{"title":"Passage Planning \u0026 Navigation Templates","description":"\u003cp\u003ePassage plans, float plans and energy budgets for the days before a departure. Documents you complete ashore so that the decisions at sea are already made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA float plan left with someone on land, a leg-by-leg route with contingency ports, a watch roster agreed before anyone is tired: none of this is complicated, and almost none of it gets written down. These templates give the preparation a fixed shape, so nothing depends on remembering it at the dock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFully offline once on your device, and print-ready when paper is the more reliable tool.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"coastal-passage-float-plan-pdf","title":"Coastal Passage \u0026 Float Plan PDF — Sources, Legs, Your Own Limits \u0026 the Copy Left Ashore","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-size:1.05em;line-height:1.7;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA limit agreed in the cockpit at breakfast is a decision. The same limit considered at midnight in a rising sea is a negotiation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the one document in the series that is filled in \u003cem\u003ebefore\u003c\/em\u003e the event rather than after it, and the only one a copy of which stays with somebody ashore. It records two things: every source behind your plan — with when it was issued and what it actually said — and the limits you set for yourself while the decision was still cheap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#0A3F5C;border-left:4px solid #C5A059;border-radius:4px;padding:22px 24px;margin:26px 0;color:#F7F9FA;\"\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;font-size:0.72em;letter-spacing:0.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#C5A059;font-weight:700;\"\u003eWhat you receive\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px;font-size:1.25em;line-height:1.35;color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003eA seven-part sheet, and one page that leaves the boat\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px;line-height:1.75;color:#DCE6EC;\"\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003eA 16-line vessel description and a 10-person crew page\u003c\/strong\u003e — the float plan proper, written for somebody who has never seen her and may one day have to look for her\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003eA 20-line source register\u003c\/strong\u003e recording every forecast, tide table, pilot and chart correction, with its issue time and what it said in your own words\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003e12 legs with ground track and heading both\u003c\/strong\u003e, plus eight tidal gates and clearances\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003e12 limits you set yourself before departure\u003c\/strong\u003e, each with a column for where the figure came from\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003e10 bolt-holes and an 8-call communication schedule\u003c\/strong\u003e — with the column that makes a float plan work: what your shore contact does if you do not call\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003eA 16-entry watch log, 6 navigational models, and a detachable 18-line shore copy\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"color:#0A3F5C;margin:30px 0 8px;\"\u003eWhy there are no limits printed in it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo wind speed, no sea state, no visibility minimum, no distance off and no under-keel margin appears anywhere in these 26 pages. 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Three passages later, the same column tells you whether your local forecast runs optimistic — which is worth knowing before it matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"color:#0A3F5C;margin:30px 0 8px;\"\u003eSix models, all of them arithmetic\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeg time, course to steer across a tidal stream, latest departure for a gate, clearance over a charted depth using \u003cem\u003eyour\u003c\/em\u003e margin, endurance under power on \u003cem\u003eyour\u003c\/em\u003e measured burn rate, and — completed afterwards — how optimistic your planning speed turned out to be. 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This page only insists that you made it before you needed it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#0A3F5C;border-left:4px solid #C5A059;border-radius:4px;padding:22px 24px;margin:26px 0;color:#F7F9FA;\"\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;font-size:0.72em;letter-spacing:0.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#C5A059;font-weight:700;\"\u003eWhat you receive\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px;font-size:1.25em;line-height:1.35;color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003eAn eight-part workbook for a passage with no port under your lee\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px;line-height:1.75;color:#DCE6EC;\"\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003eA 24-line reference page\u003c\/strong\u003e — stability information, liferaft and EPIRB details, storm canvas, and the insurance limits for \u003cem\u003ethis\u003c\/em\u003e passage, which most owners read last and should read first\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003e14 dated routing reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e rather than one forecast, including the ones that made you wait\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003e16 consumables\u003c\/strong\u003e with rates measured on your own boat and a reserve expressed as a share of the passage\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003eA 16-line departure check and a 12-line heavy-weather decision page\u003c\/strong\u003e, each decision carrying its own source\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003eA 20-day noon log, a 14-entry watch and sleep record, and a 14-line failure register\u003c\/strong\u003e that becomes your refit list\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003e6 calculation models\u003c\/strong\u003e for passage days, consumables, reserve, drift against plan, honest arrival time and sleep obtained\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"color:#0A3F5C;margin:30px 0 8px;\"\u003eFatigue is recorded, never prescribed\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo watch length is recommended anywhere in these 25 pages. 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Everyone can divide twenty-four hours by four. What almost nobody does on paper is ask which \u003cem\u003ecompetences\u003c\/em\u003e are actually awake at three in the morning — and what happens to the rotation when one person has been seasick since day seven.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart III maps every competence against every slot in your roster. The gap becomes something you can see ashore, while there is still time to teach somebody.