Creating and Deleting Vessels in Garmin Express™

What is a vessel in Garmin Express™?

A vessel in Garmin Express holds all the chartplotters and networked marine devices registered to your Garmin® account. Although it is possible to sign into multiple Garmin accounts in Garmin Express, each account can only have one vessel. 

The vessel is used to register new devices, view registered device information such as Unit IDs, and download charts. Up to 10 chartplotters registered to the same vessel will be able to download the same chart information. ^{Marine devices may only be registered to one account at a time.}

Click a link below for steps to create or delete a vessel:

• • Creating a new vessel

  • Creating a Vessel without a Device

  • Deleting a vessel from Garmin Express

Creating a new vessel

To create a new vessel and add a Garmin chartplotter to Garmin Express:

1. 1. Prepare a microSD / SD card in the chartplotter

      • See Preparing a micro/SD Card for Marine Device Registration with Garmin Express for instructions

   2. Install Garmin Express

      • See How Do I Install Garmin Express? for instructions

   3. Insert the SD card into the computer or card reader

   4. Click Add a Device or the banner stating 

      We have found a new device
      
      
      
      
      
   5. When the chartplotter is detected, click Add Device
      
      
      
      
   6. If you do not already have a Garmin account, click Create an Account and follow the onscreen prompts. If you have created a Garmin account in the past, click Sign In.
      
       
      
      
      
   7. Enter the name of the vessel and select the country you are located in, then click Next
      
      

The vessel setup will now be complete.

Creating a Vessel without a Device

To create a Vessel with out a Garmin device or SD card.

1. Install Garmin Express
2. Click on Add Device 
   
   
3. Click the Sign In lettering  at the bottom of the next screen.
   
   

Deleting a vessel

If necessary, you can also delete a vessel from Garmin Express. Deleting the vessel will not delete your Garmin account, or any device or chart registrations.

To delete a vessel from Garmin Express:

1. 1. From the Garmin Express home page, right-click the vessel

   2. Click 

      Remove from Express
      
      
      
   3. Click Remove
      
      
      

The vessel will now be deleted.

1 Pre-loaded and purchased charts for Garmin chartplotters cannot be shared to handheld devices.