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Safe Skipper – a practical guide to managing risk at sea
Fast access to essential boating tips, emergency guidance & MAYDAY call support. Record vessel details & crew information. Save favourites & location. Be better prepared!
** NEWLY UPDATED **
NOW INCLUDES:
🔎 Search function
🆘 MAYDAY preparation section – great for training!
📍 Quick Get Location with save & export
✅ FREE bonus emergency procedures section
📋 Crew Register for crew & vessel details
AND MUCH MORE>>>
A practical boating safety app with emergency guidance, MAYDAY support, location tools, crew details, and quick-access to favourites. Safe Skipper is a practical boating safety companion designed to help skippers and crew stay prepared, organised, and ready to act when it matters most!
The app brings together essential onboard safety information in one easy-to-use place. Whether you are planning a trip, refreshing your knowledge, or responding in a stressful moment, Safe Skipper helps you reach the right information quickly.
Save key vessel details in advance, including vessel name, call sign, MMSI, vessel description, and persons on board, so they are ready when needed. A dedicated MAYDAY support section helps structure a clear emergency call, while current location tools make it easier to capture and use your position quickly.
Safe Skipper also helps with day-to-day preparedness, with sections covering PREPARATION, SAFETY, COMMUNICATIONS, DISTRESS & EMERGENCIES, with over 75 sections & sub-sections in total – search for topics such as engine failure, save your most-used pages as favourites, and keep important crew and vessel information close at hand.Designed for real use onboard, Safe Skipper supports learning, readiness, and calm decision-making when every second counts.
KEY FEATURES
• Emergency guidance organised for quick access• MAYDAY call support with pre-saved vessel details• Dedicated GET CURRENT LOCATION within the MAYDAY section• CREW REGISTER and VESSEL DETAILS section• Search to find topics quickly• Create FAVOURITES for one-tap access to key pages• Local on-device saving of important information• Personal ordering of saved favourites• Clear mobile-friendly layout for onboard use
WHY YOU’LL LOVE IT!
• Helps you prepare before every trip• Makes critical information faster to find• Supports a clearer, more confident emergency response• Keeps essential boat and crew details ready in advance
NEW IN THIS VERSION
How to use Safe SkipperAdded guidance explaining how to prepare before a trip, use Search and Favourites, keep vessel/crew details updated, and treat the app as a learning and reference tool rather than a replacement for training.
Home page searchSearch directly from the home screen for topics such as engine failure, fire, collision, man overboard, first aid, or navigation lights.
Crew Register & Vessel DetailsAdded a practical onboard register for vessel details and crew information, including emergency and medical notes.
FavouritesPages can be saved as Favourites using the heart button, then accessed quickly from the home page.
Search controlsSearch results can now be collapsed, cleared, and reset cleanly.
Favourite orderingSaved Favourites can be moved up or down, removed, and additional items are tucked behind a “See more” style dropdown after the first three.
Get Location sectionA dedicated collapsible location tool shows the current position and supports saving/exporting location information.
MAYDAY Call DetailsA new collapsible MAYDAY preparation section lets the skipper store key vessel details in advance: vessel name, call sign, MMSI, vessel type/colour, and persons on board.
MAYDAY location buttonThe MAYDAY section now has its own Get Current Location button, so the position can be inserted without using the separate Get Location section first.
Generated MAYDAY callThe app can generate a clearer preformatted MAYDAY call, with real-life prompts for distress type, assistance required, and other useful information.
Copy/share MAYDAY callGenerated calls can be copied or shared from the app.
Robust local savingImportant data is now protected with durable native-backed storage using Capacitor Preferences, helping preserve saved MAYDAY details, favourites, vessel details, crew records, and location logs through normal app updates.
Improved navigationTop navigation now includes a clearer back button, page favourite heart, safer tablet/phone spacing, and improved hamburger positioning.
Tablet layout fixesExtra safe-area handling was added so controls are not obscured at the top of iPad tablet screens.
Improved section designGet Location, MAYDAY, Crew Register, Search, Favourites, and section tabs have clearer styling, better spacing, and more readable text.
Version and platform updateUpdated throughout, with modernised iOS project support.
AS WELL AS:
PREPARATION:
Engine checks • International regulations • Man overboard drill • Passage planning • Rig check • Safety briefing • SOLAS V •Tides •Training • Weather
EQUIPMENT:
Anchoring • EPIRB • Equipment checklists • Fire extinguishers •Fire prevention • First aid kit • Flares • Life buoys • Liferafts • Personal Flotation Devices • Spares • Safety harnesses • Tool kit
COMMUNICATIONS:
AIS • DSC radio • GMDSS • Inmarsat C • Signals • Morse code • Navtex • SSB radio • VHF radio
DISTRESS & EMERGENCIES:
Abandon ship • Dismasting • Distress signals • Engine failure • Fire fighting • Getting a tow • Helicopter rescue • Holed hull • MAYDAY • Medical emergency • SAR signals
…over 75 sections & sub-sections in total.
The app features carefully researched safety information and practical tips, with more than 100 graphic illustrations, photos and diagrams which have been produced specially for this app.
PREPARATION including:
* Engine checks
* International regulations
* Man overboard drill
* Passage planning
* Rig check
* Safety briefing
* SOLAS V
* Tides
* Training
* Weather
and more
SAFETY including:
EQUIPMENT
* Anchoring
* EPIRB
* Equipment checklists
* Fire extinguishers
* Fire prevention
* First aid kit
* Flares
* Life buoys
* Liferafts
* Personal Flotation Devices
* Spares
* Safety harnesses
* Tool kit
COMMUNICATIONS including:
* AIS
* DSC radio
* GMDSS
* Inmarsat C
* Signals
* Morse code
* Navtex
* SSB radio
* VHF radio
DISTRESS & EMERGENCIES including:
* Abandon ship
* Dismasting
* Distress signals
* Engine failure
* Fire fighting
* Getting a tow
* Helicopter rescue
* Holed hull
* MAYDAY
* Medical emergency
* SAR signals
…and so much more – over 75 sections & sub-sections in total.
*** IMPORTANT NOTE ***
Safe Skipper is designed to support learning, preparation, and practical onboard reference. It does not replace formal training, proper seamanship, required safety equipment, or official emergency procedures.
Reviews by users of this app:
“Highly recommend this App, get it today”
“A well written and detailed app for yachts & inland craft also quite useful for ocean going vessels – well done.”
“This app is full of really useful info for anyone going to sea (or inland waterways I would think). It’s presented really well, and has some good graphics. Can’t believe just how much they’ve packed in. Recommended.”
“Downloaded the app, good stuff!”
Written and illustrated by Simon Jollands, a RYA qualified yachtsman. Among his many book, tv and dvd media production credits is Serious Fun a series of films on marine safety which he produced and directed for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and was in part the inspiration for the Safe Skipper app.
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