About NAVOPLAN
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Welcome to NAVOPLAN
For many years I dreamed of purchasing a boat and traveling the world. I took classes, read books, watched videos, and read blogs on the Internet. When I didn’t own my own boat, I was a member of a yacht club in the San Francisco Bay Area and chartered as often as possible.
Most of my career was focused on the integration of technology and its use to make people and businesses more productive. I worked in Silicon Valley for several years working for the inventor of streaming video and consulted with organizations around the world. My most enjoyable project was creating four exhibits at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum in Cleveland, Ohio.
Three years ago, I retired and purchased a Nordhavn 40 Trawler. I have traveled over 13,000 miles from the east coast of the United States to the Sea of Cortez in Mexico with a Panama Canal transit.
As I am solo, I often find the number of tasks and supporting requirements to be daunting. Getting away from the dock without forgetting anything critical is an accomplishment. I soon realized the number of things I had to remember to maintain my vessel, get underway on new passage and complete those passages safely was challenging. I need to be proactive and get organized—for my safety.
As I started to focus on ways to minimize the time spent maintaining the vessel in order to enjoy my trips, I came up with the idea for NAVOPLAN. My original goal was to make maintenance and operations of the vessel predictable and as easy as possible. But, after witnessing a few off-shore incidents and talking to other captains, I learned that there were opportunities to improve safety utilizing newer technologies—my area of expertise.
So, I created NAVOPLAN and the associated services to make boat life easier, and hopefully safer for the owner/operator.
Welcome aboard and safe travels!
Dwain Craddock
www.dwaincraddock.com
