savvy navvy is a navigation app designed to make route planning simpler – and safer – for boaters. It prides itself on its agility to update its offering based on feedback, and the safety parametres it has in place for its users. savvy navvy’s app is also used by motor/power boats, sailing vessels, kayakers, paddleboarders and more as it offers uncluttered screens with tide and wind directions.
Marine technology company savvy navvy has appointed US-based Alisdair Martin, as its new board advisor as the boating navigation app continues to scale up its growth. He’s joining as a strategic advisor to the executive board. “The marine industry is notoriously slow to innovate,” Martin says. “If we hope to grow boating, it is critical […]
It’s hard to miss stories about savvy navvy. This is the company with headlines that include ‘record growth‘ and crowdfunding targets repeatedly blown through. Its route into boat navigation systems has been quite the journey over the last seven years. Oh yes, and also last week. Opening its doors to investors via Seedrs last Tuesday […]
Marine technology company savvy navvy has rolled out Over the Horizon AIS (OHA) in its latest app update. OHA uses the phone’s internet connection to stream other vessels’ locations in real-time directly to the app, improving safety on the water. Traditional AIS received from the transceiver on the boat has a range of only about […]
Marine technology company Savvy Navvy has appointed US-based Alex Ostler as its new chief marketing officer (CMO) as its continues to scale up its growth. “As we enter the next phase of our business, it’s the right time to build our executive team starting with the chief marketing officer role with the main focus of […]
Marine technology company Savvy Navvy is offering a free account for qualified boating instructors of its navigation app. “As a leader in digital navigation, we firmly believe in formal training, understanding navigation and knowing what’s going on in the background while the app is doing the heavy lifting,” says David Cusworth, head of partnership and […]
Marine technology company Savvy Navvy has launched its V2. This new-and-improved app is said to offer greater speed and a smoother user experience as well as some feature upgrades. The company says it has integrated ongoing feedback from its boating and watersports users. One key feature of the Savvy Navvy V2 is navigation mode. The […]
The British Marine Trades Association (BMTA) awards dinner, which celebrates the successes in the UK leisure marine industry, was held at The Grand, Southampton, on Monday (12 June). British Marine Trades Association Business of the Year went to Savvy Navvy. This popular and growing new business received glowing nominations from industry peers stating that the […]
The ‘#protectourbeds´ campaign, organised between non-profit Clean Sailors, the Ocean Conservation Trust and navigation app Savvy Navvy, has expanded its global coverage of seagrass meadows thanks to data from new contributors. Only three months after the launch of the campaign, which is digitally mapping sensitive seabeds and eco-moorings across boating hotspots around the world, additional seagrass […]
Navigation app savvy navvy has launched a new promoted pins feature, enabling marine businesses to reach a geo-targeted audience. Similar to pins on Google Maps, marine businesses can now promote themselves directly in the savvy navvy app. “We have a map-based app, so if you need to find anything from a boatyard, sail repairer, training […]
A new campaign is helping sailors do their part to tackle climate change by digitally mapping sensitive seabeds and eco-moorings across boating hotspots around the world. The global ‘#protectourbeds´ campaign, organised between non-profit Clean Sailors, the Ocean Conservation Trust and navigation app Savvy Navvy, aims to stop vital seagrass being destroyed. This can be done […]
Marine technology company savvy navvy has already blown past a £600,000 target, after launching a crowdfunding campaign last week. The round is currently still open on Seedrs, but the firm says it may be the last chance for anyone who wants to own a piece of the company to come onboard as this could “possibly” […]