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Some of the following links may interest you.

Sailor's Forums:
Triton Discussion Board for owners and fans of Pearson Triton sailboats
The Plastic Classic Forum discussing early classic fiberglass sailboats
SSCA Discussion Board from the Seven Seas Cruising Association 
SailFar.net Small boats for long voyages
World-Cruising Forum  
Low Cost Voyaging Forum  
Sailboat Owners Forum  
Cruiser Log Forum 
Cruisers Forum
 

Sailing Magazine Sites:
Good Old Boat Maintaining and sailing classic fiberglass boats

Cruising Destinations and Reference Sites:

The Mother of All Maritime Links 
Cruiser Log The one-stop sailing resource
Noonsite Worldwide cruising destinations information
Tide Almanac For US East, West and Gulf Coasts

Pearson Triton Sites:
National Triton Association
  
Glissando Extensive Triton restoration info
Dasein Triton #668 trip logs and projects 
The Pegasus Project More Triton restoration and improvement projects
1960 Triton #158 Kaholee Another Triton restoration in progress
Pajaro Web Travels and modifications on Triton #399
Triton #680 Refit

Boat Designs and Projects:
Simplicity Boats
  David Beede's site on building small sailboats and dinghies
Sheet-To-Tiller Self Steering explained
Self Steering Designs by Walt Murray Build your own windvane
Windvane Forum Design, construction and use of self-steering gear
How to Scull a Boat  Article from Wooden Boat, June 1991
More about Sculling
How to Build a Sculling Oar  Article by Oar Club founder Jerome Fitzgerald
Pearson 26' Ariel #338 refit thread - details an extensive refit
Bristol 27 Extensive refit of the B27 Wanderer

Dinghies to Build
B&B Yacht Designs the Catspaw line of dinghies to build yourself
Allspice Six 6' dinghy for the pocket cruiser
Nestor 8' and 10' nesting dinghies
Apple Pie 7' dinghy at boatdesign.com  
Building an 8 1/2' version of Danny Greene's Chameleon 10' nesting dinghy

Marine Equipment Resources:
Sail Trailers  custom made sailboat trailers
Mack Sails we are a dealer for this quality US made sailmaker
Garhauer Marine we are a dealer for this quality deck hardware. 
Sailing Services we are a dealer for these rigging and sailboat hardware experts
Cruising Yacht Services consulting and fitting out sailboats for offshore 

Other Sailing Organizations and Reference Info:
Joshua Slocum Society Inspired by the first man to sail alone around the world
Pearson Ariel Association Forum
Cape Dory Sailboat Owners Association and Forum   
F-boats Forum For Ian Farrier designed folding trimarans

Maritime Weather Sites:
PassageWeather wind, wave and weather forecasts for sailors
US National Weather Service Marine Forecasts by clicking on map links 
USCG HF Radio Frequency Schedule
Latest weatherfax images for the North Atlantic  
Atlantic and Pacific text forecasts from the NWS
Marine Radio Nets and Radio Links (some nets provide weather forecasts)
Weather Online Sailing page forecasts in animated pilot chart format
National Hurricane Center Hurricane forecasts, analyses and satellite images
Tropical Storms - Worldwide including Yearly Storm Track Charts
Beaufort Wind Scale

Maps and Charts:
Coastal Explorer
free electronic reader for vector or raster charts
NOAA US Electronic Charts  free download of vector or raster
Atlas of Pilot Charts  download free charts of average winds and currents
Ocean Dots Atlas of the worlds small islands
Bellingham Charts for low-cost, full-size photocopies of worldwide charts

Cruising Homepages:
Sailing Salsa around the world in an Alberg 30 - begun March 2008
Scott's Boat Pages Books, articles, voyages, Tiki 26 construction blog
In the Present Sea Writings from adventurer author Webb Chiles

Other Sites:
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Free Online Cruising Books:
The Voyage of the Liberdade, by Joshua Slocum (1890)
Sailing Alone Around the World, by Joshua Slocum (1900)
Jean Gau's Atom from Chapter 23 of The Circumnavigators by Don Holm
Webb Chiles Open Boat Voyages and more
Confessions of a Long-Distance Sailor, by Paul Lutus. Circumnavigation in a 31-footer

Other Free Online Reference Books:

Where There is no Doctor  A village health care handbook and other health-related titles. I recommend you buy the paper version to keep aboard.

Odds and Ends:
The Paranoia Net! A humorous look at safety and security on the SSB
Marine Waypoints  and SeaTalk  nautical dictionaries

 

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