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A yacht motors into Poros harbour at sunset, towards the green beam that marks her berth.

The app

Rehearse the manoeuvre before you reach the harbour.

Port Skipper is a realistic docking simulator for cruising yachts. Real harbours, wind, current, and boats that answer the throttle and the helm just like yours.

Coming soon to the App StoreAndroid coming soon

In pictures

The screens from the App Store listing, taken from the game.

  1. A truly realistic simulator. Wind, current, momentum, prop walk: she handles just like your own boat.
  2. Real harbours, down to every pontoon. Marseille, La Rochelle, Poros, Split, Enkhuizen, Sandhamn.
  3. Find a boat like yours. Tiller or wheel, long keel, saildrive or shaft drive, from 23 to 45 feet.
  4. Lazy lines, anchor, piles, buoys. Finger, alongside, stern-to with the windlass: six harbour techniques.
  5. Rehearse your next arrival. Choose the harbour, the berth, the boat and the weather.
  6. Every manoeuvre broken down. Your track from above, your stars and one precise tip to improve.
  7. 22 levels, or your own way. Earn your stars from mark to mark, or head wherever you like.
  8. Poros at golden hour. Six ports of call, morning to night, from the Baltic to the Aegean.
A yacht enters her finger berth, marked in green, at Les Minimes.

Rehearse your next arrival

Pick the harbour, the boat, the berth and the weather, morning to night, then come into the berth as many times as it takes. Missed it? Start again right next to the berth.

The yacht goes astern towards the quay, the propeller wash churning under her stern.

The physics that matter in a harbour

Prop walk going astern, windage that pushes the bow off, carrying way, the rudder that only bites with water flowing past it, gusts you can see coming on the water. The model is built from naval-architecture literature, not arcade tuning.

Understand these effects
Marseille’s Vieux-Port from the air, its pontoons lined with yachts.

Real harbours, down to every pontoon

Six real marinas rebuilt from map data, with their pontoons, quays and moored boats. Each harbour follows its local practice: bows-in on the Atlantic, stern-to in the Mediterranean.

See the harbour map
The game screen: the wheel, the throttle lever, the wind, the depth sounder and the windlass orders.

  • Every way of mooring

    Finger pontoons, lazy lines, stern-to on your own anchor with the windlass, between piles, bows-to with a stern buoy, alongside.

    Read the manoeuvre guides

  • A fleet of seven boats

    From a 23-foot daysailer with a tiller to a 45-foot cruiser with twin rudders, by way of a classic long-keeler. Each has her own turning circle and prop walk.

  • Learn from every attempt

    After each manoeuvre: your track from above, your contacts, your centring and one precise tip to improve.

  • Designed for the phone

    Wheel or tiller, a single throttle lever with a neutral detent, crew buttons for the lines, a VHF call from the harbour master, haptics and real harbour sounds.

In the app

Harbours
La Rochelle, Marseille, Poros, Enkhuizen, Sandhamn, Split
Boats
Seven yachts, from 23 to 45 feet
Moorings
Six harbour techniques
Modes
22 levels, and a Free mode
Progress
Synced with iCloud, Game Center achievements
Languages
English, French, Spanish, Italian
Devices
iPhone and iPad. Android coming soon
The yacht glides into Poros harbour at sunset.

Arrive at the pontoon with a plan.

Port Skipper does not replace training on the water, but it lets you rehearse the moves and understand why the boat behaves as she does.

Coming soon to the App StoreAndroid coming soon