Nautical Links

Boat Buying/Selling

• Boat Trader
• Boatscape.com - Boat auction site
• Boat Show on the Internet
• Boatsville.com
• BUCvalu.com - Boat appraisals, etc.
• EverythingBoats.com
• The Gulf Mariner
• Used Boats Online

Boat Manufacturers

• Boston Whaler
• C-Dory
• Escape Sailboats
• Grady White
• Hobie Cat
• Hunter Marine
• MarineWaypoints'
• Powerboat Manufacturers list - Just powerboats but somebody might find it useful ..
• Marshall Marine Catboats
• MasterCraft
• Melges Performance Sailboats
• Osprey
• Prout Catamarans
• Sea Ray Boats
• Seaward
• Sailboats/Hake Yachts Inc.
• Ski Nautique
• Triton Boats
• Vanguard Sailboats - (Vanguard, Laser, Sunfish)
• West Wight Potter

Boat Building Books/Plans

• Glen-L - - Ken Hankinson Associates boat designs
• Databoat
• Dave Carnell's Boat Building Page
• Duckworks Magazine - "Written for and by those wacky homemade boat builders"
• H.H.Payson and Co. - Good source for boat building, modeling, design and good links
• Jim Michalak's Boat Designs
• SmallBoats.com

Boating News

• Marine News
• <MarineWaypoints.com
• Popular Mechanics - Boating articles

Boating Safety/Training

• 1st District Local Notice to Mariners
• Massachusetts Environmental Police
• Boat Light Mnemonics
• Boatsafe.com
• Commander Bob's - Boating Safety Site
• Navigation Course courtesy of Holiday Greece - Good Online Navigation course/resource
• NavRules Quick Guide - Courtesy of the 7th Coast Guard. Lots of other good stuff, too.
• US Army Corp of Engineers - New England Division</span>
• Online NTSB Marine Accident Reports
• The Magnetic Compass - Courtesy of the 7th Coast Guard. Lots of other good stuff, too.
• U.S. Coast Guard - U.S. VHF Marine Radio Channels and Frequencies
• U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center
• United States Power Squadron
• US Coast Guard -- Office of Boating Safety
• US Coast Guard -- Merchant Marine Licensing & Documentation
• Vessel Safety Check Information - See what caused vessels to NOT qualify for a Vessel Safety Check sticker Vessel Safety Check Web Site

Books

• Paradise Cay Publications - Nautical Books and Stuff

Charts, Almanacs, etc.

• Bluewater Books and Charts
• Chart No. 1 Maptech - Online and hardcopy Nautical Charts and Topo Maps
• US Army COrp of Engineers, Electronic
• Charting - Free electonic charts including a freeware viewer
• Reeds - Almanacs, Coast Pilots, etc.
• Waterproof Charts

Cruising

• Marinas - Aerial view of America's Marinas

Great Loop

• America's Great Loop Cruisers' Association

Just Sailing

• Jobson Sailing
• CC Frosty Class Association
• SailboatOwners.com Sailnet

LocaInterest

• Danvers Harbormaster
• Beverly Harbormaster
• Salem Harbormaster
• Jubilee Yacht Club, Beverly, MA
• Boating America - A Guide to Inland Lakes and Rivers Boating

Magazines

• 48° North
• Cruising World
• DIY Boat Owner
• Duck works Magazine - "Written for and by those wacky homemade boat builders"
• Heartland Boating
• Marine News
• Messing About in Boats (The magazine)
• Professional Mariner Sail Magazine - SailMag.com
• Wooden Boat Publications

Marine Products Manufacturers

• Boater's World
• Boat U.S. Celestaire - Navigation Instruments
• Defender Industries
• Harken
• Layline -(Cordage, blocks, and other sailing stuff)
• Overton's
• Profurl
• Raymarine
• SailboatOwners.com - Chandlery
• Sailright
• Weems & Plath
• West Marine

