Your (b)log. Your wake.

Publish passages, follow crews, understand your sailing area — the ship's log that writes itself: from the Rubberduck app, via GPX, or simply told.

⚓ Start your log

📢 What’s happening in your area?

All notices →

⛵ Fresh from the ship’s logs

Ship’s logs →
SY Tijs

⛵ SY Tijs

Ulrich · ⚓ Neuss
SY Marlies

⛵ SY Marlies

Stefan · ⚓ Flensburg, SVF
SY Rubberduck

⛵ SY Rubberduck

Christian Möllerherm · ⚓ Düsseldorf

⛵ SY Doolally Tap

Jörg Gubba, Melanie Deubel · ⚓ YCG Großenbrode
MY Sjöbris

🛥 MY Sjöbris

Christopher Mellbin · ⚓ Norra Lagnö
SY Magit

⛵ SY Magit

Ghislain de TREMIOLLES · ⚓ Carteret

🌊 Sailing areas at a glance

Sailing areas →

🌊 IJsselmeer & Markermeer

12 passages

🌊 English Channel

12 passages

🌊 North Sea

6 passages

🌊 Archipelago & Northern Baltic

2 passages

🌊 Baltic Sea

2 passages

🌊 Kiel Bay & Danish South Sea

2 passages

🌊 Zeeland & Delta

1 passages

The app behind it

About the app →

Rubberduck – Sailing Log NMEA

The ship's log that writes itself while you sail — GPS, NMEA, weather, tides & more.

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🔔 Fairway alerts by e-mail

New closures immediately, daily status at 7 am

Fairway alerts by e-mail →

📖 Know-how for passage planning

📢 Fairway News

Source: NL · DE · DK · SE · HR · IT · GR · ES · UK …

Locks

Operating times, VHF channels & closures at Europe’s locks

📖 Help

Create your log, publish passages, upload GPX, connect the app — explained step by step.

⛵ Staande Mastroute

Through the Netherlands with the mast up — route, planning & live closures

⚓ Harbours

Every harbour the crews have called at — with marina info and the voyages behind them

The app

The ship's log that writes itself while you sail — GPS, NMEA, weather, tides & more.

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