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Stories fromthe water, and what’s new in Saltlog.

From the founder

Why I built Saltlog.

Nearly 500 trips in a paper logbook and a spreadsheet, one qualification to prove them for, and the app I wished existed. From the founder, ahead of launch.

20 October 2026 · 5 min read
Connected boating

Your boat talks. Saltlog listens.

Saltlog can now read your boat's own instruments over an NMEA Wi-Fi gateway or a Signal K server, and keep what they know with the trip.

20 October 2026 · 6 min read
Boats with a story

Baby Blush: a little Sunseeker with a big story.

Before she was Saltlog's test boat, she was the first chapter in one of British yachting's great stories. The boat behind the app.

21 October 2026 · 4 min read
Connected boating

Putting a Raspberry Pi behind the helm.

How I built a Signal K server with a PiCAN-M board to read my boat's NMEA 2000 network: why, what to buy, and how. Including the parts I didn't need.

30 October 2026 · 10 min read
From the founder

What is all the Plus about?

Saltlog logs your trips without it. So what does Plus add? Your boat's own instruments in your log, years of old logbooks typed up for you, and a lot more. Here is all of it.

1 November 2026 · 5 min read
Explore

Where boats go.

Saltlog's heat map shows where boats really went in a given wind, drawn from the passages people log. What it shows, what it never shows, and the questions we want it to answer next.

3 November 2026 · 4 min read

Ask your log.

MCP is how AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini reach the apps you use. Here's what it is, how to connect Saltlog, and what you can ask your logbook.

4 November 2026 · 4 min read
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