Maritime History/Tradition

• Ceremony for denaming a boat - Courtesy of 48° North
• Ceremony for renaming a boat - Courtesy of BoatSafe.com
• Friends of the Hunley - Official site for search and recovery of the CSS Hunley
• Mystic Seaport Museum
• Naval Historical Center
• NOAA History
• Origins of Navy Terminology
• Port Columbus Civil War Naval Center - A Civil War museum dedicated to Naval History
• Smith's Master Index to Maritime Museum Web sites
• Some background on Sea Shanties
• Songs of the Sea - Lyrics and MIDIs for lots of shanties
• Text-Book of Seamanship, 1891 - an updated age of sail textbook at the beginning of the true transition of warships from sail to steam power
• The Historical Maritime Society - Links Page
• The Mariners' Museum
• Time as marked by the bells

Miscellaneous

• Faster Ships for the Future - Article from Scientific American
• Heavenly Mathematics: Highlights of Cultural Astronomy
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild - Site of general maritime interest
• International Code Flags
• International Marine Signal Flags
• John Kohnen's Mother of All Maritime Links Pages - (HUGE!)
• Knots on the Web - A (ridiculously) large reference to online information on knots
• Lighthouse Uniform Company - Power Squadron Uniforms>
• Lot of Knots - Courtesy of the Tollesbury Sailing Club
• Mark Rosenstein's Sailing Page - (Tons on info!)
• Nautical Glossary - by MarineWaypoints.com
• Origins of the Compass Rose
• SailNet
• SeaSources - Training for Mariners
• Seven Seas Cruising Association
• SSP Boat site - I'm still not sure what these folks sell, but the web site has a little bit of everything!
• The Catboat Association Web page
• The Trailer Sailor Web Site
• U.S. Naval Observatory - Astronomical Apps Department - Calculators and tables for solar and lunar events for any Lat/Long

Odd and Ends

• M/V Cahaba - Demopolis Bridge Mishap - Site #1
• Decavitator - Human-Powered Hydrofoil
• Nautical Follies
• The Cheap Pages

Online Documents

• Bowditch - The American Practical Navigator
• Chart No. 1 COLREGS - and some interesting articles courtesy of P/C John McLendon, JN - Raleigh Power Squadron
• Dictionary - Courtesy of MarineWaypoints.com
• Dictionary - Courtesy of the US Merchant Marine web site
• Nautical Chart User's Manual NIMA Digital Nav Publications - Light Lists, Sight Reduction Tables, etc.

Perhaps too much info on Navigation

• All about GPS - Trimble
• Geodesy For The Layman
• How WGS 84 defines the Earth
• Joe Mehaffey and Jack Yeazel's GPS Information Web site
• World Geodetic System 1984

Power Squadron Stuff

• District 18 Web site
• Lighthouse Uniform Company - Power Squadron Uniforms
• United States Power Squadron
• USPS Ship's Store - You'll need your Certificate number

Power Squadrons - District 18

• Marblehead Sail and Power Squadron

Racing

• caribbeanracing.com
• Cruising Yacht Club of Australia - Sponsors several MAJOR races
• TransPacific Yacht Club - Home of the TransPac
• Worrell 1000

Repair and Troubleshooting

• BrokeBoats.com

Seamanship

• Knots on the Web - A (ridiculously) large reference to online information on knots
• Lot of Knots> - Courtesy of the Tollesbury Sailing Clubb

Weather forecasts

• Hurricane Tracking - courtesy of Plymouth State College Weather Center
• Intellicast - Great Sailing
• Intellicast - Wind forecasts
• National Weather Service - Tropical Weather (Hurricanes tracking maps, etc.)
• Tropical Prediction Center - NWS National Hurricane Center
• Weather Channel - Great hourly temp/precip/wind forecasts
• Weather Underground

Webcams

Cape Cod Live Cams

Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire - Anchor Marine

Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire

Panama Canal, Miraflores Lock