- What You’ll Learn
⚙️ How to correctly set up your e-chart for your vessel
🗺️ How to plan a passage using your plotter — safely
🚧 The 3 plotter blind spots most skippers miss
🔍 When to zoom, double-check, or override the screen
📡 E-Chart Confidence
Plan Smarter, Navigate Safer — In 25 Minutes
Learn how to set up your chart plotter, plan safer passages, and avoid the most common mistakes skippers make when relying on GPS
📦 What’s Included
🎥 25-minute walkthrough video
📘 E-Chart Companion (Quick Guide flip card)
📕 E-Chart Companion Reference
✅ Mini setup checklist + planning aid
🔐 Instant, lifetime access
⭐ What Students Say
“Straightforward, useful advice.” Mark A
“A real confidence builder, knowing what to watch for!” Scott M
“Concise and valuable! Thank you.” M.M.
❓ FAQs
No — the principles apply to all modern chart plotters. The focus is on thinking, setup, and decision-making, not buttons.
Absolutely. Most skippers are relying on defaults and don’t know what they’re missing.
25 minutes – the video is short and to the point.
You’ll get a flip card cheat sheet, checklist, and full ebook to refer back to anytime.
No – you can navigate entirely with paper charts (and you should carry at least some charts for passage planning (overall chart) and back up (minimum for port entrances/tricky areas). But most skippers use plotters these days — this guide shows you how to set one up properly, plan safely, and avoid the common mistakes tech can hide.
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🧭 Need Help Along the Way?
We offer full trainer support and invite you to our private group: Turning Your Cruising Dreams into Reality FB group where we share advice, answer questions, and celebrate the wins. Click here to join the grou;p.
Want a Deeper, Offline Reference?
If you like having something you can read quietly, revisit later, or keep on board, there’s an optional printed planning manual available when you enrol.
It expands on the ideas in the video and helps you step back, plan clearly, and see the bigger picture beyond the screen.
It’s completely optional and not required to complete the course.
You’ll be given the option to add this at checkout when you enrol.
⚡ Plan with confidence — not guesswork.
No fluff. Lifetime access. Instant confidence.