KellysEye
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I would look a the chart( and write down the headings then add the tide table for the area, that was for short and long distance passages. we also carried the pilot books for every area.
Passage plans - resources
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[70521]
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No, it is a really, really good thing!
In my experience every passage is unique, a sweeping statement as my late father would say.
johnalison
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I never knew that sailing was so complicated.
LadyInBed
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I blame SOLAS
[FONT="]'It’s a legal obligation under SOLAS V to plan your passage, Regulation 34'
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[70521]
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It's not! Where are we going, what's the weather doing, what's the tide doing. Recorded it and that can be in your head. "Be Prepared" as the Scout Motto says to stand up in front of the Coroners Court/MAIB investigator and demonstrate that you did some planning. Having a bit of paper is far more evidential.
GHA
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V1701
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I use navionics on a tablet - you can get lots of info about tide strengths/times as well as the charts themselves. Add your waypoints manually or use the "boat to" feature to let it plan the passage for you (not tried it yet & would do so cautiously if I did). Visitmyharbour is great for harbour info & Navily is a good & growing community app for anchorage info. That SavvyNavvy sounds worth a look...
Euphonyx
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Tried looking for Savvy Navvy but nothing in the Android app store. Is it only for Apple users?
Sea-Fever
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Alskade
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Tzu
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The Os been getting a bit of flack I reckon yet I've found local advice really good and can see a demand for a repository. Stuff like "leave Caernarfon xx hours after LW to get through the Swellies" or "Leave Pwllheli xx hours after HW to get through Bardsey". Obviously not replacing a passage plan but gets you started in the right area
johnalison
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Well obviously one can cheat by going somewhere without tides
I know what you are on about but I'll have you know that passages within the Baltic take an enormous amount of planning.
Amongst other things you need to give yourself time to get into harbour before the charterBavs and get yourself a nice box facing the wind. This sometimes necessitates leaving after breakfast but before you've had time to shower.
Secondly, if moving to a new country, you need to plan your drinks stores to make sure that the booze isn't going to be much pricier at the next stop.
Thirdly, some places charge for water and others don't, so your water needs have to be planned.
Fourthly, some authorities don't take kindly to non-use of the motoring cone, so this item has to be available if needed.
See, I can do it when I try.
Sea-Fever
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I'm not used to that level of support, please can you add some derisory comments.
Sea-Fever
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"Secondly, if moving to a new country, you need to plan your drinks stores to make sure that the booze isn't going to be much pricier at the next stop"
This really should be your primary consideration.
This really should be your primary consideration.
RadiumRob
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+1. I find the passage plan template in Reed's focuses the mind and ensures all bases are covered.
Babylon
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That's quite right - practice is the best 'resource'.
Do it frequently enough using almanac and pilot-book (it's all there), actual weather forecast, your own constraints (vessel, crew), plus contingency options - and it'll all become second nature.
A crib-sheet laminated or glued into the inside cover of an A4 or A5 spiral-bound notebook is all you need. Read the passage and pilot info, underlining bits that are relevant, then jot the essential data for the passage in your notebook (pilot out, passage distance/time, pilot in, etc) and... plan made!
Gaining the input of others (website, forum, folk on a pontoon, etc) is helpful and often sociable, but then make your own plan.