Passage plan formats, deck logs?
 

Would anyone happen to have an example or two of their preferred passage
plan layout or deck log layout?
Just interested to see how others do it.

thanks
Hoges in WA

Passage plan formats, deck logs?
 

Hoges in WA wrote:
Would anyone happen to have an example or two of their preferred passage
plan layout or deck log layout?
Just interested to see how others do it.

thanks
Hoges in WA



What do you think this is? A cruising group? Sheesh
G

Passage plan formats, deck logs?
 

"Hoges in WA" wrote in message
...
Would anyone happen to have an example or two of their preferred passage
plan layout or deck log layout?
Just interested to see how others do it.

thanks
Hoges in WA

Official "Escapade" Passage Plan:

1: Wing
2: Prayer

Passage plan formats, deck logs?
 

On Feb 19, 6:29*pm, Gordon wrote:
Hoges in WA wrote:
Would anyone happen to have an example or two of their preferred passage
plan layout or deck log layout?
Just interested to see how others do it.

thanks
Hoges in WA

* *What do you think this is? A cruising group? Sheesh
* G

Really . . . the nerve . . . to ask a question about boats . . .
YEEEESSHHHH

(my heartfelt thanks to the original poster)

Passage plan formats, deck logs?
 

"John" wrote in message
...
On Feb 19, 6:29 pm, Gordon wrote:
Hoges in WA wrote:
Would anyone happen to have an example or two of their preferred passage
plan layout or deck log layout?
Just interested to see how others do it.

thanks
Hoges in WA

What do you think this is? A cruising group? Sheesh
G

Really . . . the nerve . . . to ask a question about boats . . .
YEEEESSHHHH

(my heartfelt thanks to the original poster)


Yes, silly me.

Anyways, now that we've all picked ourselves up off the sole floor, anyone
use any particular sheet layouts to save time writing the same stuff?

Genuinely interested in how those with more miles than I organise themselves

Hoges in WA

Passage plan formats, deck logs?
 

On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:27:33 GMT, "Hoges in WA"
wrote:

Genuinely interested in how those with more miles than I organise themselves

We generally use a charting program on a laptop computer to layout the
next days route. If asked, Maptech Offshore Navigator, and most
other charting programs, will print out a tabulated listing of all the
legs with compass course and distance. Otherwise you can just use
the graphical representation of the routes overlayed on the charts
which is quite useful. You also can opt for a databox which gives
you a running account of distance and bearing to the next mark,
estimated arrival time, etc.

You can do all of this with paper charts, it just takes longer.
Having a list in advance of all legs with course, distance and
destination marks is quite useful.

Passage plan formats, deck logs?
 

Hoges in WA wrote:
Would anyone happen to have an example or two of their preferred passage
plan layout or deck log layout?


I don't know if you're interested in planning/deck logs for my type of
cruising - mostly coastal New England with 2-4 days travel to
destination - but here's what I do:

Trip planning has become much easier with the new technology. I can
trace out a trip from Boston to the Vineyard on Coastal Explorer and it
can tell me exactly how far I can go, what the tides and currents are,
etc. However, it's impossible to create a schedule for a trip that is
guaranteed to hold up. For example, when heading south through the Cape
Cod Canal you can't predict how bad the chop will be at the Buzzard's
Bay end, or how nasty the the Bay will be. Last year we were turned
back by 8 foot square waves and went into Onset; the year before the
chop was tolerable but a thunderstorm was coming up the Bay so we turned
in at Red Brook.

Thus, trip planning is not so much figuring out what we'll do in an
ideal situation, but considering a dozen different possibilities
depending on what happens along the way. Since the decisions sometimes
have to be in the worst of conditions, I want to know in advance how a
given delay will affect a critical part of the route a few days hence.

Admittedly, I've become lazy and less ambitious as I've gotten older, so
I tend to use familiar routes, add extra days to compensate for delays,
and plan on "easy" anchorages if there's a late arrival. Thus much of
the contingency planning is pretty easy and familiar.

As for deck logs, I use the C. Dale Nouse Deck Log by International
Marine. The format doesn't matter much - what's more important is that
I've logged every time I've left the dock (and a lot of times I haven't
left) for the last 18 years. I've filled about 8 or 9 volumes.
Sometimes (not very often) its hour by hour, or tack by tack. Other
times its "powered out, raised sail, sailed around X Island, came back,"
but it always has the time and who was aboard. Fuel fills, pumpouts,
etc are always logged; oil changes and all other maintenance, of course
are noted. We also make a point of noting mooring or slip numbers,
phone numbers, VHF channels, names and anything else that might come in
handy if we revisit a few years later.

I'm sure that there are many who are far more meticulous, and I know
that most sailors keep no log at all. But I've been very pleased with
my system - what it lacks in detail it makes up for in consistency. My
advice is simply to find some method that suits your nature, and stick
to it.

Passage plan formats, deck logs?
 

"jeff" wrote in message
...
Hoges in WA wrote:
Would anyone happen to have an example or two of their preferred
passage
plan layout or deck log layout?


I don't know if you're interested in planning/deck logs for my type of
cruising - mostly coastal New England with 2-4 days travel to
destination - but here's what I do:

Trip planning has become much easier with the new technology. I can trace
out a trip from Boston to the Vineyard on Coastal Explorer and it can tell
me exactly how far I can go, what the tides and currents are, etc.
However, it's impossible to create a schedule for a trip that is
guaranteed to hold up. For example, when heading south through the Cape
Cod Canal you can't predict how bad the chop will be at the Buzzard's Bay
end, or how nasty the the Bay will be. Last year we were turned back by 8
foot square waves and went into Onset; the year before the chop was
tolerable but a thunderstorm was coming up the Bay so we turned in at Red
Brook.

Thus, trip planning is not so much figuring out what we'll do in an ideal
situation, but considering a dozen different possibilities depending on
what happens along the way. Since the decisions sometimes have to be in
the worst of conditions, I want to know in advance how a given delay will
affect a critical part of the route a few days hence.

Admittedly, I've become lazy and less ambitious as I've gotten older, so I
tend to use familiar routes, add extra days to compensate for delays, and
plan on "easy" anchorages if there's a late arrival. Thus much of the
contingency planning is pretty easy and familiar.

As for deck logs, I use the C. Dale Nouse Deck Log by International
Marine. The format doesn't matter much - what's more important is that
I've logged every time I've left the dock (and a lot of times I haven't
left) for the last 18 years. I've filled about 8 or 9 volumes. Sometimes
(not very often) its hour by hour, or tack by tack. Other times its
"powered out, raised sail, sailed around X Island, came back," but it
always has the time and who was aboard. Fuel fills, pumpouts, etc are
always logged; oil changes and all other maintenance, of course are noted.
We also make a point of noting mooring or slip numbers, phone numbers, VHF
channels, names and anything else that might come in handy if we revisit a
few years later.

I'm sure that there are many who are far more meticulous, and I know that
most sailors keep no log at all. But I've been very pleased with my
system - what it lacks in detail it makes up for in consistency. My
advice is simply to find some method that suits your nature, and stick to
it.


I am spotty when it comes to keeping a log for the local stuff with friends.
When I do note the book it's either for a class or paid charter, or when I'm
going by myself. I also note fairly meticulously maintenance requirements
and solutions (or deferrals). I believe the maintenance logs are essential.

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