NAVOPLAN Membership

Make Better Bluewater Cruising Decisions

Understand the lifestyle. Choose the right boat. Achieve safer passages.

Weekly Live Session * FIRST-MATE Walkthrough * Q&A

NAVOPLAN helps aspiring and active bluewater cruisers make more informed decisions throughout the journey.

From understanding the lifestyle and choosing the right vessel to planning passages and managing operations offshore, NAVOPLAN combines practical tools, structured guidance, and FIRST-MATE — your contextual decision-support system — to help you move forward with greater clarity and confidence.

Around FIRST-MATE is a complete support system — Bluewater Living eBooks, Bluewater Briefings, Exploration Course, Acquisition Workbooks, and live discussions — that helps you build the context behind confident decisions.

Because better decisions lead to safer passages.

For dreamers, buyers, and boat owners — start with membership, then go deeper when needed.

The Problem

Why This Is Hard

From understanding the life to making decisions underway, most people are left figuring it out on their own.

Dreamers need to understand the life before making major commitments
Buyers need confidence choosing the right boat
Owners need structure to manage their vessel and plan safer passages
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Everyone needs a thought partner for hard decisions — especially under pressure
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.

2. Acquire Vessel

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

3. Make Passages

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

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

NAVOPLAN Membership

$95/month

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

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FIRST-MATE decision support
Vessel, crew, and passage management tools
Bluewater Living eBooks
Bluewater Briefings
Weekly Bluewater Roundtable
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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