Interesting Nautical Web Sites
Boating Organizations
Navigation and Safety
Weather
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)
"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)