FIRST-MATE Membership

FROM DREAMING TO DEPARTURE

Built for Coastal & Bluewater Cruisers

Dreamers • Buyers • Boat Owners

Your FIRST-MATE is always awake and ready.

NAVOPLAN helps dreamers, buyers, and boat owners navigate coastal and bluewater cruising with greater clarity and confidence.

From understanding the lifestyle and choosing the right vessel to planning passages and managing operations aboard, NAVOPLAN combines practical tools, structured guidance, and FIRST-MATE — your contextual decision-support system — to help you make more informed decisions throughout the journey.

Around FIRST-MATE is a complete support system — Bluewater Living eBooks, Bluewater Briefings, courses, planning tools, and live discussions — designed to help cruisers prepare more effectively and move forward with confidence.

Because better decisions lead to safer passages.

ESTIMATE YOUR CRUISING COSTS Join a Live Walkthrough Session
Personalized cruising estimates • FIRST-MATE operational briefings • Live walkthrough sessions
The NAVOPLAN System

A Clear Path Through the Journey

Understand the life, choose the right boat, and operate with support.

FIRST-MATE is woven throughout the NAVOPLAN journey.

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1. Explore Lifestyle

Understand the Life
Discover what life at sea really involves and decide if it is right for you.

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2. Acquire Vessel

Choose the Right Boat
Define your goals, priorities, and constraints before you buy.

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3. Make Passages

Operate With Confidence
Use structure, preparation, and support when life aboard becomes real.

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FIRST-MATE™

Contextual Decision Support
A calm, experienced voice built into the system.

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How NAVOPLAN Works

One Membership. Three Phases.
FIRST-MATE Throughout.

NAVOPLAN brings Exploration, Acquisition, and Helm into one connected system.

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Membership

FIRST-MATE Membership

$95/month

Access FIRST-MATE, Bluewater Living eBooks, Bluewater Briefings, and the tools that help you build the context behind better decisions.

FIRST-MATE Membership →
✓ FIRST-MATE Decision Support
✓ eBooks, Briefings and Online Resources
✓ Preliminary Personalized Briefing Plans
✓ Vessel Readiness, Maintenace, Ship's Log, Calendar
✓ Passage Planning, Checklists, Digital Float Plan
Built on experience.
Focused on results.
22,000+ Miles Cruised
235+ Bluewater Briefings
30+ Years of Experience
“NAVOPLAN is the system I wish I had before leaving. It would have enabled me to spend more time enjoying the destinations.”

Your adventure depends on informed decisions.

Join the membership and start using FIRST-MATE, Bluewater Living, briefings, and structured guidance in one system.

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