Club Mendoza Regatas

What Club Mendoza Regatas does

Regatas (regatas.com.ar) is a web application that delivers sailing navigation forecasts for the Río de la Plata, targeted at individual recreational and competitive sailors (veleristas) in Argentina and Uruguay. The product combines wind, gust, precipitation, wave, fog, and tidal data into a single color-coded daily navigability score (green/yellow/red), supplemented by sudestada and bajante storm-surge/low-water alerts and a 7-day crossing planner between ports such as Colonia and Montevideo. Underlying data sources include Open-Meteo for wind and marine forecasts, INA for observed water levels, SHN for authoritative nautical forecasts, and METAR airport visibility observations as a real-time fog proxy. The methodology applies vessel-specific logic — polar-based speed/heading estimation for sailing vessels and constant cruise-speed for motor vessels — and a user-configurable tolerance setting (prudent/normal/bold) that scales the traffic-light thresholds.

The technical product consists of four integrated modules: a Panel dashboard for daily navigability assessments, a Mareas module for tidal information, a Cruce module for crossing planning, and a Mi Perfil section for boat and marina configuration. The user model is entirely client-side — no registration, no account, no server-side user data storage; all preferences are persisted in the browser. The current version is v1.2.0 and the application is explicitly labeled as being in development stage, with the operator recommending that users always verify against official SMN/SHN forecasts before sailing.

The business model is unmonetized: the product is offered free of charge, with no pricing tiers, no advertising, no enterprise contracts, and no disclosed revenue model. No funding rounds, investors, or institutional backing are referenced. Distribution is entirely self-serve via direct web access with no formal marketing channels, relying on organic search and word-of-mouth within the sailing community. Geographic focus is bounded to the Río de la Plata basin, serving users across both Argentine and Uruguayan shores.

Name

Club Mendoza Regatas

Legal name

Regatas

Website

https://regatas.com.ar

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Regatas is a free, web-based sailing forecast assistant for the Río de la Plata, serving individual sailors in Argentina and Uruguay. It combines wind, wave, tide, and visibility data into a daily navigability traffic-light score, with storm-surge alerts and a crossing planner to Colonia and Montevideo.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Marine Navigation Software

NAICS

Navigational Services to Shipping (488330)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Sailing Experiences (Lessons, Regattas, Day Sails) (THAJAJAG)

Keywords

• Sailing weather forecast
• Navigability assessment
• Marine tidal alerts
• Crossing route planner
• Visibility fog monitoring

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Free web application: The application is currently offered free of charge with no stated monetization model. User data is stored locally in the browser with no account required. Revenue model is not disclosed in available sources.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Regatas is a free web-based nautical assistant that helps sailors decide whether to go sailing on the Río de la Plata. It combines wind, gust, precipitation, wave, fog, and tidal forecasts with vessel-specific parameters (propulsion type and length) to produce a daily color-coded navigability assessment, sudestada and bajante alerts, and a crossing planner for routes between Argentina and Uruguay (Colonia and Montevideo).

Product overview

Regatas is a single unified web application providing sailing navigation forecasting for the Río de la Plata. It consists of four integrated modules: the main Panel dashboard for daily navigability assessments, the Mareas module for tidal information, the Cruce module for route planning between ports, and Mi Perfil for user configuration. All modules share the same weather and tidal data sources and user profile settings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Regatas Web application that provides sailing navigation forecasts for the Río de la Plata, featuring a color-coded navigability traffic-light system, sudestada and low-tide alerts, fog warnings, and a crossing planner for routes to Colonia and Montevideo. Targeted at individual recreational and competitive sailors operating sailing or motor vessels in Argentina and Uruguay.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Open-MeteocoreTechnology or IntegrationOpen-Meteo provides the underlying weather forecast data (wind speed, gusts, temperature, precipitation) and marine forecast data (wave height and direction) used to compute the navigability traffic light and crossing conditions.
• INA (Instituto Nacional del Agua)coreTechnology or IntegrationINA provides the observed water level measurements from its nearest gauging station, used to display current water level and support sudestada/bajante alert calculations in the Mareas tab.
• SHN (Servicio de Hidrografía Naval)coreTechnology or IntegrationSHN provides official nautical forecasts referenced as the authoritative source users should verify conditions against. The app recommends users always consult SMN/SHN before sailing.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• PassageWeather: Voyage weather routing service for sailors and cruisers providing wind, wave, and pressure forecasts. Comparable in function — helping sailors plan crossings based on weather — though targeted at ocean passages rather than a single estuary's tidal dynamics.
• Buoyweather: Marine weather forecasting service using buoy and model data to provide coastal and offshore forecasts for recreational mariners. Directly comparable as a marine-forecast product serving similar end users, though focused on buoy-derived wave and wind data globally.
• Sailflow: Wind forecast service purpose-built for sailors, with station-based wind observations and forecasts. Directly comparable as a sailing-focused wind forecasting tool serving similar recreational user needs.
• Windfinder: Wind and weather forecast service focused on sailing, kitesurfing, and other wind-dependent water sports. Comparable as a niche wind forecast provider for recreational boaters, with a station-based model and global coverage versus Regatas' hyper-local Río de la Plata focus.
• Windy.com: Global weather visualization platform widely used by sailors and marine recreation users for wind, wave, and forecast overlays. Competes directly with Regatas for the daily go/no-go weather check workflow, though Windy is global and not specialized to Río de la Plata tidal dynamics.
• PredictWind: Sailing-specific weather forecasting service offering wind, gust, and routing forecasts tailored to recreational and competitive sailors. Directly comparable as a marine forecast tool, though PredictWind operates globally and with paid premium tiers whereas Regatas is free and hyper-local.

Broad incumbents

• Navionics (Garmin): Established marine chart and navigation app owned by Garmin, used widely by recreational boaters for routing and situational awareness. Competes broadly in the 'boating utility' category but is chart-centric rather than weather/navigability-focused like Regatas.
• MarineTraffic: Global vessel tracking and maritime intelligence platform with significant recreational and commercial sailor overlap. Adjacent rather than direct — provides AIS-based situational awareness rather than go/no-go weather decisions.

Emerging players

• iNavX: Marine navigation chart plotter app used by recreational sailors for route planning and onboard navigation. Overlaps with Regatas' crossing planner functionality but lacks the integrated weather/tidal traffic-light assessment.
• OpenCPN: Open-source chart plotter and navigation software popular among cruisers and recreational sailors. Competes indirectly on the planning and routing side; like Regatas, it is built by a small enthusiast community but is chart-centric rather than weather-driven.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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