Dining, bar, and POS
Zeil does not run the galley. Keep the F&B system you have. We are the club operating system for members, boats, eligibility, communications, and waivers. Online dues collection is on the roadmap.
Yacht club management software
For yacht clubs: the sailing-first operating system
Yacht club management software should know what a boat, a certification, a crew, and a race committee are. Most of what boards are offered does not. It is membership software with a harbor photo.
Zeil is the sailing-first club operating system for US yacht clubs and sailing centers: membership, boat scheduling, racing, and AI Sail Briefs in one mobile-native platform. Volunteers get their evenings back. Members get on the water.
The buying window
The club already has a system. It is made of volunteer evenings.
This page is for commodores, club managers, and treasurers in the September–February buying window. It says what is live today and what is on the roadmap. Race scoring, duty rosters, and PHRF handicaps have no date. We do not have paying clubs to put on a logo wall, so there is none.
Bookings in a spreadsheet. Announcements in a Facebook group. Skipper approvals in a binder. Race results in a tool from another decade. The commodore stitches it at 10pm.
That stack is familiar. It cannot refuse a double-booking, cannot enforce who is cleared on the club J/22, and cannot put forecast, boat, and skipper record in one briefing. Those are the jobs yacht club management software has to do on the sailing side of the house — not the dining room, not the fuel dock.
Live today
Present tense only for what is actually live
Claims register schema 1.2.0, verified 2026-08-19, product HEAD 727dce82. Mobile web is live. A dedicated iOS/Android app is not.
- MembershipRoster, invitations, member directory, roles.
- Club-owned boat reservationsOverlap-proof; double-booking is prevented in the database, not by a warning.
- EligibilityCertifications and endorsements gate skipper eligibility before the boat can be reserved.
- CrewInvite, request-to-join, min/max crew.
- AI Sail BriefsPlain-English briefing from forecast, boat, skipper qualifications, and club local notes. Regenerates when the forecast shifts. Advisory: skippers make the final call. “AI-generated advisory; verify before sail.”
- AnnouncementsClub-wide announcements and a weekly email digest.
- WaiversVersioned waiver text. Members acknowledge it by checkbox. Zeil records the name, email, timestamp, and the exact text shown.
- Self-serve club creation & migrationSelf-serve club creation is live. Migration is a free white-glove service done by our team, not an automated import. It covers members and boats. It does not cover race results or past series.
- Trial60-day full-featured trial, no credit card.
We do not claim a member-boat registry, a handicap rating on boats, sail numbers, per-vessel maintenance logs, or segmented email. Those are either absent or roadmap.
On the roadmap — labeled
Race scoring, duty, and PHRF have no date
Those three are Roadmap, with no date. Other items below keep their own dates. Founding Clubs is a price lock and a product seat — not an early unlock of scoring or marina.
Race series and RRS-compliant scoring
RoadmapRace scoring is on the roadmap, with no date. It has not shipped.
Duty rosters
RoadmapAn in-product duty roster is on the roadmap, with no date. It is not live.
PHRF corrected-time math
RoadmapPHRF corrected-time math is on the roadmap, with no date. There is no rating, sail-number, or certificate field, and no member-boat registry.
Regatta registration and entry payments
RoadmapRace scoring is on the roadmap, with no date. It has not shipped. Dues and payments are on the roadmap. Collection is not live yet. When it is, members see a Booking fee of 2%, the same on every payment method, with the fee-inclusive total shown first. The club is the seller.
Dues renewal invoices, reminders, lapsed-member workflow
RoadmapDues and payments are on the roadmap. Collection is not live yet. When it is, members see a Booking fee of 2%, the same on every payment method, with the fee-inclusive total shown first. The club is the seller.
Segmented announcements
RoadmapClub-wide announcements are live. Segmented sends and push notifications are roadmap, with no date.
Sailing school / junior program payments
RoadmapNot claimed live, and no date, until that open question is resolved.
Marina+ / marina module
Waitlist-onlySlips, moorings, and transient and liveaboard billing. Waitlist-only. Not sold. Do not start a trial as Marina+.
Native member mobile app
RoadmapMobile web is live. A dedicated iOS and Android app is roadmap, with no date. There are no push notifications.
Honest boundaries
What we do not do, on purpose
Slips, moorings, and marina billing
Waitlist-onlyNot sold. Marina+ is waitlist-only — not a live product card. Do not start a trial as Marina+.
Reciprocity ledgers
Guest registration is not claimed live. Tracking burgee-for-burgee contracts is not in the product.
Pricing
Sellable plans only
Starter, Racing, and Club Pro. Marina+ is omitted — waitlist-only, not a live sold plan.
Starter
$99/mo
Smaller clubs; membership, directory, comms, calendar
FlagshipRacing
$199/mo
Weekly racing — flagship. AI Sail Briefs. Scoring, duty, and PHRF are Roadmap, with no date
Club Pro
$349/mo
Mid-to-large clubs and sailing schools (school module roadmap)
60-day trial, no credit card. Free white-glove migration from spreadsheets or your current tool.
Founding Clubs
25 slots, sellable tiers only
Marina+ is waitlist-only and excluded. A 24-month lock at today’s list price on Starter, Racing, and Club Pro — a lock, not a percentage discount.
- Racing-plan Founding Clubs pay $99/mo until race scoring is in their hands, then locked list. Race scoring has no delivery date.
- Free white-glove migration. Founding Council seat. Numbered badge.
- Optional 12-for-10 annual prepay, capped at 10 of the 25.
FAQ
Answers for the board
Is this yacht club management software, or just a boat calendar?
It is a club operating system. Membership, eligibility-checked reservations of club-owned boats, crew, Sail Briefs, announcements, and click-through waivers are live. Race scoring, duty rosters, and PHRF handicaps are on the roadmap, with no date. Guest registration, weather on every reservation, and online dues are not claimed live. Hospitality and point of sale are out of scope on purpose.
Can we run Wednesday night series on Zeil this month?Roadmap
Not the scoring, the duty roster, or PHRF. Those are on the roadmap, with no date. Live today: the people, boats, eligibility, and race-day briefing.
Do members pay dues in Zeil?Roadmap
Dues and payments are on the roadmap. Collection is not live yet. When it is, members see a Booking fee of 2%, the same on every payment method, with the fee-inclusive total shown first. The club is the seller.
Is there a case study?
Not yet. We will not invent one. Zero paying clubs as of the company brief; we do not use the founder’s own club as a customer.
How is this different from generic club software?
Generic tools treat a yacht club like any membership org. They do not enforce skipper credentials before a boat goes out, and they do not write a Sail Brief. Race scoring, when we ship it, is built for the Racing Rules of Sailing — and until then we say “not yet.”
Can we buy Marina+ / run slips on Zeil this season?Waitlist-only
Waitlist-only. Not sold. Do not start a trial as Marina+.
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