The toolkit

One product for every phase of the trip.

Checklists, protocols and reference cards built to be used at the helm — print-and-laminate friendly, every item tied to the rule. Buy one, or get the whole system and save.

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Safety briefing

Passenger Safety Orientation

Passenger Safety Orientation cover

The pre-departure safety briefing done to the USCG standard — life jackets, emergency exits, fire, sound signals and the man-overboard plan. Built to satisfy 46 CFR §185.506, print-ready and interactive.

$24 one-time · PDF
For skippers & charter captains: the briefing your passengers should hear before you leave the dock.
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Departure

Cast-Off
Protocol

Cast-Off Protocol cover

The complete pre-departure system — engine, safety, navigation, crew and documents. The single sheet that stops you slipping the lines with something forgotten.

$19 one-time · PDF
Order bump: add the MAYDAY Wallet Card for $5 at checkout.
Maintenance

No-BS Outboard Maintenance

No-BS Outboard Maintenance cover

A real maintenance schedule, a won't-start troubleshooting tree and a winterizing checklist. No filler.

$22 one-time · PDF
Order bump: spares & tools aboard list for $3.
Night Operations

Night Operations
Protocol

Night Operations — Navigation Lights & Signals cover

Lights, day shapes, sound signals and watch rotation. Turns recognition into reflex on a dark deck. Includes the Lights & Signals reference set.

$24 one-time · PDF
Updating — available soon
Cross-sell: pairs with Rules of the Road and Cast-Off.
Maneuvering

Mooring, Docking & Anchoring Trilogy

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Three maneuvering sets in one: step-by-step docking and Med mooring, line & fender setup, scope ratios, holding ground and a dragging-response drill — with wind-and-current decision cards.

$39 one-time · PDF
Updating — available soon
Bundle of three: Docking · Mooring · Anchoring.
Passage

Galley & Supply Checklist

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Provisioning and galley planning for coastal hops and longer passages — supplies, stowage, water and fuel, and easy offshore meals that hold in a seaway.

$17 one-time · PDF
Updating — available soon
Cross-sell: pairs with Cast-Off for the full departure prep.
Physical
Emergency · deck cards

MOB & VHF Flashcards

MOB & Radio VHF laminated flashcards at the chart table

Two laminated, weatherproof deck cards: Man Overboard recovery and the Radio VHF distress call (MAYDAY / PAN-PAN / SÉCURITÉ). The reflex you keep at the helm.

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Companion to the Captain's Shield protocol — the cards are the reflex, the protocol is the training.
Emergency & legal

Captain's Shield

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MAYDAY & PAN-PAN scripts, MOB drill, distress-signal reference and the documents that keep you covered when it counts.

$24 one-time · PDF
Updating — available soon
Order bump: EPIRB & flares quick card for $4.
Best value
Digital bundle

The Complete System

All PDFs

Every checklist and protocol above as one digital collection — kept in sync and updated, the full operating manual from cast-off to docking. The physical, write-in edition is the write-in volume below.

$54 all PDFs
Updating — available soon
Inside: Cast-Off · PSO · Galley · Captain's Shield · Mooring & Docking · Outboard.
The flagship · physical book · pre-order

Fill-In Seamanship Worksheets & Operating Protocols

The structured write-in volume to use season after season. Every Analogic protocol (pre-departure, lights, MAYDAY/MOB, docking, anchoring, engine) bound into one book, each repeated as fill-in-by-hand worksheets you reuse voyage after voyage. The physical edition of the Complete System. By Paul Berg.

  • Bound inside
  • Every protocol, multiplied
  • Voyage & watch log
  • Maintenance & fuel trail
  • Incident record
  • Rule citations throughout
€89 · early-bird pre-order
Releases 30 August 2026 · ISBN 9798180414809
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Delivered through Gumroad (instant download) and Systeme. Prices in USD. An Italian edition for the FIV / charter market is on the way.

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