FirstShift ยท Yacht Racing Intelligence
Small phone tools that each do one job well, built by an offshore racer for the jobs that come up on a real boat. They run in your phone's browser, need no app store, and keep your data on your phone.
Which end of the line, and by how much
Ping the committee boat and the pin, enter your head-to-wind compass heading, and Startline gives you the favoured end in degrees and metres. For windward starts.
Open Startline
A fair watch plan for an offshore race
Enter the crew by role or by number and pick a system: Navy four on, four off, nine more, or your own. Watch builds the plan, calls the next watch 20 minutes early, and sends it to every phone as a PDF or WhatsApp text before you lose signal.
Open Watch
Built for sailors, not gym-goers
A winter-to-summer plan set by your role on board, your age and four simple tests, at home or in the gym. A low-impact option after a hip or knee replacement. The phone times every set and rest, and a weekly log shows your progress.
Open Fitness
The skipper's crew warm-up before the gun
Two to ten minutes from one phone. Eyes closed and slow breaths first, then each movement called aloud with the breathing kept going between them, a few sayings, and the skipper's race priorities to finish.
Open ReadyEach tool launches with an article on FirstShift on Substack explaining how to use it, and more are on the way.