{"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. A printed limit would be read as permission, and no document can know your boat, your crew, your coast, or the state any of them are in this morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart IV is a page where you write your own — agreed with the crew, dated, and with a column recording where each figure came from. A limit with a source behind it survives a difficult afternoon; one without does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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:700;\"\u003eThe column that makes a float plan work\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0;line-height:1.7;\"\u003eA communication schedule with no agreed action is a courtesy call. The last column of Part V is what your shore contact should do if you do not make contact — the hour at which they stop waiting, and who they telephone. The commonest failure of a float plan is not a missing plan; it is a safe arrival nobody reported.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"color:#0A3F5C;margin:30px 0 8px;\"\u003eThe source register turns a plan into a decision you can defend\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA forecast consulted at 0600 for a 1400 departure is eight hours old, and whether that matters is a judgement you can only make if the time is written down. 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. Most skippers plan optimistically for years without ever finding out by how much.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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 making their first coastal passages beyond familiar water\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCrews who want the go\/no-go conversation to happen at the pontoon rather than at sea\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAnyone whose family ashore currently has no idea what to do if the phone stays silent\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eInstructors and club members who want a consistent sheet across a fleet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\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  \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-2026-01\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 navigational 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;\"\u003e186 across vessel, crew, sources, legs, limits, refuges and watch log\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;\"\u003e735 live PDF form fields — 32 tick boxes and 703 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;\"\u003eVessels\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E1E8EC;\"\u003eSail or power, any coast — no region-specific data\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;\"\u003eReusable\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:9px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E1E8EC;\"\u003ePart I is filled once; every later passage takes about ten minutes\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\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"color:#0A3F5C;margin:30px 0 8px;\"\u003eWhat it is not\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis document teaches no navigation, no collision avoidance and no seamanship. 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