Create a Sailing Activity on Your Watch

How to create a Sailing activity type on your Garmin watch if it does not have one built-in. Required on some Forerunner models.

ChartedSails only imports activities with sail, kite, foil, or wing in the name. Some Garmin watches come with a Sailing activity built-in, but many do not.

If your watch does not have a Sailing activity, you can easily create one.

Check if you already have Sailing

Press the START button on your watch to see your activity list. Scroll through to check if Sailing is already available.

If you see Sailing, you are all set. If not, follow the steps below to create it.

Create a new Sailing activity

Step 1: Open the activity list

Press the START button to open your activity list.

Step 2: Add a new activity

Scroll to the bottom of the list and select Add.

Step 3: Choose an activity to copy

The watch will ask which existing activity profile to use as a base. Select Other (or SUP / Kayak if available, as they have similar settings).

Step 4: Name your activity

Type Sailing as the activity name. You can also use Kiting, Foiling, or Winging if you prefer.

Step 5: Choose a color

Pick a color that will help you identify sailing activities on your watch.

Step 6: Confirm

Save the new activity. It will now appear in your activity list.

Start recording

Next time you go sailing:

Press START to open your activity list
Select Sailing
Press START again to begin recording
Press STOP when you are done, then Save

Your activity will sync to Garmin Connect and, if connected, automatically appear in ChartedSails.

Activity names that work

ChartedSails imports activities containing these words (case-insensitive):

Sail or Sailing
Kite or Kiting or Kiteboarding
Foil or Foiling
Wing or Winging or Wing Foil

Activities like "Morning Sail", "Kite Session", or "Wing Foiling" will all be imported.