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background: #0A3F5C; border-left: 4px solid #C5A059; border-radius: 4px; padding: 22px 24px; margin: 26px 0; color: #f7f9fa;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 4px; font-size: 0.72em; letter-spacing: 0.14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #c5a059; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWhat you receive\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 14px; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.35; color: #ffffff;\"\u003eA seven-part document for the hours nobody else is awake\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 18px; line-height: 1.75; color: #dce6ec;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e24 standing rules\u003c\/strong\u003e — when the skipper is called, what may be done alone after dark, who may wake whom — each with a column for where the rule came from\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e12 slots you define across 24 hours, rotated over 14 days\u003c\/strong\u003e, with night slots marked separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003eA 16-competence matrix by person\u003c\/strong\u003e, then the same competences mapped against every slot — the page this product exists for\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003eA 12-line gaps and teaching plan\u003c\/strong\u003e for what the matrix found and what you intend to do about it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003eA 14-line handover checklist\u003c\/strong\u003e, read aloud with both people awake before the outgoing watch goes below\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003eA 16-entry night log, a 14-contact bearing register and a 10-line record of every call\u003c\/strong\u003e — including the ones that turned out to be nothing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"color: #0a3f5c; margin: 30px 0 8px;\"\u003eWhy there is no watch system printed in it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree-on-three-off, four hours with dog watches, the Swedish system, the shorthanded twenty-minute cycle. Every crew that has crossed an ocean has an opinion, most of them are right for the boat they were formed on, and the correct answer depends on how many stand watch, how experienced they are and how long the passage is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo this document publishes none of them. You write yours, and the models make its consequences visible: load per person, rest between watches, and the night hours each person is actually carrying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background: #F7F9FA; border: 1px solid #E1E8EC; border-left: 4px solid #A2803C; border-radius: 4px; padding: 20px 22px; margin: 26px 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 6px; color: #0a3f5c; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eNight hours, counted separately\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0; line-height: 1.7;\"\u003eEvery crew knows who ends up with the graveyard watch, and almost none of them have counted it. A rotation that looks even on paper often is not once the dark hours are separated out. Model W5 settles it arithmetically — which is worth considerably more on day twelve than it sounds on day one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"color: #0a3f5c; margin: 30px 0 8px;\"\u003eThe first honest number in any roster\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModel W1 divides the hours to cover by the people \u003cem\u003estanding watch\u003c\/em\u003e — not the people aboard. A crew of six with two who do not stand watch is a crew of four, and a roster built on the headcount rather than the watch count fails on the second night. Count the cook, the navigator and the seasick separately.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"color: #0a3f5c; margin: 30px 0 8px;\"\u003eRecord the calls that turned out to be nothing\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe commonest failure at night is not a wrong decision — it is a decision delayed by somebody reluctant to wake a tired skipper for something that might be nothing. The incident register has a column for the outcome precisely so that calling early stays comfortable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"color: #0a3f5c; margin: 30px 0 8px;\"\u003eHow it differs from the Offshore Passage Workbook\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe offshore workbook records fatigue \u003cem\u003eafter\u003c\/em\u003e the fact, across a passage: what was stood, what was slept, how far the crew drifted. This one builds the roster \u003cem\u003ebefore\u003c\/em\u003e it — who stands with whom, how the pairs rotate, and where the competence holes are. One is a measurement, the other is a design tool. They complement each other and neither replaces the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"color: #0a3f5c; margin: 30px 0 8px;\"\u003eWho it is for\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"line-height: 1.75;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSkippers taking a mixed-experience crew offshore for the first time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDelivery skippers who rebuild a roster for every new crew\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShorthanded couples who want to know honestly which tasks depend on one person\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSailing schools and clubs who want a consistent handover across a fleet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"color: #0a3f5c; margin: 30px 0 8px;\"\u003eTechnical specification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0.95em; margin: 12px 0 4px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 9px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #E1E8EC; color: #0a3f5c; font-weight: 600; width: 42%;\"\u003eProduct ID\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 9px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #E1E8EC;\"\u003eAML-PASS-2026-03\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 9px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #E1E8EC; color: #0a3f5c; font-weight: 600;\"\u003eExtent\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 9px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #E1E8EC;\"\u003e26 pages · 7 parts · 6 calculation models\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 9px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #E1E8EC; color: #0a3f5c; font-weight: 600;\"\u003eRegister lines\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 9px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #E1E8EC;\"\u003e210 across rules, roster, competence, handover, night log and contacts\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 9px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #E1E8EC; color: #0a3f5c; font-weight: 600;\"\u003eInteractivity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 9px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #E1E8EC;\"\u003e1,108 live PDF form fields — 38 tick boxes and 1,070 entry fields\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 9px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #E1E8EC; color: #0a3f5c; font-weight: 600;\"\u003eFormats included\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 9px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #E1E8EC;\"\u003eA4 and US Letter, both fillable and print-ready, 26 pages each\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 9px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #E1E8EC; color: #0a3f5c; font-weight: 600;\"\u003eCrews\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 9px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #E1E8EC;\"\u003eUp to 6 people in the matrix, any watch system, any passage length\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 9px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #E1E8EC; color: #0a3f5c; font-weight: 600;\"\u003eOffline\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 9px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #E1E8EC;\"\u003eNo app, no account, no connection required once downloaded\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"color: #0a3f5c; margin: 30px 0 8px;\"\u003eWhat it is not\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis document publishes no watch system, no watch length and no rest period. 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