AI that does the admin

A platform that thinks.

Talk to your yacht. Maintenance, crew, logs, safety: done for you. The AI does the admin; you approve every change.

Every operation runs differently. Hey Captain adapts to yours. Missing something? We’ll build it.

Nothing saved until you press Approve
Try it

Say what happened.

Pick a sentence, or type your own. The AI Assistant prepares the change as a card, and nothing is saved until you press Approve.

AI Assistant · M/Y Ball Demo · nothing is sent

Choose a sentence, or type one below.

  • Logs at midnight Say it. Done.
    Say the readings; the card is filled in for you.
  • Expiring certificates Warned in time
    Flagged on the dashboard 60 days ahead.
  • MLC rest hours Checked
    Every day checked against the MLC rules.
The problem

Today, vessel management is fragmented.

  • Spreadsheets
  • Crew software
  • Maintenance software
  • Documents & PDFs
  • Paper checklists
  • Email chains

Multiple tools. Manual work. Wasted time. Increased risk.

  1. New regulation arrives
  2. Captain reads 12 pages
  3. Writes a bulletin by hand
  4. Builds a risk assessment in Word
  5. Creates a checklist from scratch
  6. Hopes nothing was missed

Half a day of work. For every regulation.

Hey Captain drafts it for you to approve.

The solution

A platform. A brain. All connected.

Every module shares its records. Log a service and the hour meter, the next due date and the stock move with it. The certificate you upload shows on the Calendar and the Dashboard.

One AI connected to maintenance, crew, calendar, documents, certificates, compliance, checklists, logbook and equipment
  • No double data entry
  • Real-time visibility
  • Ready for inspection
  • AI handles the repetitive work
  • Your crew focuses on what matters

The more you record, the more it can answer.

How it works

Say it. Check it. Approve.

One assistant for the whole vessel. It does the typing; you stay in charge.

  1. The voice note, written out in the AI Assistant’s input box

    Ask or say it

    Type it, tap the mic, or snap a photo. In your own words, in your own language.

  2. A card shows exactly what will be saved, with Approve, Edit and Cancel

    A card shows what will be saved

    Every record it will write, line by line. Something off? Edit it in plain words.

  3. Approved: the ✓ lines show what was saved

    Approve

    Only then is it saved, and the ✓ lines show exactly what changed.

Nothing is saved without you.

Real scenarios

From hours of admin to minutes of action.

A new regulation is published

Half a day → minutes
  1. New noticeFound overnight in the flag and MCA notices, held for review
  2. Compliance packAsk the AI Assistant: it drafts the response as one card
  3. Checklist + risk assessmentReady to review and approve; a crew bulletin from the Crew Board

A certificate is about to lapse

Weeks ahead → handled
  1. Expires within 60 daysThe certificate’s expiry date is on file
  2. FlaggedOn the Dashboard, Documents and the Calendar; in the morning briefing
  3. Renewed in timeUpload the new one in the chat; nothing lapses

Maintenance is completed

One message → fully logged
  1. “250 h service on the port gen, 2 fuel filters”Typed or said to the AI Assistant
  2. One cardLog entry, hour meter, next due and stock, all on one card
  3. ApproveLogged against the equipment; next service and stock updated

Crew certificates arrive

Typing → reading
  1. Upload the PDFDrop it in the AI Assistant
  2. Read for youHolder, type, number and dates pulled from the document
  3. You check it, save itThe expiry goes on the Calendar and is flagged 60 days ahead

The monthly review comes round

A day of chasing → assembled
  1. Every module reports its monthDrills, checks, logs and documents
  2. The review fills itself inGaps shown; a few lines confirmed by hand
  3. You sign it onceThe month is on record for the DPA
AI transparency

The AI that acts, and can be trusted.

Every yacht-software company is now adding AI. On a compliance platform, a confident wrong answer is worse than no answer at all.

“Hey Captain is built on the opposite principle: the AI names the inputs, and verified code does the work.”

Verified engines, not guesses

The AI understands plain language. Tested code does the counting: rest hours, watch rosters, duty rotas and maintenance due dates.

A clear data boundary

It answers from what it looks up in your records, says so when nothing is there, and sees only the modules your login may see.

Sources named

Regulation answers come from the regulations library, with the source documents named. Every answer ends with what it looked up.

Built to act

Intelligence built into every layer.

