ZS Offshore

Welcome to the Network

We are both grateful and humbled that you've elected to have Sedna become a member of your crew. She will dig deep to earn her spot. Although she may not be able to tie a FG knot or clean the trip's fish, she can certainly improve the chances that those skills are needed.

So let's get you oriented.

The Sedna Co-Captain Network runs on two products that work together. Understanding how they fit into your routine is the single most important thing you can do right now.

@Desk
Before the Trip
Pre-trip intelligence built for your boat
Pre-trip briefing reports are generated directly from the Captains Portal. Sedna builds a formatted, vessel-specific briefing document you can review, approve, and share with your guests.
1
Start a briefing request
From your Dashboard or the Home page, click Request @Desk Briefing.
Via Portal
Click Request @Desk Briefing from your Dashboard or Home page. Fill out a short questionnaire and Sedna generates your briefing right in the portal. Review it, approve it, then share it with your crew by email, text, or both.
Via Text Coming Soon
Text "Plan Trip" to Sedna's number. She replies with a link to the questionnaire right on your phone.
2
Complete the pre-trip questionnaire
Sedna sends you a short questionnaire covering your trip date, destination, target species, departure port, preferred methods, and timing. Fill it out — this is what Sedna uses to build your personalized briefing.
3
Preview and review your briefing
Once the questionnaire is complete, Sedna generates your briefing and renders it right in the portal. Review the full document — conditions, tactical recommendations, run plan, and more. If it looks good, approve it.
@Desk Pre-Trip Briefing

Conditions Summary

Target AreaHudson Canyon, South Wall
SST (current)68.4°F — up 1.2° from 5-day avg
Thermal BreakSharp edge at 100 fathom line, 4.1° differential
CurrentSW 1.2kt along south wall
Solunar Rating8/10 — major feed 0630-0830

Tactical Recommendation

Based on the 4.1° thermal break at the 100-fathom contour, set your trolling spread along the south wall starting at the break. Yellowfin have been concentrating in 67-70°F water this week. With your fuel capacity, you have a comfortable round-trip margin of 40% to Hudson from your home port.
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Approve and share
Once the briefing looks right, hit Approve and choose how to receive it — email, text, or both. Forward it to your guests so everyone on the boat has the same intelligence before you leave the dock. Your briefing is also saved to your Trip Reports for future reference.

Why this matters

Every @Desk briefing draws from the same oceanographic models and fleet intelligence that Sedna uses across the network. The more the network grows, the more precise these briefings become. Your request starts the loop.

@Dock
Back at the Dock
Snap it. Send it. Sedna handles the rest.
@Dock turns your catch photos into structured trip data, personalized Angler Cards, and Captain's Reports — from a single email. No apps, no tagging, no data entry. Just your phone camera and one email.
What you send
Raw catch photo from phone camera
A photo from your phone. That's it.
What Sedna sends back
Finished @Dock Angler Card
A branded Angler Card — species, size, conditions, map — all automatic.
1
Photograph each fish with the angler
As each fish is landed, snap a photo of the angler holding the catch using your phone's camera. One photo per fish, with the person who caught it. No app needed — just your phone.
2
Email the photos to Sedna
Attach all photos for one angler and send them in a single email to sedna@zsoffshore.life. Put the angler's name in the subject line — that's how Sedna personalizes their card.
Example
To: sedna@zsoffshore.life
Subject: Steve Macquen
Attachments: 4 photos
Multiple anglers on the boat? Send one email per angler, each with their name in the subject and their photos attached. Anyone can send — you, your mate, or crew.
3
Sedna handles the rest
From each photo, Sedna automatically extracts the GPS position, date and time, species (via AI identification), estimated size and weight, and water conditions — SST, tide, wind, sea state — all looked up from the catch location and time. Within minutes you receive:
Angler Cards
Branded, per-angler report cards with catch photo, species, size, weight, method, and conditions. Sent directly to the angler by email.
Captain's Report
Full trip record: total catch by species, catch log, trip map, conditions, and fishing window. Sent to you by email.
Sedna also sends a confirmation email so you can verify or correct the AI species identification. If she gets one wrong, just reply with the correction.
4
Everything lands on your portal
All catch data, reports, photos, and trip maps also appear on your portal under Catch Log, Reports, and My Trips. Your records are always accessible and organized by trip.
5
Your data strengthens the network
Your catch data — aggregated across the fleet — feeds into Sedna's intelligence models. Species timing, condition correlations, fleet-level patterns. Your reports make your own @Desk briefings more accurate, and they do the same for every captain in the network.

The loop that powers everything

@Desk gives you intelligence before the trip. @Dock captures what actually happened. That feedback loop is the engine of the entire network. Without your catch reports, the intelligence stays static. With them, it compounds with every trip across the fleet.

@Helm is coming

Real-time decision support on the water via Starlink. Live SST overlays, adaptive tactical recommendations, and condition updates pushed to your helm station while you fish. Built by captains, for captains — and shaped by every trip you log through @Desk and @Dock.

On the Horizon

You're set up

Your profile is in the system and Sedna knows your boat. Request your first @Desk briefing from the portal when you're ready. When you get back from the water, snap photos of your catches and email them to sedna@zsoffshore.life with the angler's name in the subject. That's the whole loop.

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