SAP launches mobile app for global sailing community

SAP SE and partner Sailing Yacht Research Foundation (SYRF) have launched Sail Insight, a mobile app designed for the global sailing community which allows users to create, track and manage their races, and provides live data and analytics to improve performance and training.

The app is available for download on iOS and Google Play, and has been endorsed by World Sailing.

Tracking and analysing live sailing action has, historically, been cost prohibitive for many sailors, coaches and race organisers, and has made events and regattas invisible to fans watching from shore. Sail Insight can be used by clubs and race organisers to create their own races and provide live tracking for teams, participants and fans. Sailors can access live leaderboards and live race performance data. Coaches can base their tips and instructions on training and in-race tracking analytics, and fans can use their own devices to follow sailors and teams during races.

The Sail Insight mobile app is available for free through 2020. The free version of the app will allow users to test all features, create a sailor profile, participate in regattas, conduct self-tracking, share results and send invitations on social media. In 2021, the app will shift to offer both free access and a subscription-based model, which will unlock additional features.

“Since 2011, SAP has been a trusted partner and innovation leader across the sport of sailing, creating solutions that improve performance for sailors, teams and race organisers while also growing fan interest and participation,” says SAP chief technology officer and executive board member, Juergen Mueller. “The new app leverages the power of our sailing analytics database to create a mobile app that allows members of the sailing community to access data and information to help improve performance and enhance their race and event experience.”