Everything’s free while we’re in early access.
Building and animating situations on the board needs no account at all, and neither do the cases & rules library or the training library of drills and team-racing tactics. A free account unlocks the full toolkit — save your scenarios, file protests, share jury replays, and ask the AI umpire. No card, no checkout.
Free account
No card, no checkout — just sign up.
- Save unlimited scenarios to your library
- Protest & defense PDFs, six or eight per page
- Shareable read-only jury replays
- AI rules analysis on any incident
Free while in early access · no credit card needed
Free with no account at all
- Build and animate any situation on the boat-length grid
- Browse the animated cases & rules library
- Browse the training library — coaching drills & team-racing tactics
- Use it in your browser — no install, Optimist to keelboat
No account vs. free account
| Feature | No account | Free account |
|---|---|---|
| Build & animate on the boat-length grid | ||
| Animated cases & rules library | ||
| Training library — drills & team-racing tactics | ||
| Save scenarios to your library | — | |
| Protest & defense PDFs (A4, 6 or 8-up) | — | |
| Shareable read-only jury replays | — | |
| AI rules analysis on any incident | — | |
| Price | $0 | $0 during early access |
Without an account you can build and animate on the boat-length grid and browse the cases and rules library and the training library of coaching drills and team-racing tactics. A free account adds saving scenarios, protest and defense PDFs, shareable jury replays, and AI rules analysis. Everything is free during early access.
Questions
What is SailBoard?
SailBoard is a web whiteboard for sailors, coaches, and protest juries. You build a situation on a grid where one square is one boat length, animate it against the Racing Rules of Sailing 2025–2028, and turn it into a protest sheet, a shareable jury replay, or a coaching scenario.
Is there a free version?
Right now everything is free — SailBoard is in early access. Building and animating on the board, the animated cases and rules library, and the training library need no account at all. Creating a free account adds saving your own scenarios, protest and defense PDFs, shareable jury replays, and AI rules analysis.
Does SailBoard help with coaching and training?
Yes. The training library is a set of animated, on-the-water coaching drills — starting, boat-handling and mark-work exercises — each with a coach's setup brief and points to call out, plus a playbook of animated team-racing tactics. Start-line drills carry a selectable 1, 3 or 5-minute sequence so the animation matches the start you'll run on the whistle. Browsing the training library is free.
How much does SailBoard cost?
Nothing right now — every feature is free while SailBoard is in early access. Saving, sharing, and AI analysis just need a free account. If paid plans arrive later, we'll announce it clearly ahead of time.
Do I need a credit card?
No. Sign up with an email address or a Google account and everything is unlocked — there's no checkout and nothing to cancel during early access.
Do the protest sheets follow the Racing Rules of Sailing?
The diagrams and animations are built around the Racing Rules of Sailing 2025–2028, and the protest form asks for the facts a committee actually needs. SailBoard is a coaching and preparation aid, not an official ruling or a substitute for the protest committee or jury.
What kinds of boats does it cover?
Anything from an Optimist to a keelboat. The grid is measured in boat lengths, so the distances stay honest whatever class you're drawing.