Working document
Charter trip intake and float plan packet
One page you fill in while the party is still on the phone, so the trip, the money, the weather rule and the float plan are all settled before you hang up.
Free resources
Resources for charter captains
Free tools, comparisons and working documents for captains who run charter fishing boats and small passenger tour boats in US waters.
Everything here was built for the same person: a captain who holds the credential, runs the boat, answers the phone and does the books, usually in that order and often on the same day. The calculators cover weather cancellation exposure and the admin hours that vanish into booking. The comparisons look at the other ways captains take bookings and say plainly which kind of operation each one suits.
The intake and float plan packet is a working document you can print and use this season. Charter Log, our magazine, covers the rest of the trade: licensing and permits, insurance gaps that surface after a claim, federal reporting duties, safety rules that followed the Conception fire, and the cost per charter day math behind a floor price you will not undercut.
Free tools
Charter boat calculators
Two free calculators for the numbers charter captains argue about in the winter: what weather cancellations really cost, and how much of the season goes into the phone.
Comparisons
TransomBooking compared with the other ways captains take bookings
TransomBooking is built for the captain running one to a few hulls who needs the deposit, the weather rule and the float plan settled in the same booking.
Main guide
How to Write a Charter Cancellation Policy That Survives a Chargeback
It settles exactly what your deposit, captain call and refund language should say so the policy holds up with a client and with a card processor.
Magazine
Charter Log
Licensing, permits, weather calls and trip economics for US charter fishing captains and small boat tour operators.
About
Who writes all of this
The author page says who writes Charter Log and works on TransomBooking, so you can judge for yourself whether the notes on OUPV credentials, deposit rules and float plans come from somebody who has spent time on a charter dock.
Charter Log and the calculators stay free
The intake packet, both calculators and the whole Charter Log archive on permits, insurance gaps and weather calls are yours whether you ever book a demo or not. When you want that work happening on every trip without you typing it twice, we will walk one of your own charters through TransomBooking end to end, deposit and float plan included.