Replace offshore assumptions with an evidence-led plan
A yacht that performs reliably during coastal cruising may still carry untested dependencies, uncertain endurance assumptions or recovery limitations that become far more significant offshore.
The Offshore Reliability & Readiness Planning System helps you examine those issues systematically for your yacht and intended cruising programme.
It moves beyond a generic checklist, helping you identify what has been reviewed, what evidence supports your assumptions, where uncertainty remains and what must be resolved before departure.
What the system helps you do
Complete an 80-criterion offshore-readiness review
Identify critical functions and alternative means of providing them
Expose shared electrical, fuel, cooling and control dependencies
Record potential single points of failure
Plan for degraded operation, isolation and recovery
Challenge fuel, electrical and endurance assumptions
Review emergency scenarios and crew familiarity
Assess spares, tools and technical support
Control trials, evidence gaps and follow-up actions
Define departure gates, limitations and stop conditions
View the overall position through a live dashboard
Each finding can be linked to its evidence, confidence level, required action, responsible person and target date. The system deliberately avoids issuing a simplistic “ready” or “not ready” verdict; it provides a controlled basis for informed decisions and competent professional input.
What you will receive
Your digital download contains:
19-sheet interactive Excel planning workbook
80 structured readiness criteria
Critical-function and dependency analysis
Degraded-mode and recovery planning
Fuel and endurance scenarios
Essential electrical-services review
Emergency, crew, spares and support planning
Trials, evidence and action registers
Departure gates and stop-condition controls
Live readiness dashboard
Fictional worked explorer-yacht example
24-page illustrated PDF user guide
Editable Offshore Readiness Decision Record
Editable Trial & Systems Verification Record
Reusable blank files for your own yacht
This is a one-off, owner-controlled digital product with no ongoing subscription.
Who is it for?
Designed for owners of technically complex cruising, trawler and explorer yachts who are preparing for extended or offshore cruising and want to:
Examine reliability and redundancy systematically
Understand shared dependencies and recovery limitations
Build better evidence behind endurance assumptions
Coordinate technical work, trials and crew preparation
Keep unresolved conditions visible before departure
Prepare for informed discussions with engineers, surveyors and other advisers
Important information
This is a self-guided planning system. It does not inspect or test the yacht, diagnose defects, prescribe corrective work, validate entered information, predict failures or confirm that a vessel is safe, compliant, seaworthy or suitable for a particular voyage.
It does not replace an Absolute Marine Offshore Readiness Review, professional survey, engineering assessment, passage plan, formal risk assessment or advice from appropriately competent professionals.
Results depend on the information, evidence and judgements entered by the purchaser. The dashboard and supporting records are planning tools and do not constitute certification, approval or authorisation to depart.
Supplied for the purchaser’s personal use. Files may not be resold or redistributed.