Sail Knife Project
In 2021, some sailors sat down in a relaxed meeting after a race. They agreed on the need to have a reliable system: a small portable device providing important sail information for safety, logging, optimizing routes or races, or including abandoning ship.
Sail Knife concept is born
Designed between Catalonia and Finland, it is now a real device.
Almost 3 years and five prototypes later, and after intense sail tests, we are glad to present ONE to the sailing community.
Sail Knife is not a commercial product yet but a project, and you can contribute to it!
The project is currently entering its production phase. A limited number of units are now available by request.
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The Sail Knife Project
In 2021, some sailors sat down in a relaxed meeting after a race. They agreed on the need to have a reliable system: a small portable device providing important sail information for safety, logging, optimizing routes or races, or including abandoning ship.
Sail Knife concept is born
Designed between Catalonia and Finland, with electronics made in Germany, it is now a real device.
Almost 3 years and five prototypes later, and after intense sail tests, we are glad to present this to the sailing community.
Sail Knife is not a commercial product yet but a project, and you can contribute to it!
The project is currently entering its production phase. A limited number of units are now available by request.
Our design process
Our first idea was to ask sailors about what is essential and what is not, on route or regatta, and simplify how it is accessed and displayed.
Welcome aboard Sail Knife !
Sail Knife ONE was the project’s first device ,It's development is now completeD.
LITE introduces new features and expanded data analysis capabilities.
LITE includes:
A precision barometer and thermometer with 24-hour trend graphs and short-term (one-hour) evolution data , 15 minutes samples.
It features an alarm that triggers if the pressure drops by more than 3 hPa in one hour, with 24 hours of data saved to an SD card organized by date and accessible directly on the screen.
A precision GPS providing coordinates, Course Over Ground (COG), speed, GPS fix status, position monitoring, and an anchor alarm.
A tilt-compensated digital magnetic compass with North-up or Heading-up display modes), along with indicators for waypoints, Speed Over Ground (SOG), and distance to the waypoint.
Indicators for heel (pitch/roll), speed trend, leeway, sea state, rate of tack, statistics, tack-to-waypoint planning, a configurable stopwatch, and 12 editable waypoint including a Man Overboard (MOB) function and a Start Line feature.
The device can operate completely independently, without an NMEA 2000 connection; wind data is either calculated internally by the system or accessed via our gateway to retrieve real-time wind data.
A micro SD card slot for storing barometric and navigation logs at adjustable intervals.
Data can be exported directly in CSV format or as KML files for use in Google Earth.
A built-in Wi-Fi access point allows information to be viewed via a web application on a laptop, smartphone, or tablet.
The application supports Master/Slave roles for shared use.
An USB-C port for charging the internal battery and communicating with navigation software, such as OpenCPN,Signal-K...
System firmware can be updated via OTA (over-the-air).
Want to know more about Sail Knife ?
Contact us for a demo.