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FloatPlanWizard
How It Works
Plan your route, create your float plan, and keep trusted contacts informed from departure through safe return.
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The 4-Step Workflow
Create a Float Plan
Turn your trip details into a clear float plan your shore contact can use.
Send to Your Shore Contact
Send a simple trip-status page your family or shore contact can follow without an account.
Check In Underway
Check in, report delays, secure for the night, and close your float plan when you return.
See It In Action
Depart Marina
Cruise to Anclote Key
Report Delay +30 min
Secure for the Night
Arrive Home
Why It’s Better Than Just Sending a Text
Route + Float Plan Together
Your route, timing, vessel, passengers, and safety details stay together in one plan.
Simple for Non-Boaters
Your shore contact gets a simple trip-status page — no boating knowledge, account, or app required.
Live Check-Ins & Delay Updates
Keep your shore contact informed when you’re on track, delayed, or stopping for the night.
One Trip. One Record.
Plan before departure, update while underway, and close the trip when you return safely.
Frequently Asked Questions
A float plan is a written record of your boating trip. It usually includes your vessel information, passengers, departure point, destination, expected return time, route notes, emergency contacts, and instructions for what someone should do if you are overdue.
FloatPlanWizard helps you create a more organized digital float plan that can be updated and shared with trusted family and friends.
Learn more in our complete Float Plan Guide.
FloatPlanWizard doesn’t replace your chartplotter or navigation app. It organizes your planned route, vessel and passenger information, float plan, shore-contact updates, and trip status in one place.
No. Your shore contact does not need a FloatPlanWizard account to view the trip information you share.
Only the captain or trip planner needs an account to create, manage, update, and share the float plan.
Yes. FloatPlanWizard works well for local trips because it helps you quickly organize the basic details: where you are leaving from, where you plan to go, who is with you, when you expect to return, and who should know about the trip.
Local trips are often the ones boaters take casually, which is exactly why having a simple plan can be helpful.
You can update your float plan as your trip changes. Adjust your route details, timing, delay information, trip notes, or check-in status so your shared plan stays current.
If your plans change significantly, update the plan and let your contacts know to check the latest Trip status page.
Current access options, trial details, and membership pricing are shown on the pricing page. Because offers can change, the pricing page is the best place to confirm the latest details before signing up.
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