A multi-stage coming off location system as a control system comprising: a first interface configured to receive sensor output indicative of a positional displacement of a self-elevating vessel; memory; and a processor module comprising one or more processing units communicatively coupled to the memory and the first interface, wherein the one or more processing units are configured to execute program instructions stored in the memory for causing the one or more processing units to: obtain first and second sets of conditions corresponding to the self-elevating vessel, determine a first permissible operating range of the self-elevating vessel based on a first structural analysis of the self-elevating vessel under the first set of conditions, the first permissible operating range corresponding to a first hull draft level of the self-elevating vessel, determine a structural utilization ratio of the self-elevating vessel based on a second structural analysis of the self-elevating vessel under the first and second sets of conditions, determine it is safe to lower the self-elevating vessel from an elevated state having a positive airgap to the first hull draft level that eliminates the positive airgap as a stage in a coming off location operation of the self-elevating vessel when the structural utilization ratio is less than a predetermined value, obtain first positional displacement data from the first interface subsequent to the one or more processing units determining that it is safe to lower the self-elevating vessel to the first hull drat level and while the self-elevating vessel is at the first hull draft level, and indicate it is safe to lower the self-elevating vessel from the first hull draft level to a second, deeper, hull draft level as a next stage in the coming off location operation of the self-elevating vessel when the first positional displacement data indicates that the positional displacement of the self-elevating vessel while at the first hull draft level is within the first permissible operating range. a first interface configured to receive sensor output indicative of a positional displacement of a self-elevating vessel; memory; and a processor module comprising one or more processing units communicatively coupled to the memory and the first interface, wherein the one or more processing units are configured to execute program instructions stored in the memory for causing the one or more processing units to: obtain first and second sets of conditions corresponding to the self-elevating vessel, determine a first permissible operating range of the self-elevating vessel based on a first structural analysis of the self-elevating vessel under the first set of conditions, the first permissible operating range corresponding to a first hull draft level of the self-elevating vessel, determine a structural utilization ratio of the self-elevating vessel based on a second structural analysis of the self-elevating vessel under the first and second sets of conditions, determine it is safe to lower the self-elevating vessel from an elevated state having a positive airgap to the first hull draft level that eliminates the positive airgap as a stage in a coming off location operation of the self-elevating vessel when the structural utilization ratio is less than a predetermined value, obtain first positional displacement data from the first interface subsequent to the one or more processing units determining that it is safe to lower the self-elevating vessel to the first hull drat level and while the self-elevating vessel is at the first hull draft level, and indicate it is safe to lower the self-elevating vessel from the first hull draft level to a second, deeper, hull draft level as a next stage in the coming off location operation of the self-elevating vessel when the first positional displacement data indicates that the positional displacement of the self-elevating vessel while at the first hull draft level is within the first permissible operating range. obtain first and second sets of conditions corresponding to the self-elevating vessel, determine a first permissible operating range of the self-elevating vessel based on a first structural analysis of the self-elevating vessel under the first set of conditions, the first permissible operating range corresponding to a first hull draft level of the self-elevating vessel, determine a structural utilization ratio of the self-elevating vessel based on a second structural analysis of the self-elevating vessel under the first and second sets of conditions, determine it is safe to lower the self-elevating vessel from an elevated state having a positive airgap to the first hull draft level that eliminates the positive airgap as a stage in a coming off location operation of the self-elevating vessel when the structural utilization ratio is less than a predetermined value, obtain first positional displacement data from the first interface subsequent to the one or more processing units determining that it is safe to lower the self-elevating vessel to the first hull drat level and while the self-elevating vessel is at the first hull draft level, and indicate it is safe to lower the self-elevating vessel from the first hull draft level to a second, deeper, hull draft level as a next stage in the coming off location operation of the self-elevating vessel when the first positional displacement data indicates that the positional displacement of the self-elevating vessel while at the first hull draft level is within the first permissible operating range.