Interesting Nautical Web Sites

Boating Organizations

• Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons

• Canadian Yachting Association

• US Power Squadron

Navigation and Safety

• Notice to Mariners (NOTMAR)

• Canadian Coast Guard (CCG)

• Water Level Reports

Weather

• Environment Canada

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

General

• Animated Knots (thanks to Alan Grogono)

• Nautical Know-How (every little detail about boating)

• Wallace Gouk's Website (Wallace is a Marine Surveyor, among other things, and has written and collected a number of interesting articles)

• Nautical Books and Videos (The Nautical Mind is a good source in Toronto)

• Making and Deploying an Anchor Buoy

• Victoria to Maui Sail Boat Race

• "Real world" Man Over Board examples; what worked and what didn't

• Digital Selective Calling (DSC) by Morton Biback (A great introduction to a new VHF technology)

• Get your MMSI number here (Print off Appendix A, fill it out, fax to 416-954-3553); you will need Appendix E for the Boat and Tonnage codes

Cruising

• The Meridian Chaser (The cruise of Jan & Judie from Mississauga to the Caribbean; some back ground: Real World Cruising)

• Seven Seas Cruising Association (Requires membership to get all of the information, Discussion Board is free to read)

• Live-aboard (Living Aboard Magazine's online forum; Magazine cost$, but the Forum is free)

• Cruising World (Subscription based, but some articles and the Bulletin Board are free)

• Aubrey and Judy Millard's Cruises (Caribbean, Mediterranean, UK, Denmark, Sweden, Norway. and more)

• Cruises of Wallace Gouk (Canada to the Caribbean, ICW, and more)

• ICC-IMB Piracy Report 2007 (6 month report on worldwide piracy to June 2007)