Create your account and first vessel

WatchKeeper accounts are email-based. There are no Google or Microsoft buttons — if you used one of those before mid-2026, request a magic link to the same email address and you'll land in the same account.

Create the account

1. Go to app.watchkeeper.me/login.
2. Pick one of the three ways in:
   • Magic link (default) — enter your email, we send a one-tap sign-in link. No password to remember.
   • Sign in with password — if you've already set one.
   • Create account — email + password, then a verification email, and a checkbox for the Terms, Privacy, and Safety notice.
3. Open the verification or magic-link email and tap the link. Check spam if it hasn't arrived in a couple of minutes.

Sign-in needs a working connection. Once you're in, the app keeps working offline — so sign in before you leave the dock, not after.

Set up your first vessel

Right after your first sign-in you'll be taken to vessel setup — the app needs a boat before anything else makes sense.

1. Enter the vessel name (the only required field).
2. Add call sign, MMSI, and home port if you have them — they appear on exports and ship's papers later, but you can fill them in any time.
3. Save. You'll land on the Dashboard with a welcome checklist pointing at the usual next steps: plan a passage, invite crew, add emergency contacts.

What plan am I on?

New accounts start on Coastal, which is free: 1 vessel, 4 crew seats, 1 active passage, your last 30 days of logs. See Plans and pricing for what Offshore and Bluewater add, or try Offshore free for 14 days.

If something goes sideways

• No verification email — check spam, then try the magic-link option; it uses the same address.
• "Used Google before" confusion — magic link to the same Gmail address reaches the same account and data.
• Still stuck? Write to us — include the email address you signed up with.