Maintain your vessel
without the guesswork.
Track every system, task, and part on your sailboat. Captain Rusty AI helps you troubleshoot — wherever the wind takes you.
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Everything your vessel needs, in one app.
Stop juggling spreadsheets, sticky notes, and a folder of PDFs. Telltale brings every part of your boat's care into a single, calm interface.
Systems
Catalog every system on your boat — engine, rigging, electrical, plumbing — with manuals, specs, and maintenance history all in one place.
Tasks
Schedule recurring maintenance, track what's overdue, and never lose a yard list to a soggy notebook again.
Parts
Inventory parts and consumables, track installations, and know exactly what's on board when you're hours from the chandlery.
Captain Rusty AI
Diagnose problems, find the right part number, or plan a repair — your AI first mate knows your boat's exact configuration.
Skip the spreadsheet.
Start with Quick Rig.
Pre-built templates for common boat models. Pick yours and your systems, tasks, and parts catalog populate in seconds — not weekends.
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Hundreds of vessel templates
Common cruisers, racers, and bluewater boats — from Catalinas to Tayanas.
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Smart system defaults
Engine, rigging, electrical, plumbing, and safety gear pre-populated for your model.
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Editable, not locked-in
Tweak anything. Templates are a head start, not a cage.
Your AI first mate, on every passage.
Captain Rusty knows your boat's exact configuration. Ask in plain English, get answers grounded in your systems and maintenance history.
- 1. Check belt tension — should deflect ~10mm under firm thumb pressure.
- 2. Inspect the brushes (Yanmar P/N 119773-77200).
- 3. Test alternator output direct at the post — 13.8–14.4V at 2000 rpm.
Based on your Yanmar 3YM30 and last service log from Mar 2026.
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