Help us shape Elcano & Yachtara for real boat owners

Your boat and sailing

A little context helps us understand which features matter most.

What type of boat do you mainly use?

What is your boat’s brand?

How long is your boat (in feet)?

How do you mostly use your boat?

Where do you mainly sail?

Which role best describes you onboard?

Which age band best fits you?

Maintenance and current workflow

We want to understand what is hard today, not what sounds nice in theory.

What are the 3 maintenance issues you deal with most often?

In the last 12 months, which failures cost you the most time or money?

How do you currently keep track of maintenance?

How often do you postpone or miss planned maintenance tasks?

How stressful are unexpected breakdowns for you? (1–5)

Roughly how much do you spend on maintenance per year?

Which parts of your boat feel most risky, fragile, or safety critical to you?

Which early warnings would be most useful to you?

If Yachtara helped with maintenance planning and prediction, what outcomes matter most?

What would make you trust recommendations from software?

Connectivity, documents, and existing tools

Yachtara has to work in the real conditions owners sail in.

What kind of internet access do you usually have while sailing?

Which devices or systems do you currently use onboard?

Would you use downloadable manuals and checklists offline at sea?

How much storage would you reserve on your device for offline content?

Which boating tools or apps do you already pay for?

What monthly price range feels reasonable for a valuable owner app?

Would you pay more for premium features like diagnostics, shared access, or remote help?

Do you currently use an anchor alarm?

Do you actively use weather software when planning or sailing?

Do you use sailing-related social or community apps today?

Interest in current Yachtara services

These questions are about the product directions we are building right now.

Which Yachtara services would you try first if they were useful today?

Maintenance workspace with service history and task planning Manuals, documents, and offline storage Anchor alarm with a calmer owner workflow Weather, routing, and passage planning Sailing forum and owner community Shared vessel / crew access and collaboration

Which Yachtara services feel valuable enough that you could pay for them?

Maintenance workspace Manuals and storage Anchor alarm Weather and planning Social forum / community Shared vessel / crew access

Interest in a maintenance workspace

Interest in manuals and document storage

Interest in an anchor alarm

Interest in weather and planning

Interest in the Yachtara social forum

Interest in shared vessel and crew access

Would one app for maintenance, manuals, anchor, weather, and community be compelling for you?

Would you be interested in beta access to new Yachtara features?

Open feedback

This is where we usually learn the most.

Is there software you rely on today that could be improved, simplified, or replaced?

If Yachtara could fix one frustrating part of boat ownership for you, what would it be?

Would you be open to a short follow-up conversation?

Email (required if follow-up is yes or if you want to join the beta testing program)

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Help us shape Elcano & Yachtara for real boat owners.

Your boat and sailing

Maintenance and current workflow

Connectivity, documents, and existing tools

Interest in current Yachtara services

Open feedback