Sailing Related Links
Sailor's Forums:
- Triton Discussion Board for owners and fans of Pearson Triton sailboats
- The Plastic Classic Forum discussing and repairing 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:
- World Cruising and Sailing Wiki
- Noonsite Worldwide cruising destinations information
- Tide Almanac For US East, West and Gulf Coasts
Pearson Triton Sites:
- Alberg Sailboats info on all Carl Alberg designed sailboats
- National Triton Association promoting the Triton class
- Glissando Extensive Triton restoration info
- Dasein Triton #668 trip logs and 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
- Windvane Forum Design, construction and use of self-steering gear
- How to Scull a Boat Article from Wooden Boat, June 1991
- 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
- Far Reach Voyages Detailed and innovative modifications on a Cape Dory 36
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 free plans of 7' dinghy Building an 8 1/2' version of
- Danny Greene's Chameleon 10' nesting dinghy
Marine Equipment Resources:
- Sail Trailers custom made sailboat trailers
- Cruising Yacht Services consulting and fitting out sailboats for offshore
- McMaster-Carr source for hard to find parts for any projects
- Jamestown Distributors marine supplies
We are dealers for the following quality sailboat equipment:
- Mack Sails quality US made sails
- Garhauer Marine sailboat deck hardware.
- Sailing Services rigging and sailboat hardware experts
- Norvane windvane self-steering system
Other Sailing Organizations and Reference Info:
- Alberg 30 forum
- 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
- SailboatData.com For info and data on hundreds of sailboat designs.
Maritime Weather Sites:
- PassageWeather wind, wave and weather forecasts for sailors
- Grib weather data charts
- Weather Buoys Data page
- US National Weather Service Marine Forecasts by clicking on map links
- USCG HF Radio Frequency Schedule
- 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
- Yearly Tropical Storm Tracks
- Beaufort Wind Scale
Maps and Charts:
- Coastal Explorer free electronic reader for 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:
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 bought 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