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Float Plan Builder

Build a comprehensive float plan with waypoints and ETAs, save your vessel for future trips, and email a copy to one or more shore contacts — with clear instructions on when to call authorities.

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Vessel

Save a vessel so you can reuse it — yours, a charter, or a friend's. Saved on this device only.

Safety Equipment Aboard

Voyage

Waypoints & Stops

Add each planned waypoint or overnight stop with its estimated arrival. The shore contact can use these ETAs to tell if you're overdue.

No waypoints yet. Click + Add Waypoint to start.

People Aboard

List the skipper first, then all crew and guests. Include medical notes the coast guard or EMS should know.

Shore Contacts & Send

Email the float plan to one or more shore contacts. They'll get a printable copy with instructions on when to call authorities.

Recipients
Overdue Threshold

Emergency Contacts (auto-included in email)

Canadian Coast Guard — JRCC Trenton
Marine search & rescue, Great Lakes & inland
1-800-267-7270 (toll-free Canada)
+1-613-965-3870 (collect)
VHF Ch. 16 • DSC distress
Canadian Coast Guard — JRCC Halifax
Atlantic Canada SAR coordination
1-800-565-1582
+1-902-427-8200
VHF Ch. 16 • DSC distress
Canadian Coast Guard — JRCC Victoria
Pacific Canada SAR coordination
1-800-567-5111
+1-250-413-8933
VHF Ch. 16 • DSC distress
U.S. Coast Guard — National Response
USCG SAR & reporting — continental US
1-800-424-8802 (National Response Center)
911 or VHF Ch. 16 on-water
Nearest USCG Sector via Ch. 16
BASRA — Bahamas Air Sea Rescue
Volunteer SAR — Bahamas waters
+1-242-325-8864 (Nassau HQ)
VHF Ch. 16 (monitored 24/7)
Email: basra@basra.org
Royal Bahamas Defence Force
Official maritime authority — Bahamas
+1-242-362-3700 (Operations)
VHF Ch. 16

Always try VHF Channel 16 first when on the water — it's monitored continuously by SAR agencies and nearby vessels. Phone numbers are for shore-contact use.

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