Here are some tools that may help with passage planning:

• RYA SafeTrx  – This is a replacement for the CG66 scheme and has a supporting mobile app for skippers of all types of leisure vessels and small craft. This scheme gives HM Coastguard the information they need to mount a search and rescue operation if you get into difficulty.  The app is free to download and there is no charge to use it.

• How to Use Vector Charts Safely – An article by Tom Cunliffe
• Navionics Web App –  Free Navionics nautical charts on your desktop
• VisitMyHarbour – Free on-line raster charts of harbours around the country
• Solent Charts and Tidal Stream Altas
• The Yachtsman’s Guide To Southampton Water and its Approaches

Tides

• The 2018 Cherbourg Tide Table – Needed if you want to use the Reeve-Fowkes Tidal Atlas’s on board
• WillyWeather – Tides in Mercury Yacht Harbour.  Free for planning ahead more than 7 days.
• UKHO Easytide – Free for up to 7 days ahead