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Sample Float Plan:

Leave a copy with friends each time you take an extended cruise for added safety and peace of mind

The Coast Guard does not accept Float Plans from recreational mariners.  The Coast Guard encourages small craft operators to prepare a Float Plan before starting a trip, and leave it ashore with a yacht club, marina, friend, or relative.  Be specific.  Check-in regularly by radio or telephone at each point specified in the float plan.  The "fresher" your last known position, the better the chances of success in locating a missing vessel in the event search and rescue (SAR) operations become necessary. It could also help save you the angst and cost of an SAR launched when an EPIRB goes off by mistake because they'll be able to contact you by alternate means.

FLOAT PLAN

1.         Name of vessel's operator:_______________________________________________________

            Telephone Number:____________________________________________________________

            Name of Vessel:_______________________________________________________________

            Registration No.:______________________________________________________________

            Description of Vessel:  Type:_____________________________________________________

                                    Make:_________________________________________________________

                                    Color of Hull :___________________________________________________

                                    Color of Trim:___________________________________________________

Most distinguishing identifiable feature:___________________________________________________

Rafts/Dinghies:  Number:__________ Size: __________Color:__________

2.         Radio:  Type: _______________Frequencies Monitored:______________________Call sign: ________

Cell phones on board: Numbers ________________ _________________ ____________________

3.         Number of persons on board:___________________

Name                                       Age                                          Home Address & Telephone

4.         Engine Type: ___________ H.P.:________ Normal fuel supply (days):_____________________

5.         Survival equipment on board:  (check as appropriate)

            _____Life Jackets       _____Flares       _____Smoke Signals     _____ Medical Kit

            _____EPIRB                _____Paddles    _____Anchor ______ Other (specify) __________

6.         Food for _______ days;  Water for _______ days.

7.         Trip:

            Date and time of departure: ______________________________________________________

            Departure from: _______________________________________________________________

            To: ________________________________________________________________________

            Expected to arrive by: _______________  and in no case later than _______________________

8.         Additional information:_________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

9. Emergency contacts (name, address, phone number):___________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________

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