{"product_id":"watchkeeping-roster-night-passage-log-pdf","title":"Watchkeeping Roster \u0026 Night Passage Log PDF — Competence by the Clock, Rotation \u0026 the Night Watch","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-size: 1.05em; line-height: 1.7;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA roster where the only two people who can put a reef in are both asleep between 0200 and 0600 works perfectly — until the night it does not.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn a conventional watch bill t\u003cimg\u003ehat hole is invisible. 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. It teaches no navigation, no collision avoidance and no rules of the road.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModel W6 is an approximation for a contact holding a steady course and speed — a sanity check on what your instruments show you, never a substitute for a proper plot, for AIS, or for the judgement of a trained watchkeeper. Keeping a proper lookout by all available means is a legal obligation that no form can discharge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-top: 26px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"color: #0a3f5c;\"\u003eInstant download.\u003c\/strong\u003e Your links appear on screen the moment payment clears, and arrive by email within a minute. They do not expire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 0.9em; color: #5c6b75; line-height: 1.65; margin-top: 22px; border-top: 1px solid #E1E8EC; padding-top: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e2026 Captain's Edition · Revision 1.0 · AML-PASS-2026-03. Apex Marine Labs designs the organisational process behind good seamanship. 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