Nail the start line.
Ditch the £769 GPS.

Pro instruments for £19.99/year. Free race management for your club. One connected system for everyone in the race.

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£19.99/yr

GPS start line intelligence on the phone you already own

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 →
For dinghy sailors →
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The only system that connects racers and race committees

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.

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Free race management for every club

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 →
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£769
Velocitek ProStart
£19.99/yr
Flying Start Pro

That's £749 you can spend on sails instead. Or about 38 years of Flying Start Pro.

Built for every part of sailing

Whether you race, run races, or organise events, there's a Flying Start story for you.

Sailors

Yacht racing

GPS start line intelligence, Crew Sync for the whole boat, Apple Watch companion. Replace your ProStart for £19.99/year.

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Sailors

Dinghy racing

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 →
Race Management

Race officers & clubs

Capture finishes on iPad, score automatically, publish instantly. Replace Sailwave and the clipboard. Free, forever.

For race officers →
Events

Regattas & championships

Live GPS tracking, public event pages, instant results. Replace eStela and Kwindoo at zero cost. 200-boat fleets, no problem.

For event organisers →
Industry

Hardware partners & sponsors

Your instruments on iPhone and Apple Watch. Your brand on live tracking pages. NMEA, Signal K, and BLE integration.

Partnership opportunities →

One app. The whole race.

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.

Race Timer

GPS countdown with DTL, TTL, OCS alerts, Crew Sync

Apple Watch

Standalone or tethered. Haptics through gloves. Water Lock.

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Race Management

Scoring, entries, finish capture, results publishing. Free.

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Live Tracking

Spectators follow from shore. GPS replay after the race.

Ready to race?

Download free. Upgrade to Pro when you want GPS start line intelligence.

Download on the App Store

Requires iPhone running iOS 17+ or Apple Watch Series 6+

Race officer? Set up your club for free at rc.flyingstart.app →