How to present a logbook nicely

Pick one hero image per trip

Every trip should have a single strong picture at the top: the boat, the landfall or the light. It sets the tone and it is what people see when you share the link. Avoid using a screenshot of the chart as the hero — the map has its own place further down.

Write captions like a person, not a instrument

'22.4 NM, 4 h 10 min' is data. 'Beam reach all the way across, first swim of the year at the north anchorage' is a logbook. Keep the numbers — the app records them anyway — and add one or two human sentences.

Let the map do the geography

• Show the whole route, not a zoomed fragment
• Colour the track by speed so the passage tells its own story
• Mark the stops: harbours, anchorages, the place you saw the seals
• Keep clutter off — no need for every waypoint

Group by season, then by trip

A season overview — total distance, days aboard, harbours visited, a map of everywhere you went — gives readers the shape of the year before they dive into individual days.

Play it back

The slideshow in Boat.Life replays a trip as a short film: the camera follows your track across the map, photos appear where they were taken, and the weather of the day is shown along the way. It is the easiest way to show a passage to someone who was not there.

Share a link, or print it

Send a read-only link to family and friends, share it inside the app to another boat owner, or print a season logbook with the same filters as your on-screen view — maps, statistics and all — for the shelf or for a buyer.