Motorboat Cruising Log

Built for power, not sails.

Motorboat Cruising Log — A one-season logbook for motorboats: 96 day logs, engine hours & fuel economy. Designed by Taffrail Press in Denmark, drawing on more than 10 years of experience designing structured, seaworthy maritime logbooks.

What's inside (144 pages)

• 96 one-page day logs: date, from, to, distance (nm), duration, average and max speed, crew and guests
• Engine hours start, end and run for port, starboard, an optional third engine and the generator
• Fuel added (gal or L), cost, running total on board, and an economy block in both nm/gal (gph) and L/nm (L/h)
• Compact weather and tide line (wind, sea state, visibility, barometric trend, HW/LW and tidal range)
• Pre-start & departure tick-row (bilge, seacocks, oil, coolant, fuel filters, belts, shore power, lines, lifejackets, VHF, nav lights, kill cord)
• 10 passage plans and 6 extended-passage sheets with 12 two-hour watch rows
• Dedicated 12-page fuel & engine-hours log with page totals, monthly summary and season summary
• Your boat's own speed / RPM / fuel-burn curve (one table per engine, from idle to WOT)
• Harbours, fuel docks & marinas log (6 pages) and anchorages log (4 pages)
• Engine & systems service log (8 pages), defects & spares (4 pages), emergency page and 8 checklists

Built for real hands at the chart table or helm

• Generous write-in rows: 7.5 mm minimum ruling pitch, light grey lines for ballpoint or pencil, and numbered pages throughout.
• Heavy uncoated paper: 60# (90 gsm) white uncoated interior stock that takes pencil or pen cleanly without smear.
• Two trim sizes: US Letter (8.5 × 11 in / 216 × 279 mm) and A4 (210 × 297 mm).

Standard or Personalised Coil Edition

• Standard (Coil-bound, lies flat): Ships straight to print via our production partner Lulu Press, Inc.
• Personalised (Coil-bound — your boat's name on cover & page 1): Enter your boat name (and optional home port, sail/hull number or skipper name) on the order. Your cover header reads THE CRUISING LOG OF [BOAT NAME], your particulars are pre-printed on page 1, and we email you a PDF proof within 1 business day before printing (+$5 / +€5 / +40 kr).

Prefer a paperback or hardcover? The paperback and case-laminate hardcover editions of Motorboat Cruising Log are available on Amazon (printed and shipped by Amazon).

Shipping & production: Printed and coil-bound to order (3–5 business days production, plus 1–5 business days for personalised proof approval). Tracked US shipping: $5.95 flat rate per order (free on orders from $65).