After your boat is connected, Saillogger starts with default display settings. You can change them to match how you use the boat: feet or meters, your name for a familiar pontoon, or a fuel gauge beside the water tank.
All of it lives in Settings at saillogger.com/settings/, one tab per subject. Changes save as soon as you make them: there is no Save button on most of these tabs.
Units
Open Settings and go to the Units tab (saillogger.com/settings/?tab=units).
The tab starts with Unit System, a three-part switch:
- Metric sets every measurement below to its metric default.
- Imperial sets every measurement below to its imperial default.
- Custom is not a button. It lights up on its own the moment you change any single measurement, which is why it is greyed out and cannot be clicked.
A convenient starting point is to choose Metric or Imperial, then change any individual measurements you prefer differently. The switch moves to Custom automatically.
The eight measurements
Each row has its own list, and you can mix them freely.
| Measurement | Your choices |
|---|---|
| Boat Speed | Knots (kn), Kilometers per hour (km/h), Miles per hour (mph), Meters per second (m/s) |
| Wind Speed | Knots (kn), Kilometers per hour (km/h), Miles per hour (mph), Meters per second (m/s) |
| Distance | Nautical miles (nm), Kilometers (km), Statute miles (mi) |
| Depth | Meters (m), Feet (ft), Fathoms (ftm) |
| Temperature | Celsius (°C), Fahrenheit (°F) |
| Barometric Pressure | Hectopascals / millibars (hPa), Inches of mercury (inHg), Millimeters of mercury (mmHg) |
| Volume | Liters (L), US gallons (gal), Imperial gallons (imp gal) |
| Engine Pressure | Kilopascals (kPa), Bar (bar), Pounds per square inch (psi) |
What the two systems actually change
| Measurement | Metric | Imperial |
|---|---|---|
| Boat Speed | Knots | Knots |
| Wind Speed | Knots | Knots |
| Distance | Nautical miles | Nautical miles |
| Depth | Meters | Feet |
| Temperature | Celsius | Fahrenheit |
| Barometric Pressure | Hectopascals | Inches of mercury |
| Volume | Liters | US gallons |
| Engine Pressure | Kilopascals | Pounds per square inch |
Your choices apply everywhere Saillogger shows your data: maps, gauges, logs, statistics, e-mails and alerts. There is no separate setting for e-mail.
Your own stay types
Every stay and every moorage carries a type, so you can see how much of your season was spent at anchor rather than in a marina. Open Settings and go to the Stay Types tab.
Four types are built in and cannot be changed or deleted:
- Anchor
- Mooring Buoy, meaning a buoy or ball you tie up to, not a berth in a marina
- Dock
- Unknown
Under Your types, add your own:
- Click Add type.
- Type a name, up to 30 characters. The field suggests
e.g. Marina. - Click Save.
You can have up to 20 of your own types. Each one gets Rename and Delete buttons on its row.
Your types then appear in the type picker on every moorage and every stay, and in your statistics, next to the built-in four.
Monitoring sections of your own
The monitoring page shows depth, wind, temperatures, batteries and so on. Anything else your boat network carries, you add yourself as a monitoring section: a titled group of readings, for example a Tanks section holding Freshwater, Wastewater and Fuel.
Open Settings, go to Monitoring & Tracking, and scroll to Additional Monitoring.
- Click Add Monitoring Section.
- Give it a title. The field suggests
Title (e.g. Tanks). - Choose the Monitoring Type that matches the reading. The type controls conversion and display, as explained below.
- Under Data Fields, click the + button once per reading. Each field takes a name of up to 15 characters (the field suggests
Field Name (e.g. Freshwater or Fuel)) and a data source, chosen from the list of everything your boat has reported. - Set Public on if visitors to your public page should see this section, off if it is for you alone.
To remove one, use the Delete Section button at the bottom of that section.
The full list of types is: Other, Length, Distance, Speed, Percentage, Volume, Temperature, Atmospheric Pressure, Battery, Direction, Industrial Pressure, RPM, Duration, Rate for Volume.
Changes have to reach the boat, so the boat must be online. The page shows a countdown while that happens, and you can close the tab while it continues. Refresh the monitoring page after the countdown ends.
Which sensor Saillogger reads
A well-equipped boat often reports the same measurement from more than one place: two depth sounders, a masthead unit and a handheld anemometer, three temperature sensors. The same Monitoring & Tracking tab lets you say which one Saillogger should use.
There is one row per reading, each ending in Source:
- Depth Source
- Wind Speed Source
- Wind Direction Source
- Inside Temperature Source, Outside Temperature Source, Water Temperature Source
- Inside Humidity Source, Outside Humidity Source
- Barometer Source
- Battery Charge Source, Battery Voltage Source
Each list contains sources the boat has reported. Pick the blank option at the top to clear a choice.
If the list is empty or the reading you want is missing:
- Confirm that the boat network is publishing the reading and that its timestamp is current.
- Your plugin is older than 3.0.0. Upgrade it, then come back to this tab.
- The boat is offline, so a change you make cannot reach it. Wait until it is back online.
Where the monitoring track starts
The first row of Monitoring & Tracking is Initial Tracking Position. It picks the log your live tracking map draws the track from, so you can show the whole passage from your home port rather than only the last few hours. Choose the empty option at the very top of the list to clear it.
The monitoring page itself is covered in Live monitoring.
Your boat's details
Open Settings and go to the Boat tab.
Type decides two things: the icon that represents your boat on charts, and whether Saillogger calculates the sailing versus motoring split of your trips. The choices are:
- Not specified (use AIS vessel type)
- Monohull sailboat
- Sailing catamaran
- Motorboat with inboard engine
- Powerboat with outboard engine
- Motoryacht
- Superyacht
Make & Model is free text, shown alongside your boat.
Photo is a picture of your boat. Click Upload, pick the file, and wait: the page shows a spinner while it goes up, with a Cancel button if the transfer stalls. The photo appears on your pages and to friends who follow you. The trash icon in the corner of the photo removes it.
Classic or Modern
Saillogger has two web interfaces, and you choose between them in Settings > General, on the Experience row.
- Classic is the default. It is what you get unless you change this setting, and it is the interface most of this guide describes.
- Modern is an optional preview at saillogger.com/app. Some tools still open their Classic pages while the preview expands.
Your boat, your logs and your data are exactly the same in both. What changes is how Saillogger looks to you, and what visitors see on your public pages. Every link you have already shared keeps working.
Choosing Modern opens a short dialog explaining all of this; nothing is saved until you confirm it. You can come back to this row and pick Classic again at any time, and picking Classic saves straight away with no dialog.
The modern app has one setting the classic site does not: a Light or Dark theme, under Units & appearance in its own settings. The theme is remembered on that device, so your phone can be dark and your laptop light.
When you need a hand in Modern, open Help in the desktop sidebar or the Help group under More on a phone. Docs is first and opens this guide, followed by Video Tutorials, Community, Terms of Service and Privacy.
On your phone
There are Saillogger apps for both platforms:
- iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/saillogger-app/id6479176158
- Android: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.saillogger.app
Same account, same boat, same data. Sign in with the e-mail address and password you already use.