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IOS 6 Users: please download our main (free) Yachtie app. This legacy paid version lacks is provided for original iPad / iPod touch owners who cannot upgrade past IOS 5.
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"It's like Facebook Checkin Meets AIS"

Yachtie lets you share your yacht's position and keep track of where your boating friends and family are. Perfect for co-ordinating that sundowner rendezvous or just staying in touch with family.

And, just like AIS, you can see important safety information about the Yachties around you, such as their direction of travel (COG since last checkin), their MMSI/Callsign, and distance from you.

As well as being able to checkin when it suits, there is an auto-checkin option which lets Yachtie keep your friends updated while you get on with having fun. It's very kind on your battery life and data plan too.

FEATURES:

• Find out where your boating friends and family are
• See Yachtie traffic on an AIS style display
• Calculates distance to your friends in Km, Miles or Nautical Miles
• Bookmark and search for your Yachtie friends
• Single click manual check in
• Optional Auto Checkin
• You can make your checkins private so only people in the same group as you can see you.
• Kind to your battery and data plan

REQUIREMENTS:

Yachtie needs an active data connection (e.g. 3G/Edge/GSM/WiFi) to check in and receive position updates from other Yachties. iPhones and iPad 3G are ideal.

WiFi only devices (e.g. iPad Wifi and iPod Touch) are great for tracking your boating friends and family from home, however WiFi hotspot coverage is limited on the water unless you connect your WiFi device to your iPhone Personal Hotspot (or perhaps a 3G wireless dongle) for best internet coverage when sailing.


IMPORTANT BUT BLINDINGLY OBVIOUS NOTICES

Yachtie is only as accurate as the information it gets from other Yachtie users. It does not (and cannot) guarantee the information is complete or accurate, and not all boats around you will be Yachtie users. By purchasing this app, you therefore agree that you will not use Yachtie for navigation or as a replacement for AIS, official safety aids or common sense.


Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.