Printable kit · 10 worksheets
The Fishing Boat Electronics Planner
Size the motor and battery to your own loaded boat weight instead of a guess, wire it to hold ABYC's voltage drop and overcurrent rules instead of whatever gauge was in the garage, and know your sonar, downrigger and anchor settings before every launch: a boat and electronics at-a-glance card, a fish finder buying decision sheet, a transducer mounting checklist, a trolling motor sizing sheet, a battery bank and runtime planner, a wiring and fuse plan, a pre-launch electronics checklist, a reusable electronics settings fishing log, a maintenance log and a budget planner.
- 10 fill-in worksheets, 31 print pages
- 2 filled-in examples to copy the format from
- Companion Excel / Google Sheets tracker with the battery runtime and wire gauge formulas built in
- Online buyer guide with current prices, by budget tier
Replaces the guessed wire gauge, the charger left on the wrong profile, the transducer mount picked without checking the hull, and the pre-launch check done from memory.
30-day money-back guarantee. Use it all; if it doesn't help, every dollar back.
Look inside
Real pages from the PDF you download, including both filled-in examples. Swipe or scroll.
What's in it
See all 10 worksheet titles
- Boat & Electronics At A Glance
- Fish Finder Buying Decision Sheet
- Transducer Mounting Checklist
- Trolling Motor Sizing Sheet
- Battery Bank & Runtime Planner
- Wiring & Fuse Plan
- Pre-Launch Electronics Checklist
- Electronics Settings Fishing Log
- Maintenance Log
- Budget Planner
Also included
- 2 filled-in example worksheets. Battery Bank & Runtime Planner and Wiring & Fuse Plan, worked through with hypothetical figures, so you can see a finished page before you start.
- 1 bonus printable. Quick Reference: Thrust, Wire & Sonar: The published standards and boating conventions this kit is built from, cut down to glovebox size
- 1 companion spreadsheet. An editable workbook: a battery runtime and charger sizing calculator using this site's own Peukert and charge-rate formulas, a wire gauge and fuse sizing calculator using this site's own AWG and ABYC math, a one-time electronics budget with a running total, and a reusable maintenance log. Tabs: Battery & charger calculator, Wire gauge & fuse calculator, Budget, Maintenance log.
- 1 start-here page. The sheets to fill in first and which sheet to reach for when.
Plus the online buyer guide
Three complete boat electronics setups at three budgets, every item priced and linked, plus every product the kit names, kept current on this site. Your kit links straight to it, so the prices you plan with are today's, not the day the PDF was printed.
Who it's for
- Anyone rigging a first boat or kayak who wants the motor, battery and wire gauge sized to their own loaded weight instead of guessed
- Anyone who has never run the ABYC voltage drop math and wants the exact steps with a real example
- Anyone choosing between CHIRP, down imaging, side imaging or live sonar who wants a real decision process by fishing style and budget
- Anyone switching a lead acid bank to lithium who wants the charger profile question settled before it becomes an expensive mistake
- Anyone who fishes the same boat for years and wants a reusable maintenance log and electronics settings fishing log
Who made this
Built by the AnglerTechCalc team from the same trolling motor thrust, battery runtime, marine wire gauge and sonar coverage formulas the free site's calculators run on, laid out as a workbook to fill in with your own boat's real numbers rather than a page to read.
30-day money-back guarantee
Use the whole kit. If it doesn't help, fill in the refund form within 30 days and you get every dollar back. No questions asked. Refund form.
Questions
Does this tell me if my boat can carry a specific motor or battery?
No, and it never will. This kit is the same arithmetic as the free site's calculators, run on YOUR own loaded weight and your own transducer and battery specifications. Nothing here or anywhere on AnglerTechCalc overrides your boat's own capacity plate, and a kayak carries no federal capacity plate at all.
Does this replace the free site?
No. The free site has the calculators, buying guides and reference charts; the kit is where your own boat's numbers get written down, dated and reused, plus the budget tracker and reusable logs the free pages do not carry.
Does it cover my state's boating registration and equipment rules?
It includes a checklist to run before every launch, but it does not publish a state-by-state table, because registration, required equipment and boater education rules genuinely vary and change; check your own state's boating authority before every trip.
I have never sized marine wire before. Is this still useful?
That is exactly who the Wiring & Fuse Plan is for: it walks through the ABYC drop and overcurrent math in order, with a worked example, and does the arithmetic for you once you have your own amps and run length.
Does this work for a kayak, not just a powerboat?
The at-a-glance card, the fish finder decision sheet and the wiring math apply to both. The buyer guide's three priced setups follow this site's own boat electronics ladder; the kayak ladder is published free on the site and referenced from the kit.
Printable or fillable on screen?
Both. Print it and write by hand, or open a worksheet PDF in a reader that supports typing and fill it on a tablet or phone.
What if it does not help?
Use the whole kit for 30 days. If it does not help, the refund form on the contact page gets every dollar back, no questions asked. Refund form.
The Fishing Boat Electronics Planner
10 worksheets · 31 pages · examples, workbook and online buyer guide