The Paddle Trip Planner
The KayakMind planner for day trips: your real speeds, a turnaround time with daylight to spare, water and load checked together, and a float plan someone ashore can act on
The Paddling Time Calculator on this site divides a distance by a speed. A real day on the water has a harder direction and an easier one, breaks, and one deadline that matters: being off the water with daylight to spare. The Paddle Trip Planner works backward from that deadline. Part 1 uses your own logged speeds in each direction, puts the harder leg first, sets a turnaround time and point, and counts water as load: a litre weighs about 2.2 lb, and in the worked day it is what takes a boat to within 1.6 lb of its usable capacity. Part 2 is on the water: a float plan with a call-for-help time, a go/no-go check at the launch (forecast, water temperature, life jackets worn), and a trip log that replaces guesses with measured speeds. Planning arithmetic, not training or a guarantee. Includes a trip plan sheet, float plan, go/no-go card, trip log and a turnaround table. With your purchase comes a personalised sheet worked on your own trip.
Look inside
Two full pages from the planner, exactly as printed. Click either to read it at full size before you decide.
What is in it
- Timing your real speeds, both directions
- Planning the harder direction first
- Setting a turnaround time with daylight to spare
- Counting water as load
- A float plan with a call-for-help time
- The go/no-go check at the launch
- A trip log that sharpens every plan
- A trip plan sheet, float plan, go/no-go card and trip log
- A turnaround table and a quickstart
- A personalised sheet: your trip's time on the water, latest launch, water and load
- ✓ 23 printable pages
- ✓ 10 sections, worksheets and templates
- ✓ A second PDF worked out from the numbers you enter
- ✓ No account needed, just an email address
- ✓ Instant download; link valid 7 days
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The planner complements the free Paddling Time Calculator. It divides a distance by a speed; the planner works back from daylight to a turnaround time, counts water as load, and ends with a float plan.