sharpens it for everyone.

Share Your Track

Upload once, and every boat you raced against can see what their move looked like from your line.

See the Fleet

Fleet-wide range and median on every stat, instead of a one-boat sample size.

Lift the Class

Better data, more honest debriefs, faster boats. The fleet rises together.

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about SailLab.

What is SailLab?

SailLab is a sailing analytics app. Record straight from the app, or upload your GPS track after sailing — every sail gets a map, replay, speed and VMG by point of sail, and every tack and gybe timed. Races are where it goes furthest: SailLab detects them automatically, ranks all boats, and shows you exactly where you gained or lost time against your competitors. Available on iOS, Android and the web.

Does SailLab use the start line and timer from RaceSense?

Yes. If the event runs on Vakaros RaceSense, the organiser's start line and start timer are in your Vakaros track, and SailLab extracts and uses them automatically. Nothing is needed from the organiser otherwise: without RaceSense, SailLab works the start line and the gun out from the tracks themselves, or from the line you ping in the app.

What GPS file formats does SailLab support?

SailLab reads GPX, VKX (Vakaros), VTK (Velocitek) and FIT (Garmin) files. If your device exports GPX, SailLab can read it. Garmin activities can be shared straight into SailLab from Garmin Connect.

How does automatic race detection work?

Just upload your GPS file — SailLab figures out where your races start and end on its own. It separates individual races from the rest of your session and presents each one with rankings and stats. No marking up files or entering times manually.

What does the debrief actually tell me?

Three things, mainly. Whether you were fast: speed and VMG by point of sail, against the fleet median. Whether you sailed further than you had to: the distance you sailed on every leg, next to every other boat's. And where the gap opened: leg-by-leg splits show which leg the boats ahead got away on, and the replay shows where they went instead. Every tack and gybe is timed and your starts are measured against the fleet too — not more numbers for their own sake, but answers you can take into the next race.

Is SailLab free?

SailLab is currently in open beta — no credit card required. After launch we'll keep a free tier with the core features, and add paid features on top for sailors who want more. The goal is to keep SailLab accessible to everyone. Existing beta users will get advance notice of any pricing details.

Can I try SailLab without an account?

Yes. Record or upload your first sail straight away and look around — no account, no email, no card. When you want to keep it, create a free account and everything you recorded as a guest comes with you, including via Google or Apple sign-in. There is also a web demo: open it in the browser and explore a real fleet race day, every boat's track and the races found in it, without signing in.

What platforms does SailLab run on?

SailLab runs on iOS (via TestFlight), Android (via Google Play open testing), and in the browser on a laptop or tablet. One account everywhere — sign in anywhere and your data follows.

How do I compare my speed against other boats?

You don't need to set anything up. Each team uploads their own track — SailLab automatically aligns boats by time and location and stitches the fleet together. You'll get a synchronized multi-boat race replay and fleet-wide aggregates (tacking speed, VMG, start quality) so you can see exactly where the performance differences are. No shared team, no event code, no group invite required.

What can other teams see of my sailing?

Everyone in a shared session sees the same race: the tracks in replay, the finishes and the leg splits. Beyond that, the comparison views are designed to limit what one team learns about another — stats are shown as the fleet's median and range rather than boat by boat, and direct boat-to-boat comparison is kept limited on purpose.

Do I need special hardware to use SailLab?

No. Your phone is enough — SailLab records the track itself, and on iPhone you can record on an Apple Watch with the phone left ashore. If you already use a dedicated GPS, SailLab reads Vakaros, Velocitek and Garmin files as well as plain GPX.

Looking for more detail? Read the user guide.

Get in Touch

Have a question or feedback? We'd love to hear from you.

Stop Guessing — See Exactly Where You Win and Lose Races

Currently in open beta. No credit card. Record from the app, or upload a GPX, Vakaros, Velocitek or Garmin file.

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