eSail Sailing Simulator News

This small update fixes the grey appearance of the Northern Islands. Contrary to how it might appear, this was not a layer of volcano ash, it was a bug!

It should also fix the problem of anchored boats sometimes appearing in the wrong places.

Log out of your Steam client then back in to force the update.

Thank you to everyone for your ongoing input with issues and suggestions.

We are excited to announce a new version of eSail with some great new features. NOTE: This new version requires DirectX 11.

New Sailing Areas. Now Master Explorers have access to newly charted islands to the North of Shearwater. The islands include 'Navarone' which is dominated by a huge active volcano - Mt. Mallory. To become a Master Explorer you need to collect all 13 level 1 POIs (Points of Interest).

NEW POIs. There are 9 new 'Points of Interest' for you to find including the beautiful double Golden Angel Falls and a Seismic Monitoring Station.

New Chart B2 - Shearwater to Navarone. This is a new small scale chart from the Shearwater Coast Guard covering the whole North Shearwater area. We may also add larger scale charts depending on user feedback. You can find the chart in a new drawer under the chart table (available to Master Explorers only).

There are also numerous small fixes and changes which will be documented on the eSail website support page. One worth noting is that we have changed the default zoom direction (mouse scroll). You can change this in Settings.

Once you start using the new version you will be able to see your POI ranking here: https://steamcommunity.com/stats/794860/leaderboards/3639942

If you have any problems running the new version please contact us via https://www.esailyachtsimulator.com/support/ or the Technical Support forum.

Thank you to all our testers and beta testers for your extremely valuable feedback!

eSail has now been updated to Version 1.4.2. This update has a minor fix to prevent reefing lines becoming jammed.

Meanwhile work on opening up new sailing areas to the North of Shearwater Island is progressing well and we should start testing next week. Internal testing and Beta testing will take several weeks and of course Beta testers will be the first to get the new POIs!

This new update has been created to improve reefing performance. In the current release it can be difficult to get the mainsail tight when it is being held down by the reefing lines, which can cause problems with the Reefing tutorial in particular.

I would very much appreciate feedback - please report any issues or confirm the improvement (hopefully!)

Thank you to steveelliott4646 for reporting the issue.

P.S. If you have a moment please visit this video by Gregory Ball - a fellow eSailor who has created this beautiful atmospheric music and video of Dawn at Shearwater Bay

We are pleased to announce that today we have taken eSail out of Early Access and published it as a full release. I would like to thank everyone who has contributed with their feedback and ideas to get us to this point.

So what now? Well the good news is the development does not stop here. We have lots more planned with a new sailing area coming next. That will be followed by some exciting new sailing features coming in the second half of the year.

We look forward to the next chapter in the eSail story!