For ship enthusiasts

Ship Widget for Ship Enthusiasts

  • Coming soonApp Store
  • Coming soonGoogle Play

In testing on iPhone and Android. The store links appear here on release day.

Some people never signed a contract and still know a bulk carrier from a general cargo ship at two miles. The third view of the Sailor & Cruise Weather Widget is for them. Pick a vessel, and it rides on your home screen in the weather where you stand.

Ship widget card with a red tug boat under an overcast sky: 14 degrees, wind 16 knots and a six-day forecast
A tug under an overcast sky, six days ahead. Sample values.

19 vessel types

Ship Enthusiast has no contract to count and no dates to enter. It has ships.

  • Cargo: bulk carrier with cranes, bulk carrier without cranes, container ship, general cargo, oil tanker, LNG carrier, ro-ro ship
  • Passenger: cruise ship, mega cruise ship, expedition cruise ship, ferry
  • Working vessels: tug boat, pilot boat, SAR rescue vessel, offshore supply vessel, offshore platform, dredger
  • Fishing: fishing trawler, fishing boat

Most of them come in more than one hull color. A tanker in black, blue or red. A tug in blue or red. What each type does for a living is on the Muster Board: ship types explained for crew.

Ship widget card with an orange pilot boat in fog, 11 degrees, wind 5 knots
Pilot boat, fog.
Ship widget card with an orange SAR rescue vessel in a thunderstorm, 17 degrees, wind 31 knots
SAR rescue vessel, thunderstorm.
Ship widget card with a blue LNG carrier under a clear sky, 33 degrees, wind 7 knots
LNG carrier, clear sky.
Ship widget card with a red fishing trawler in light rain at dusk, 9 degrees, wind 18 knots
Fishing trawler, light rain at dusk.

Weather where you stand

The card takes the forecast for your own position: on the pier, at the lock, at the kitchen window. Temperature, condition, wind in knots, and six days ahead. The scene behind the ship changes with it. Fog looks like fog.

The light is worked out from the sun at your position. The pilot boat on your phone sails into dusk when you do.

How it keeps up with you

On Android you can allow location in the background, and the weather moves with the phone while the app is closed. On iPhone the widget reloads the weather by itself for the last position the app had, and takes a new position when you open the app.

What it does not do

It does not track ships. There is no AIS in it, no vessel names, no arrival times. Ship spotters have their own tools for that. This is the picture on the home screen, with a real forecast behind it.

The forecast is for a position rounded to about 11 km and is not for navigation. Where it comes from is on the main widget page.

Who built it

Seafarers, at 7SHORT1LONG®, a Seafarer Identity Brand. The widget was made first for crew counting the days of a contract. Cruise guests got their own view. People who love ships got one too. The setup guide gets it onto your phone.

Questions from ship enthusiasts

Which ships can I put on my home screen?

19 vessel types, from bulk carrier and container ship to tug boat, pilot boat, SAR rescue vessel and fishing trawler. Most come in several hull colors.

Does the widget track real ships?

No. It has no AIS and no vessel data. It shows the vessel type you picked and the weather forecast for your own position.

Do I have to enter dates?

No. The Ship Enthusiast view has no dates and no counters, only the ship and the weather.

Is the app only for crew?

No. It has three views: Seafarer or Crew, Cruise Ship Guest and Ship Enthusiast.

Not in the stores yet

The widget is in testing on iPhone and Android. On release day the App Store and Google Play links go live on this page.

  • Coming soonApp Store
  • Coming soonGoogle Play

Weather is a forecast for a rounded position. Not for navigation or safety decisions. Day counts are a planning aid, not proof of sea service.

Sailor & Cruise Weather Widget is an app by 7SHORT1LONG®, the Seafarer Identity Brand. Built by seafarers.