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The app · 03Slowahead

Slow ahead. Think ahead.

Slowahead is for the manoeuvre you have not made before. It breaks the plan into steps and takes them one at a time — what to prepare, what to watch, what to do next and why — at the speed a harbour is actually entered. Eight graded lessons, the box berth between piles among them, all free.

0102030405 PONTOON 01 · Fenders and lines ready02 · Springs slipped03 · Bow out, slow astern04 · Last line off05 · Clear of the berth, slow ahead
Fig. 04 — Leaving the pontoon, five steps
How a lesson runsEight lessons, both shelves
01It showsThe instructor sails it first. Watch the demonstration, then watch it again from the cockpit.
02You sail itThe same berth, the same wind, the same dice. As many attempts as you want, and nothing at stake.
03It gradesOn the instructor’s rules, not on time: no touch, ropes in order, a hand ashore before the way is off.
04You debriefYour track against the demonstration, and the moment where the two parted company.
From the appIn development
Planning the manoeuvre
The plan — which side she lies, who goes ashore, the order the lines go on and come off.
  • —Free, for everyone, for ever — including the box berth between piles.
  • —Works offline: load the app once and the whole book is on the device.
  • —Save a run and send it to your instructor, or to the friend who was on the helm.

One email when it opens

No registration when it does — the app is a PWA: load it once and it works offline.