Passage planning is requirement for all skippers and is also known as Voyage Planning. This covers everything from leaving the dock, en-route and entering your destination as well as covering any refuge ports along the way. So think of your passage plan as “Berth to Berth”
There are obligations under international law for a vessel’s skipper/captain to compile a passage/voyage plan – how much detail you put into it depends very much on you!
Our 45 minute FREE online training session aims to give you an Introduction or Revision to the following session content:
Requirements of passage planning,
4 Stages of passage planning (APEM – Appraise, Plan, Execute and Monitor)
What makes a good passage plan
Sources of information for passage planning
