Why YOS · The landscape
You've seen the alternatives. Here's what's different.
Every yacht management tool makes promises. Some deliver depth but lock you into legacy systems. Others deliver modern design but stop working when the satellite drops. YOS was built to solve both.
The current landscape
The platforms that dominated the last decade. Comprehensive, but built for a different era.
- Installed on a single bridge PC
- Complex setup requiring vendor consultants
- Full feature depth across operations
- Dated interface designed for desktop only
- Expensive multi-year contracts
- Limited or no offline capability on mobile
Modern interfaces, but entirely dependent on internet connectivity.
- Clean, modern user interface
- Good for technical departments
- Requires constant internet connection
- Limited operational breadth — strong in one area, weak in others
- Your data lives on someone else's server
- No function when the satellite drops
Built around payments and accounting. Strong at what they do, but disconnected from operations.
- Excellent multi-currency and payment processing
- Pre-paid cards and direct supplier payments
- No maintenance, no logbooks, no safety management
- Finance disconnected from operational context
- Cannot link an expense to a work order or equipment item
- Alliances with other tools mean multiple logins, multiple databases
Quick to set up, affordable, but limited in depth and intelligence.
- Simple task boards and checklists
- Budget-friendly pricing
- Limited to basic maintenance and crew tracking
- No AI, no automation, no operational intelligence
- Data entry stays manual
- Outgrown as vessel operations scale
It's whether your current setup works when you're 500 nautical miles from shore, when a deckhand needs to log an incident, when the purser needs to approve an expense, and when the DPA needs to see it all from their office — at the same time, from the same system, with the right access controls, without calling IT.
That's the problem YOS was built to solve. Not some of it. All of it.
One system, not an alliance
An expense links to a work order, links to equipment, links to inventory parts consumed. Everything connected because it was built as one system — not bolted together from acquisitions.
The ocean is the operating environment
Every module works identically at sea. Log entries, work orders, expense approvals, safety checklists — all functional without connectivity. When internet returns, everything syncs.
Intelligence, not just storage
YOS reads documents, detects patterns, and handles repetitive data entry. Photograph a receipt — it becomes a categorized expense. Always under human command.
Permissions that mirror your hierarchy
Every crew position mapped to appropriate access. A deckhand sees different data than a chief engineer. Permissions changeable from the UI — no vendor call required.
QR codes on everything
Print QR codes for equipment, inventory locations, and storage areas. Scan from any crew phone — instant access to history, stock levels, and manuals. No special hardware.
Every mistake is recoverable
Crew make mistakes under pressure. In YOS, every deletion goes to a recycle bin. Captain restores it with one click. No data is ever permanently lost by accident.
Migration-ready
Switching from another system? YOS supports full data migration from previous platforms and Excel. Your existing operational history comes with you.
Works on every device you already own
Phone, tablet, laptop, bridge PC. Same application, same data. The chief stewardess uses her phone. The engineer uses his tablet. The captain uses the bridge display.
Crew rotates, system stays
When crew changes, the new member logs in and sees exactly what their role requires. Handover checklists, certificate history, and operational context all transfer.
Print-ready for flag state
Digital records with official-format printouts. Logbook pages print in the format your flag state accepts. Full digital capability with paper backup while regulations catch up.
Your data stays on your vessel
Self-hosted option means operational data lives on board. No dependency on external cloud servers to run your yacht. The yacht stays autonomous.
Built by people who do the job
YOS was built by a working captain with an IT background, tested by real crew in real operations. Every module exists because someone on board needed it.
See the difference on your data
Request command access. We set up YOS with your yacht's actual operational profile — not a generic demo.