Spatial Schooner

Support · For Apple Vision Pro, visionOS 2 or later

Stand at the wheel of a 67-foot gaff schooner and sail her through Casco Bay, Maine: the islands, the lighthouses and the channel buoys, with a simulated wind and sea. You don't need to know how to sail. A crew trims the sails for you, or will sail the whole cruise while you look around.

Getting started

• Open the app, choose a wind and where to cast off from, then press Set sail. It sits above the window on every tab, and becomes Come ashore once you're aboard.
• Steer by pinching the rim or a handle of the wheel and turning it.
• Trim the mainsail by pinching the mainsheet, the rope rising from the traveller between you and the wheel. Pull it toward you to bring the sail in; push it away to let it out.
• Want to just enjoy the view? On the Sail tab choose The crew sails a cruise. Taking the wheel hands her back to you.
• The app remembers your choices for next time.

Comfort

• If the motion is too much, open the Comfort tab and lower Boat motion you feel, or set it to Level.
• Like a sailor keeps the horizon level while the deck moves under you, which most people find easiest. Strapped to the deck tilts the world with the boat.
• Take breaks, and sit down if you feel unsteady.

Troubleshooting

A pinch moves the wheel when I meant the window

Only the rim and handles of the wheel respond, so look at the window above or beside the wheel. You can also move the window by dragging the bar beneath it.

She's aground

Put the helm hard over and let the sails fill. She'll sail off as she turns. Or choose Start again here on the Sail tab.

She won't sail or sits head to wind

A schooner can't sail straight into the wind. Turn the wheel until the wind is at least 45° off the bow and let the mainsheet out a little.

No sound

Check the Volume slider on the Comfort tab and your Vision Pro's volume.

Distant land looks low-detail at first

The bay loads near you first and fills in further out over a few seconds.

Credits

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors and Microsoft Global ML Building Footprints, both under the Open Database License. Terrain, seabed and aids to navigation from NOAA; aerial imagery from USDA NAIP. The chart in the app is not for navigation. Full credits are on the app's About tab.