Export your sailing tracks from the Navionics mobile app

The Navionics Mobile App

The Navionics mobile app is a popular way for many boaters to navigate on the water. I often compare it to the Google Maps of the boating world - you can see exactly where you are, get directions which keep you in safe water, and see how long it’ll take to get to your destination. It is essentially a chartplotter on your phone, and it uses your internet connection to keep your charts up to date.

One of the great features in Navionics is tracking a voyage. This can be helpful context while navigating, to be able to see your actual course behind you on the chart, or be able to check what path you used to get into a tight spot before. If you want to record a track, just hit “Start” on the main chart view in the app.

These recorded tracks are also a precise record of your boating history! If you want to create a log of these voyages, or share your journeys with your friends, you can export your tracks from the Navionics in a universal format called GPX, which you can then load into many other apps.

How to Export a Track

Exporting a Single Track from Navionics

  1. View all of your tracks. From the main screen - click “Menu” and then “Tracks”

  2. Select a track. Select one of your tracks to view more details

  3. Get your GPX file. Tap “Share”, then “Export GPX File”.

  4. Save your GPX file.
    - Choose “Save to Files” and choose a location & name for your track
    - Choose Google Drive and pick a location

Exporting multiple or all of your tracks

If you have multiple tracks you want to use elsewhere, you can export multiple at the same time. Note that Navionics will bundle these tracks into one file, so you may find not all apps will import this single file appropriately (Sailjourn understands this format, and will split the single file into the multiple journeys it contains).

  1. View all of your tracks. From the main screen - click “Menu” and then “Tracks”

  2. Select multiple tracks.
    - Tap “Select” in the top right corner. You can then “Select All” in the top left corner, or select individual tracks by tapping them.
    - Tapin the top right, then tap “Select”. You can then “Select All” in the top right corner, or select individual tracks by tapping them.

  3. Get your GPX file. Tap the share icon in the bottom left corner / , then “Export GPX File”.

  4. Save your GPX file.
    - Choose “Save to Files” and pick a location & name for your track
    - Choose Google Drive and pick a location & name for your track

Import to Sailjourn

Sailjourn is designed to give you an easy way to track your sailing journeys and share them with your friends. Importing your tracked sails from the Navionics mobile app is simple.

  1. Create a new journey. New Journey

  2. Select a track. Select “Upload GPX” and tap “Upload a file”. Navigate to the file you saved from Navionics and select it. You should see a preview of your track on the map.

  3. Create journey. Select “Create Journey” to import the track and create a new journey. If there are multiple tracks in the file, Sailjourn will create a journey for each track.

  4. Add details. Select “Edit Journey, Add Photos” to add a description, tag fellow crew members, and add photos from your sail.