Pro instruments for £19.99/year. Free race management for your club. One connected system for everyone in the race.
Distance to line, time to line, early/late indicator, OCS alerts, VMG. Six live data points updated every second. Same race intelligence as a dedicated GPS unit, on your iPhone and Apple Watch.
For yacht sailors →Your GPS tracks feed the race officer's live tracking map. Results push to your phone. Crew Sync keeps your whole boat in sync via peer-to-peer wireless, no internet needed. One ecosystem, not three separate tools.
See the full comparison →Create series, capture finishes on iPad, score automatically, publish results instantly. Live GPS tracking, race replay, online entries, Sailwave import. Replaces your entire scoring stack.
For race officers →That's £749 you can spend on sails instead. Or about 38 years of Flying Start Pro.
Whether you race, run races, or organise events, there's a Flying Start story for you.
GPS start line intelligence, Crew Sync for the whole boat, Apple Watch companion. Replace your ProStart for £19.99/year.
See what's included →Your Apple Watch is the instrument. Standalone GPS, haptic countdown through your gloves, OCS alerts on your wrist. No phone needed on the water.
Built for dinghies →Capture finishes on iPad, score automatically, publish instantly. Replace Sailwave and the clipboard. Free, forever.
For race officers →Live GPS tracking, public event pages, instant results. Replace eStela and Kwindoo at zero cost. 200-boat fleets, no problem.
For event organisers →Your instruments on iPhone and Apple Watch. Your brand on live tracking pages. NMEA, Signal K, and BLE integration.
Partnership opportunities →Today, clubs use Sailwave for scoring, pay eStela for tracking, and racers use a basic timer with no connection to any of it. Three systems. Three costs. No integration. Flying Start replaces all three.
GPS countdown with DTL, TTL, OCS alerts, Crew Sync
Standalone or tethered. Haptics through gloves. Water Lock.
Scoring, entries, finish capture, results publishing. Free.
Spectators follow from shore. GPS replay after the race.
Download free. Upgrade to Pro when you want GPS start line intelligence.
Requires iPhone running iOS 17+ or Apple Watch Series 6+