Passage planning
Passage planning articles and guides.
Passage planning guides
Explore practical TwoBoat guides about passage planning. These articles help sailors, charter guests, skippers and marine teams make better decisions before, during and after a trip.
How to Read a Nautical Chart: Complete Interactive Guide for Sailors
Learn how to read a nautical chart step by step: scale, latitude and longitude, depths, chart datum, contours, rocks, wrecks, buoys, lights, compass rose, magnetic variation and route planning. Includes an interactive training chart, symbol decoder, depth and distance tools, coordinate exercises, checklist and quiz.
howtoSailing at Night β Complete Guide
Advanced night-sailing training for experienced skippers. Learn to identify vessel aspect and movement from navigation lights, interpret lighthouse characteristics, distinguish anchored and underway vessels, manage degraded visual perception, and make safer collision-avoidance decisions after dark.
guideCOLREG Collision Avoidance: Complete Interactive Guide for Skippers
Advanced interactive COLREG collision-avoidance training for skippers. Learn lookout, safe speed, risk of collision, head-on, crossing and overtaking situations, stand-on and give-way responsibilities, restricted visibility and vessel hierarchy through visual simulators, bearing exercises, CPA/TCPA training and decision scenarios.
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They are written for charter guests, skippers, boat owners, charter companies and marina teams who need practical marine knowledge rather than generic travel content.
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