AI Assistant

Tell it what happened. It prepares the entry as a card; check it, edit it in plain words, and press Approve. Only then is it saved.

Compliance pack

A new notice lands. Ask for a compliance pack: a checklist and a draft risk assessment, in one card to approve.

Smart dashboard

Everything that needs attention, at a glance: overdue maintenance, expiring certificates, drills due, low stock.

Just say it

Tap the mic and talk. Your words are written out for you to check before anything is sent.

Photo → snag

Snap a defect. It becomes a snag with priority and owner, pinned on the GA plan in its priority colour.

BDN → four records

One photo of the delivery note: bunkering, budget, logs and an Oil Record Book entry ready to sign.

For management companies

Your whole fleet. One question.

A company login sees every yacht: overdue maintenance, expired documents and equipment out of service, side by side.

  • Ask “How is the fleet?” and get an answer for every yacht
  • One topic across every vessel: “Which yachts have overdue maintenance?”
  • One calendar for the whole fleet
  • Each crew still sees only their own vessel
Fleet · M/Y Ball, M/Y Aurora, M/Y Solenne
Fleet overview for a management company
Moving from another system?

We copy your records in. Nothing retyped.

“Copy into Hey Captain” takes your equipment, tasks, crew and certificates from the other system’s API or from Excel / CSV files.

  • Preview first: nothing is written until we press Copy
  • Rows already in Hey Captain are skipped, so running it again is safe
  • Each run can be undone

What comes across

  • Equipment and maintenance tasks, with their history
  • Crew and their certificates
  • Spares, LSA / FFE, drills and defects
  • Charters, leave and bunkering
Questions

Good to know

Who owns our data? Can we take it with us?

Your data is yours. The records that matter export to PDF from their pages: hours of rest, checklists, the Oil Record Book, crew certificates, documents, the calendar and the budget. If you leave, ask us and we will send you a full copy of your records.

Does it work offline at sea?

Not yet. Hey Captain runs in the browser on a laptop, tablet or phone and needs an internet connection: the yacht’s Wi-Fi, VSAT or Starlink. There is nothing to install.

How long does setup take?

There is nothing to install. We set up your vessel, the crew logins and the modules you use with you, and copy your existing records in. How long the copy takes depends on how much you bring; we will plan it with you at the demo.

We use another system. Can we move?

Yes. Hey Captain connects to the other platform’s API, or reads its Excel / CSV exports, and copies your equipment, maintenance tasks and history, crew, certificates, spares, LSA / FFE, drills, defects, charters, leave and bunkering. You see a preview first, nothing is written until you press Copy, rows already there are skipped, and each area can be undone.

Who sees what?

Each crew login gets Hidden, View, Edit or Full for every module, with presets for deck, engineering and interior. Each vessel’s data is kept separate in the database itself, and the AI Assistant follows the same rules as the person using it.

Pricing

One platform. Three ways to run it.

Priced per vessel. Book a demo and we’ll put together a quote for your yacht or fleet.

Starter

For a vessel getting started: the AI Assistant and the daily essentials.

  • AI Assistant, Dashboard and Crew Board
  • Equipment, maintenance tasks and log, inventory
  • Documents, checklists, To Do, LSA / FFE
  • Crew, calendar, log books, weather, ship’s diary
Book a demo

Enterprise

For larger yachts and management companies: every module, every vessel.

  • Everything in Professional
  • Refit / yard period and annual budget
  • Fleet view and company logins across your vessels
  • Every module switched on for each vessel
Book a demo
Built for trust

Built for people who get inspected.

Each vessel’s data kept separate

Every record carries its vessel, and the database itself limits each login to its own vessel.

Permissions per crew login

Hidden, View, Edit or Full, module by module, with presets for deck, engineering and interior. The AI follows the same rules.

Every AI change on record

Approved AI changes are logged with who, when and what changed.

Signed where it matters

Hours of rest, checklists, passage plans and the Oil Record Book are signed and countersigned, and export to PDF.

The team

Built by people from yachting.

Hey Captain is built by a serving Chief Officer, from the operational reality of running a vessel. We know what a flag state inspection looks like, what captains need at 2am, and why spreadsheets always fail at the worst moment.

See Hey Captain in action.

We walk you through it on your kind of day: maintenance, crew, logs and safety.

Or write to hello@heycaptain.io