What is this? What the app can and cannot do when the boat has no signal: you can read everything, and you add or change things once you are connected again.
Find itNothing to switch on. The mobile app opens offline on its own once you have signed in at least once on that phone.
The Basics
YACHTWAVE keeps your boat’s data in the cloud so every crew member and every device sees the same record. That design has one consequence on the water:
- Offline, the mobile app is read-only. Your boats, tasks, maintenance logs, service schedules, inventory, notes, documents and the rest open as you last saw them, so you can look things up with no signal.
- Adding or changing anything needs a connection. If you try while offline, the app tells you it needs the internet and does not save the change. There is no queue of offline edits waiting to sync.
- The web version needs a connection at all times. A red banner appears when the browser is offline and a yellow one, with a reload button, when the connection is unstable.
Key Things to Know
- The first sign-in on a phone needs the internet. After that the app can open offline with the data it already has.
- Marina Wi-Fi or a satellite connection is enough. As soon as the phone is online again, everything you add is saved straight to the cloud and appears on every other device.
- Checklists, readings and cruise-log points are entered online. Note them on paper or in your phone’s notes app while offline and enter them when you reconnect.
Tips
- Open the boat before you lose signal. The screens you looked at most recently are the ones you can rely on reading offline.
- Keep the app updated. Updates improve what is kept on the phone for offline reading.
Frequently Asked
I logged maintenance while offline and it is gone. Why?
The app could not save it without a connection and told you so at the time. Enter it again now that you are online.
Will YACHTWAVE ever let me edit offline?
Offline editing is a request the team tracks closely, but there is no timeline for it. Most boats now have Starlink or marina Wi-Fi, which is where development has been focused.
Can I use the web version offline?
No. The web version at app.yachtwave.com always needs an active connection.
See Also
- Logging In & Creating an Account — the first sign-in on a new device.