My Boat: setting up your vessel profile

The My Boat page is where you tell Aqua Map about your vessel, its name, type, dimensions, average speed, and more. This isn't just profile information either, several features across the app rely directly on these details to calculate things accurately, from how your boat displays on the chart to how Route Explorer searches for fuel and clearance.

You'll find My Boat from the main Settings menu. Two things worth knowing upfront: most of what you enter here syncs automatically across every device logged into the same GEC Account, and if you enable Live Sharing, most of this information becomes visible to other Aqua Map users too.

GEC Account settings

The first section covers the basics tied to your account:

image, your avatar, shown to other users if you're active on Live Sharing;
captain name, your preferred nickname (this doesn't need to be unique, other users can share the same one);
boat name, whatever you'd like your vessel to be called.

Boat display settings

This section controls how your boat icon, meaning your current GPS position, appears on the chart:

icon, the symbol used to represent your position;
icon color and icon size, self-explanatory;
GPS direction (COG) line length, the length of the line showing your Course Over Ground. Unlike the Timestick below, this line stays fixed regardless of zoom level or boat speed, making it a clear, constant heading indicator.
timestick, similar in direction to the COG line, but built for a different purpose: showing where your boat will actually be in the near future. Set it to 5 minutes, and the tip of the line shows your projected position 5 minutes ahead, assuming you hold your current course and speed. It carries a larger mark every 5 minutes and a smaller one every minute, for the first 10 minutes. Set the value to 0, and the Timestick simply won't display;
Variable Range Marker (VRM), an optional circle around your boat at a distance you choose, useful for judging at a glance whether anything on the chart is closer than that. Set to 0, it's hidden.

Boat parameters

This section covers your boat's type and default navigation figures:

boat type, choose the closest match, with "Other" available for anything that doesn't fit the standard power or sail categories;
fuel type, used by Route Explorer when searching for marinas that carry fuel. For marinas that list a specific fuel type, Route Explorer only surfaces the ones matching what you've set here;
average speed, used to calculate every time-related estimate for your routes. You can also set a specific average speed per route from that route's own settings page. Worth knowing: this figure only applies to routes that aren't currently active, once you start navigating a route, Aqua Map switches to your real-time GPS speed instead;
fuel consumption, used to calculate estimated fuel usage for your routes, with the same option to override it per route from that route's settings page.

Boat size

This is where you enter your boat's key dimensions, and getting these right really matters, since several safety features depend on them directly:

draft, your boat's maximum depth below the waterline. Used by Route Planner to calculate safe water, and by your Wi-Fi connection to trigger a depth alarm;
height, your boat's maximum height above the waterline. Also used by Route Planner for safe-water calculations, and by Route Explorer to work out clearance under bridges. Worth keeping in mind: while Aqua Map adds a margin on top of the value you enter, factors like tides, waves, and wind can still affect your actual available clearance, so this figure is a starting point, not a guarantee;
beam, your boat's width, also used by Route Explorer for bridge clearance calculations;
length, your boat's total length. This currently isn't used in any calculation, but it's still worth entering accurately for your own reference.

Contact info

These details help other users get in touch with you or identify your boat, and like the rest of this page, they're only shared with the community if Live Sharing is enabled:

AIS MMSI, your boat's Maritime Mobile Service Identity number;
contact number, a phone number other Aqua Map users can reach you on.

Boating lifestyles

Here you can select up to 3 boating lifestyles that describe how you use your boat. Shared with the Live Sharing community, this is what lets other users search for and find boaters with similar interests to their own.

If you ever want to start fresh, the "Delete Settings" button clears everything on this page at once.