When I'm not on the water, I build software — much of it for boaters.
Sailorwind
Live
Crowd-sourced marine weather, from the people actually out there.
A free, public service for boaters to submit surface weather observations from at sea. Surface obs over open water are scarce, so forecast models perform worse offshore — Sailorwind lets sailors, fishers, and cruisers contribute observations from a phone and exposes them through a public map and API. Includes a SignalK plugin and a mobile app that reads NMEA data straight from the boat.
Offline-first voyage logging for boaters underway.
A voyage-log capture tool built for life offshore, where connectivity is unreliable. Sealog records entries locally and syncs when a connection returns — designed for the realities of keeping a log while actually on the water.
Offline-first
TypeScript
Postgres
Available for development work
Alongside captain services, I take on select web and software development
projects — full-stack web apps, marine and IoT integrations, and clean,
maintainable builds. If you have an idea (afloat or ashore), let's talk.
Backer Marine