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Wolf Yachting
Management App

Wolf Yachting are charter operators in French Polynesia, designed for digitised ships logs, maintenance & crew records, live weather and tides - built for use on the water.

Wolf Yachting
Client: Wolf Yachting /// Native Apps // iOS + Android /// Yacht Management /// Fishing Log // Compliance /// Multi-Language /// API // Weather & Tides /// Client: Wolf Yachting /// Native Apps // iOS + Android /// Yacht Management /// Fishing Log // Compliance /// Multi-Language /// API // Weather & Tides /// Client: Wolf Yachting /// Native Apps // iOS + Android /// Yacht Management /// Fishing Log // Compliance /// Multi-Language /// API // Weather & Tides ///
// PROJECT_OVERVIEW
THE PROJECT
IN DETAIL

A native yacht management app for charter operators - digitised ship’s logs, fishing records, maintenance workflows, and automated customs reporting for French Polynesia. Live weather and tides via API integrations, multi-language support, and a clean, mobile-first UX designed for on-water use.

Native App Development // iOS + Android API Integration Laravel Backend Development Multi-language Support Compliance Reporting
PROJECT_DETAILS
CLIENT
Wolf Yachting
INDUSTRY
Luxury Yacht Charter
LOCATION
French Polynesia
SERVICES
Native App Development · iOS + Android · API Integration · Backend Web Development · Multi-language Support
STACK
Laravel Native PHP · APIs · Laravel Backend
// THE CHALLENGE
WHAT WE
WERE UP AGAINST

Charter yacht operations generate a heavy daily administrative burden — ship’s logs, crew hours, fuel records, guest manifests, fishing reports, maintenance tasks, and compliance documents. Managing everything across multiple systems or on paper led to missed deadlines, incomplete records, compliance risks, and valuable time lost to administration instead of running the charter. The challenge was to consolidate all of this into one reliable, easy-to-use mobile solution that captains and crew could depend on every day in the demanding environment of French Polynesia.

// COMPLEXITY LEVEL

Native mobile · Multi-module · Compliance-critical · Multi-language · API integrations

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// COMPLEXITY MATRIX
Backend Laravel API & Integrations
Mobile Native iOS & Android
Operations Multi-module Workflows
Compliance Customs & Document Reporting
// THE SOLUTION
HOW WE BUILT IT

Native App Development

We built dedicated native apps for both iOS and Android using Laravel PHP as the core framework - purpose-built applications for each platform, not a cross-platform compromise. Optimised for use on phones and tablets, the apps are designed to perform reliably in the demanding conditions of charter operations - on the water, in remote locations, and across the full range of devices the Wolf Yachting crew rely on.

Laravel API & Backend

We built the entire platform on Laravel — a deliberate choice for long-term scalability. A unified RESTful API powers both the iOS and Android apps from a single codebase, with PostgreSQL handling the structured operational data across vessels, equipment, inventory, and users. AWS cloud hosting provides the reliability that operational software demands.

Ship’s Log & Fishing Log

The core of the app is the digital ship’s log - capturing operation type, crew hours, passenger manifests, fuel levels, machinery hours, departure and arrival data, and digital signatures. Alongside it sits the fishing log, tracking catch positions via GPS, species, catch scorecards, moon phase, and tide conditions - giving charter operators a detailed record that builds in value over time.

Maintenance, Documents & Compliance

A full maintenance management module handles work orders, photo attachments, priority assignment, job approval workflows, and scheduled or meter-based recurring maintenance. Ship documents are stored centrally with expiration tracking and automated alerts. The Duane Report module pulls data from the ship’s log to generate the formatted customs declaration required for French Polynesian operations - exported directly to Excel.

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// OUTCOMES
THE RESULTS
iOS + Android
Native on both platforms
6 Modules
Ship’s Log · Fishing · Maintenance · Docs · Customs · Reviews
12-16 Weeks
Full MVP delivery timeline
Multi-lingual
English + French built in from day one
// KEY OUTCOMES
All daily charter operations consolidated into one native mobile platform
Duane customs report auto-generated from ship’s log data - no duplicate entry required
Scheduled and meter-based maintenance tracking replacing manual job card systems
// LONG-TERM IMPACT
A scalable Laravel foundation ready for future crew role modules and advanced reporting
Fishing log data accumulating over time into a valuable historical performance record
Charter operations running on a single reliable platform - less paperwork, more time on the water
// TECH STACK
BUILD LOG
NETBYTE@BUILD — BUILD_LOG
$ composer require laravel/framework
Laravel framework - installed, API environment configured
$ php artisan migrate
Database schema - vessels, logs, maintenance, and users mapped
$ php artisan api:generate --modules=ships-log,fishing,maintenance
API modules active - 6 core operational modules registered
$ xcodebuild -scheme WolfYachting -configuration Release
iOS build complete - ship’s log, fishing, and maintenance live
$ gradlew assembleRelease
Android build complete - bilingual, tablet-optimised
$ deploy --env=production --host=aws
Wolf Yachting live · Uptime monitoring active
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Laravel
API & Backend
CORE
Native PHP
iOS & Android Apps
MOBILE
POSTRESQL
Database
DATABASE
AWS
Cloud Infrastructure
CLOUD
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SOMETHING

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Email serious@netbyte.com
Base Auckland, NZ
Scott Wilson
Grant Newman
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