About
Solo Sailor's Mate (SSM) is a simple tool to help a solo sailor.
It has two basic functions:
- The Trace function traces your historic positions, including distance, speed over ground, and course.
- The Trip function traces your progress over 6 hour intervals. You can record this information in your log.
- The Watch function plays an alarm at set intervals to wake you up between naps.
SSM can be useful:
- if the solo sailor cannot afford expensive electronics (SSM works on any phone with GPS), or
- as a backup when said electronics fail.
You can install SSM on your phone, so you can use it even when your off-line.
SSM is designed to have minimal dependencies:
- It uses Geodesy for geodesic calculations.