Acquisition: Turning Clarity Into the Right Vessel

A Disiplined Path to the Right Vessel

This phase blends AI-assisted analysis, structured education, professional guidance, and real-world experience to help you:

• Identify the vessel types that truly match your cruising purpose
• Understand ownership costs, insurance, and operational realities before you buy
• Avoid common (and expensive) acquisition mistakes
• Enter ownership with confidence, clarity, and a plan

The goal is not to sell you a boat.

The goal is to help you acquire the right vessel-for your mission, crew and future-at the right time, for the righ reasons..

What's Included

NAVOPLAN APP

The NAVOPLAN application is the operational backbone of the entire NAVOPLAN ecosystem. It brings structure, continuity, and visibility to what is otherwise a fragmented and overwhelming planning process. Rather than replacing judgment or experience, the app organizes critical information, tracks readiness over time, and supports better decision-making across every phase—from early exploration through vessel ownership and active cruising. As a client advances, the app evolves with them, becoming a living record of preparation, decisions, and operational readiness.

Core NAVOPLAN App Functionality

• Structured checklists aligned to each NAVOPLAN phase
• AI-assisted briefings that synthesize inputs into decision-support insights
• Vessel records including systems, maintenance, and equipment tracking
• Budgeting and cost-awareness tools for ownership planning
• Secure document storage for surveys, insurance, and registrations
• Secure document storage for surveys, insurance, and registrations
• Digital float plans and passage preparation tools
• Captain’s Minutes scheduling and interaction history
• Emergency Assistance Coordination with tiered response levels
• Hosted Vessel Website with BLOG

NAVOPLAN's AI Vessel & Ownership Brief

This AI-assisted briefing synthesizes your lifestyle profile, cruising intent, financial constraints, risk tolerance, and crew considerations to evaluate vessel classes, ownership implications, and readiness gaps.

Rather than recommending brands or listings, the briefing focuses on:

• Vessel types and design tradeoffs
• Operational complexity vs. crew capability
• Comfort, motion and livability considerations
• Cost realism and ownership sustainability
• Areas requiring additional preparation before purchase

As inputs evolve—budget, cruising plans, crew makeup—the briefing updates, allowing decisions to mature over time.

The objective is alignment, not acceleration.

📘 Bluewater Living: A Practical Plan for Leaving Land Behind (Volume II)

This second volume moves beyond aspiration into execution. It addresses the practical realities of acquiring and owning a bluewater vessel, including:

• Financial readiness and cost modeling
• Insurance, risk management, and emergency planning
• Tax, residency, and regulatory considerations
• Vessel systems, outfitting, and maintenance realities
• Crew experience, comfort, and long-term sustainability

This book serves as the reference manual for acquisition decisions and ownership planning

🧭 8-Week Online Course-Acquiring the Right Vessel

The ACQUISITION course is practical, structured, and deliberately non-sales-driven. Each module addresses a critical decision point in the purchase journey.

Module Overview

• Module 1: Defining Your Cruising Mission & Constraints
• Module 2: Vessel Types, Hull Forms & Design Tradeoffs
• Module 3: Motion, Comfort & Crew Experience
• Module 4: Systems Complexity & Owner Capability
• Module 5: True Cost of Ownership & Financial Planning
• Module 6: Insurance, Risk & Emergency Preparedness
• Module 7: Evaluating Listings, Surveys & Sea Trials
• Module 8: Preparing for Ownership & the First Season

Content is self-paced and designed to support real-world decisions as they aris.

💬 Weekly Live Workshops & Discussions

Weekly workshops focus on participant-driven topics, such as:

• Evaluating specific vessel types or layouts
• Understanding survey findings and red flags
• Balancing budget vs. capability
• Ownership transitions and timing
• Preparing mentally and operationally for purchase

Sessions are recorded for anyone who can’t attend live.
Note: Highly individualized scenarios or listing-specific evaluations should be addressed through Captain’s Minutes.

Note: Highly individualized scenarios or listing-specific evaluations should be addressed through Captain’s Minutes.

⏱ 300 Captain’s Minutes (1-on-1 Personal Support)

ACQUISITION includes 300 minutes of private Captain’s Minutes, scheduled through the NAVOPLAN app.

These sessions are used to:

• Pressure-test vessel choices
• Interpret survey results
• Discuss ownership risks and tradeoffs
• Evaluate purchase timing and readiness
• Talk through concerns, doubts, or conflicting inputs

Captain's Minutes do not expire and may carry forward into Passage Making.

This is NOT a brokerage. This service is an independent, experience-based advisory support.

📄 Bluewater Briefings (Selected Readings)

Participants receive curated Bluewater Briefings relevant to acquisition, such as:

• First Year of Cost of Ownership
• Insurance types & Coverage Decisions
• Emergency Funds & Risk Planning
• Pre-Purchase Readiness Checklists
• Common Acquisition Mistakes

These briefings supplement the course and workshops with focused, actionable insight.

Who This Is For

ACQUISITION is designed for those who:

• Are actively planning to purchase a bluewater-capable vessel
• Want disciplined guidance—not sales pressure
• Understand that vessel selection shapes safety, cost, and quality of life
• Value clarity, preparation, and long-term sustainability
• Want to enter ownership with eyes wide open

Your Outcome

By the end of ACQUISITION, you will:

• Clearly understand which vessel types fit your mission—and which do not
• Be prepared to evaluate listings, surveys, and sea trials confidently
• Enter ownership with a structured plan, not uncertainty
• Be positioned to move seamlessly into vessel and crew preparation

This is the phase where informed dreams become sound decisions.