THE SCN MARINE DOWNLOAD LIBRARY
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A better day aboard.
Practical guides, trip plans and printable placards from the Sailing Comfortably Numb crew. Free to keep, print and use on your boat.
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5 SCN Marine PDFs
1 official reference
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Boater Safety Checklist
A boat-size equipment checklist covering federal minimums and Florida additions, with print and reference notes.
U.S. Coast Guard minimums plus Florida additions. A summary, not a substitute for the current rules.
Float Plan
Vessel details, people aboard, route, check-in deadline and rescue information. Fill it in and leave it with someone ashore.
Do not file it with the Coast Guard. Passenger details stay in your saved copy, not on our website.
Oil Discharge Placard
8″ wide × 5″ high, with the federal oil-discharge wording and a one-inch print-scale check.
Print at 100%, make durable and mount in the required location. See the PDF for applicability.
Garbage / MARPOL Placard
8″ wide × 5″ high. Plastic prohibitions, food-waste restrictions and a conservative retain-and-land boat policy.
Printable artwork, not a manufactured sticker. Use durable stock or laminate and securely mount it.
Waste Management Plan
Name the person in charge and record how your boat minimizes, collects, processes, stores and lands garbage.
Complete for your vessel and keep aboard. This template uses no overboard garbage discharge.
Navigation Rules
Use the Coast Guard’s official handbook, not a rewritten SCN version. Save the current copy for ready reference aboard.
Inland Rules carriage applies to self-propelled vessels 12 m or longer on U.S. inland waters. Electronic carriage has conditions.
Official address and carriage guidance
USCG Navigation Rules FAQhttps://navcen.uscg.gov/navigation-rules-faqs
Download the official handbook editionCheck the USCG guidance for updates before departure.
Print placards at actual size and check their dimensions after printing. Requirements depend on your vessel and waters. The sources and applicability notes are included in each file. Oil placard rule · Garbage placard rule · Written-plan rule
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Keep a hard copy aboard.
The original safety checklist, laminated in an 8 × 10 format. $10 for a copy you can tuck into the console.