Plan a sailing trip in one place
Skippr keeps the route, the crew, the packing, the shopping and the kitty straight, so the week is a holiday instead of an admin job. It is free, it runs in the browser, and it installs to a phone like an app.
Route and stops
Draw the passage on a nautical chart: every leg and every overnight stop on one map, with distances calculated as you go. Waypoints are pass-through by default; mark one as a stopover and it carries nights and notes. A finished route can be shared read-only by link with someone who is not on the trip.
Shared costs and settling up
Enter what you paid and who it was for. Skippr splits it across the whole crew, one boat, or just the people it applied to, keeps a running total of who owes whom, and produces the settlement at the end. This is the shared kitty -- the Bordkasse -- without the spreadsheet.
Crew, boats and invites
One invite link brings the whole crew aboard. They pick their name and they are in: no signup, no app store. A trip can run several boats, and each sailor is assigned to the one they are actually sleeping on. Crew added by the skipper who never open the app still count for cost splitting.
Provisioning and packing
Everyone gives their diets and allergies once, when they join, and the shopping list already knows them. The packing list separates what the boat needs from what each person is bringing, and shows at a glance which must-bring items nobody has claimed yet.
Logbook and position tracking
While a trip is under way, positions from a crew member’s phone or their own Dawarich instance draw the track that actually happened next to the route that was planned. The logbook records the passage as it is sailed. Tracking runs only during a trip, and only for the people who switched it on.
Free, in English and German, no ads
Skippr costs nothing to use. There are no ads and no third-party trackers. It is a progressive web app, so it works on a phone, a tablet and a laptop from the same address, and installs to a home screen without an app store.
Common questions
- How do you split the costs of a sailing trip between the crew?
- Everyone enters what they paid and who it was for. Skippr splits each cost across the whole crew, one boat, or just the people it applied to, then works out the settlement at the end: who pays whom, and how much. Nobody has to keep a spreadsheet or chase anybody.
- Does the whole crew need an account?
- No. The skipper shares one invite link for the trip and crew tap it, pick their name and are in. A guest can read the trip, tick off packing items, add costs and give their dietary needs without ever creating an account.
- Can I plan a sailing route with waypoints and overnight stops?
- Yes. The planner draws a route on a nautical chart with OpenSeaMap seamarks over it. Waypoints are pass-through by default, and any of them can be marked as a stopover carrying nights and notes. Leg distances are calculated as you draw, and a finished route can be shared read-only by link.
- Is Skippr free?
- Yes. Skippr is free to use, carries no ads and no third-party trackers.
- What is a Bordkasse and can Skippr keep one?
- A Bordkasse is the shared kitty a sailing crew pays trip expenses from: mooring fees, diesel, the big provisioning shop. Skippr keeps it as a running ledger and settles it at the end, so it works whether you pool cash up front or just pay for things as you go.
- How do I make a packing list for a sailing trip with friends?
- Each crew member gets their own packing list, which only they see. Things the boat needs once, like a first-aid kit or snorkel gear, go on a shared list where people tap to say they are bringing them, and the skipper can put an item on everybody's list. A list can be saved and reused on the next trip.
- Can each boat in a flotilla have its own shopping list?
- Yes. In a trip with several boats every boat gets its own shopping list, sorted by supermarket aisle, with the diets and allergies of that boat's crew above it. Several people can shop from the same list at once and see each other's ticks live.
- Can I keep a log of my sea miles?
- Yes. Mark the start and end of each passage and Skippr turns your positions into tracks with distances, and prints the whole trip as a ship's log, one page per boat, for an examiner or a charter company.
- Does Skippr work offline on the boat?
- Partly. It installs as a PWA to a phone home screen, and the chart tiles and trip pages you have already opened stay readable without signal. Anything that needs the server -- adding a cost, inviting crew -- waits for a connection.