What is always with you, has a great GPS and is waterproof? Your Garmin watch! It's the perfect companion when you are out sailing, wind surfing and kite surfing.

ChartedSails directly connects with your Garmin and synchronizes your sailing sessions. Next time you are on the water, simply start a new Sailing activity on your watch and your data will be already uploaded to ChartedSails by the time you get back to the dock.

Setup Garmin synchronization

On your ChartedSails dashboard, click on the menu button in the top right corner and select "Garmin". It will ask you to Login to your Garmin Connect account. Simply follow the instructions.

PRO TIP: We have noticed some issues between Chrome and Garmin Connect. Garmin is aware and they are working on it. If you see an infinite spinner when connecting Garmin to ChartedSails, visit Garmin Connect first and log out. Then try again.

Start a Sailing activity

ChartedSails will ONLY synchronize Garmin activities labeled as "sailing" (this is to avoid polluting your ChartedSails account with other activities than sailing).

Some Garmin watches offer Sailing out of the box, after selecting the "Start Activity" button.

If your watch does not offer this activity, you can easily add it directly on the watch:

• Navigate to your watch main menu
• Select "Settings"
• Select "Activity Profiles"
• Select "Add New"
• The watch will ask you what type of sport to base this new profile on. Select "Running".
• Select a color
• Type the new activity name: "Sailing"
• Confirm

Now when you want to record a sailing activity, click on the Start Activity button, scroll to Sailing and select it.

Synchronization

Every time you record a new sailing activity, it will be saved by your Garmin watch then transmitted to your phone. When your phone receives it, ChartedSails is notified and automatically processes it. Youy now have direct access to your sailing replays.

That's it! Let us know if you have any question or feedback on this new feature!