Live yacht racing · Telltale

📡 Receiver coverage who heard the fleet×

AIS messages received per boat, per receiver, over the race window. Only this receiver = fixes no other station had within 20 s — the coverage it actually added (vs merely duplicated). Own receivers first; shared feeds (AISHub / aisstream) last.

Live AIS — one free step

This map streams real-time vessel traffic from aisstream.io — free, no credit card. To switch it on:

Sign up at aisstream.io and create an API key.
On the boat PC put the key in ~/race-modeller/ais_key.txt
e.g. echo "YOUR-KEY" > ~/race-modeller/ais_key.txt
Reload this page.

Terrestrial AIS covers the harbour & Cook Strait (~15–50 km from shore). Your fleet is auto-highlighted by MMSI.

Telltale · Yacht club racing

Live on the water

Every boat that’s transmitting, right now. Finding today’s racing…

📡 Your race, recorded — every boat with AIS is captured as it sails, 24/7, nothing to switch on.

📱 No AIS? Your phone is enough — type your boat’s name and tap record. No app, free sign-in.

▶️ Watch it live, replay it after — the whole fleet on one map, then the race back from the gun.

🏆 Results, history, champions — your club’s season in one place, corrected on handicap.

Free for sailors and free for clubs. Nothing to install.

Which are you today?

Racing puts you on the map from your phone — a free sign-in, nothing to install. You can change this any time.

How it works → · public view runs a few minutes behind · sign in for real-time Free for clubs — bring yours →

🛰 Live AIS

Live AIS — one free step