Naming your boat or sail number

Your boat name or sail number appears in the debrief view so coaches and other sailors can identify each boat in a multi-boat replay. Setting it before you go afloat makes the post-race debrief much clearer.

Setting your name in the Android app

Open the Dinghy Coach app.
On the start screen, tap the name field near the top (it may show a placeholder like "Sailor name / sail number").
Type your sail number, name, or any label you want to appear in the debrief — for example: GBR 1234, Laser 42, or Alice.
The name is saved automatically and used for all future sessions from this device.

This name is embedded in the recording (.dtrk file) and uploaded with your track, so it appears in the debrief without any manual step afterwards.

Renaming a track after uploading

If you forgot to set a name before sailing, or want to correct it, an administrator can rename the track in the admin view. If you're running your own club setup, go to app.dinghy.coach/admin/tracks, find the track, and click the boat name to edit it inline.

Renaming updates both the display label and the embedded name in the stored track file.

Naming when uploading from a GPS file

When you upload a FIT, GPX, TCX, or Vakaros file at app.dinghy.coach/import, the track is named automatically from the source file where possible. After uploading, if you want to change the name, an admin can rename it from the admin tracks page.

How names appear in the debrief

In the debrief view, each boat's name appears:

In the Boats tab in the sidebar
As a label on the boat marker on the chart (on hover or tap)
In the Stats tab when comparing boats side by side
In any shared session link that others open

Tips

Use the sail number as your primary identifier — it's what coaches and observers will recognise during a race.
Keep names short. Long names can overflow in the stats comparison table.
If two sailors have the same sail number (different fleets), add a class prefix: Laser 1234, RS200 1234.