Official charts for Norway and Finland Lights, beacons, floating marks, rocks and shoals now come from Kystverket and Vaylavirasto themselves, with the real light characters from the light list. Sognefjorden went from 30 lights to 268, Bergen from 156 to 734. A fishing layer for Norway Registered fishing grounds, spawning areas, shrimp fields, lobster reserves, closures and fish farm sites, from the Directorate of Fisheries. Red means closed. Sixteen new regions, eight new countries France's Atlantic coast, Ireland, Finland, Poland, Estonia and the Norwegian fjords join the catalogue. Eighty-seven regions now. US channel lights now draw in their own colour, red and green, instead of the fallback.

Routing now works in every region Automatic route planning only ever worked in the Sea of Marmara; every other region you downloaded answered "routing unavailable". Now any region you have will plan a route that keeps to water with a depth margin. The question about where the boat is when you ask for a route from ashore was limited the same way, and works everywhere too. Place names Region names are now written the way their own sailors write them.

Your first chart is free Download one region - your own water - at no charge. See the depths, seamarks and soundings before deciding whether Boreas is worth paying for. The Sea of Marmara still ships built in. A what's new card After an update, the first launch says what changed and offers to open it. Things we added were already on your phone and invisible. Winter upkeep A calendar for the dated gear aboard: liferaft service, flares, extinguisher, EPIRB battery. It warns before they run out, 60 days ahead for safety gear and 30 for routine jobs. Storm watch A warning when hard wind is heading for your berth, for the months the boat sits still.

Winter upkeep A calendar for the dated gear aboard: liferaft service, flares, extinguisher, EPIRB battery. It warns you before they run out, 60 days ahead for safety gear and 30 for routine jobs, so the expiry is found at home and not at the fuel dock. Storm watch A warning when hard wind is heading for your berth, for the months the boat sits still. Routing from ashore The app no longer tries to plan a passage from dry land. It asks where the boat is, remembers the berth, and plans from the water. Also: the forecast no longer says it is offline when you are online.

Boreas now asks where you are. Opening the chart asks for your location and shows your own coast instead of the Sea of Marmara. Decline, and you can pick your region yourself. Two things for winter: a warning the evening before strong wind is forecast where your boat lies, and a record of the dated gear aboard - flares, life raft, extinguisher, insurance. When no calm day is coming it no longer just says so: it names the quietest stretch with its real wind and leaves the call to you. Also: points with no sea-state data no longer render as flat calm, and subscribing no longer asks you to make an account first.

Boreas no longer guesses where your voyage starts. Ask for a route while ashore and it asks where the boat is leaving from, offering the berths on the chart around you - and it remembers your answer. The weather no longer says you are offline when you are not. If the forecast cannot be fetched, Boreas says why, shows how old the reading is, and lets you try again.

Your subscription now follows your account, not your phone. Sign in on a new device and Pro comes back on its own - no trip through the paywall. Your trip log moves up the home screen once you have recorded something, and says how much is in it. Clearer wording on what is free (chart, wind, forecast) and what Pro adds (waves and sea state, every region offline, unlimited routes).

• Home now opens with your next good window to head out — the calm daylight hours in the forecast, with the wind, so you know when to go. • We can remind you the evening before, if you want it. • Clearer sign-in: with an account already open, the app shows who you are instead of the registration form again. • Charts you download now say what they save you: the chart stays with you when the signal does not. • Fixes and refinements throughout.

• Good-day-to-sail reminders — Boreas reads your local marine forecast and lets you know when a calm window to head out is coming up. • Richer charts — anchorages, mooring buoys, marina services (fuel, water, electricity, VHF), restricted and military areas, and submarine cables now show on the map, each on its own layer. • Tap any anchorage, mooring or harbour for its details and facilities. • Start any subscription with a free trial. • More detail across all downloadable regions, plus fixes and refinements.

• Fish farms now on the chart — keep clear of nets and cages (its own toggle) • Cruise simulation now reckons with wind and current — real ETA and fuel • Small improvements

• 9 new regions: Italy (Liguria, Tyrrhenian, Sardinia, Sicily, Adriatic), France (Côte d'Azur, Corsica) and Albania • Now 21 downloadable regions across 11 countries • Small improvements

• Password reset now works with an in-app 6-digit code • Love Boreas? You can now rate it from Settings • Small fixes and polish