Built on the bridge, not in a boardroom.
MYACHT exists because the tools yacht crews use today were built for offices, not for vessels at sea. Every feature in MYACHT solved a real onboard problem first, and was generalised second.
The story
I'm Francisco. I'm a yacht engineer. Two years ago I started building a maintenance app for the yacht I was working on — paper logbooks, a WhatsApp group called ENGINEERING, three different spreadsheets for accounting, and a binder marked ISM that nobody had updated since the last survey. Same situation as every other yacht I've worked on.
I built something for us. Offline-first, because Starlink died on every passage. Built around how engineers, captains, and stews actually work — not how an MBA imagines they work.
Other captains saw it. Asked if they could use it. Then their managers asked. That's how MYACHT started.
What we believe
Crews shouldn't have to fight their tools. If a chief engineer needs three taps to log a defect, two of those taps are bugs in the product, not features.
Offline-first is non-negotiable. A yacht software that's "cloud-only" is a yacht software that doesn't work past the breakwater. We accept this constraint and build around it.
AI assists, it doesn't replace. The captain's judgement is the product. AI scans the receipt, drafts the NC, reads the manual — but the captain still owns the decision. The day MYACHT starts pretending to be a captain is the day it becomes useless.
Compliance should be a side effect, not a chore. If the daily workflow is correct, the PSC export should be one tap away. If it isn't, the workflow is wrong.
How we work
We ship constantly. Every month gets a meaningful update — new modules, AI tools, performance, polish. The full log is on the changelog.
We test on real yachts before public release. Every major feature gets proven on a working vessel — sometimes for weeks — before it lands in the App Store. If a stew can't use it during a charter changeover, it isn't ready.
We listen. Every email to hello@myachtsystems.com is read by a human (most often me). Reply to any product email — the feedback shapes what ships next month.
Where we're going
The next 12 months focus on three areas: deeper fleet tooling for management companies, a richer interior workflow (chefs, chief stews, pursers), and more on-device AI that doesn't need to leave the vessel.
We're hiring slowly and deliberately. If you're a yacht crew member who wants to help shape what gets built next, reply to any email — we'd love to hear from you.