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Tell us the challenge you're seeing

Purpose

To build a structured, shared record on real gaps and challenges mariners are seeing at sea. This is not a ‘suggestion box’ — this is a bid to capture the raw material behind future AI strategy and governance development that will support the maritime industry, faculty research, and enable strong capstone projects.

Whenever you are at sea, you will see things — gaps, workarounds, training that didn't match what you actually needed. Write it down here. You don't need to know whether AI is the answer; that's what this process figures out next.

DigiMariner · From Paper Charts to AI

A challenge is just a clearly stated gap: what's happening, why it's a problem, and who it affects. That's it — three or four sentences is plenty.

Submissions are grouped by domain and risk category and shared with faculty as source material for capstone projects.

With ~900 midshipmen and 7,000+ alumni in a position to submit, this only works if the categories below are filled in accurately — they're what let us group real patterns instead of re-reading a thousand free-text answers.

We'll email you a confirmation the moment it's received.

Please fill in the required fields highlighted below before submitting.
  1. 1Who’s submitting
  2. 2The challenge
Step 1 of 2 · About You

Who's submitting this

Your name is optional — everything else here is required. About a minute.

Step 2 of 2 · The Challenge

What you saw

Plain language. No AI assumed yet.

Categorize the Challenge

Help us route this correctly

These drop-downs are what let us group patterns instead of re-reading everything by hand.

From the DigiMariner session's four AI-adoption failure modes — pick "Not Sure" if none feel right.

Size It Up

Value, readiness and risk

Rate the challenge the same way SpecNav scores real use cases. Your best judgement is what we need — there are no wrong answers, and you’ll see where it lands as you go.

Want to go deeper on this one?

The questions below are a quick version of SpecNav’s Maritime AI Use Case Assessment Template. If you’d like to work a challenge through in full — with evidence, risk mitigations and a calculated Quick Win / Big Bet / Foundation / No-Go result — download the Excel template, complete it, and email it to hello@specnav.global. You can still submit this form either way.

Download the template (.xlsx)

1 · How much would fixing it be worth?

2 · Could it realistically be fixed today?

Do the tools and technology to fix this exist and work at sea?

Is your ship, company or school set up to adopt a fix?

Choose “Yes” for infrastructure, data or skills work that other fixes depend on.

3 · What if a fix goes wrong?

Where it lands — preliminary
Answer the five ratings above to see it

Value, technical feasibility, organizational maturity, likelihood and impact.

SpecNav validates every placement — this is your read, not a verdict.

Follow-Up

Can we reach you?

Either way, you'll get an emailed confirmation that we received this submission.

Takes about 5 minutes.

Challenge received

Thanks — this joins the shared pool of submissions from across King’s Point and the fleet. Check your inbox for a confirmation email; if you opted in to follow-up, we'll reach out there if we need more detail.

Want to take this challenge further? Work it through in full with the Maritime AI Use Case Assessment Template and email the completed file to hello@specnav.global.

Seen more than one gap? Add another — your details are kept, so it only takes the challenge questions. You’ll get a separate confirmation email for each.