Resources

Sailing Related Links

Updated February 2026

 Facebook Sailing Groups:

• Cape Dory Fans

• Tiny Liveaboards (Boats less than 33 feet)

• Alberg 30 owners

• Pearson Triton Group

Other Sailing Forums:

• Cruisers Forum

• Boat Design Forum

• Cape Dory Forum

• Sailnet

• Sailing Anarchy

• SailFar.net A friendly community & resource with tips and information about cruising simply and affordably.

Cruising Destinations and Reference Sites:

• Active Captain – Interactive Cruising Guidebook

• Noonsite Worldwide cruising destinations information

• Tideschart.com: Comprehensive tide and weather forecasting

• Tide Almanac For US East, West and Gulf Coasts

Pearson Triton Sites:

• Glissando Extensive Triton restoration info

Boat Designs and Projects: 

• Far Reach Voyages Detailed and innovative modifications on a Cape Dory 36

• Bristol 27 Refits

Dinghies to Build:

• Atom 6.5 Dinghy a 6’6″ pram dinghy
• B&B Yacht Designs the Catspaw line of dinghies to build yourself
• Eastport Nesting Pram by Chesapeake Light Craft

Marine Equipment Resources:

• Cruising Yacht Services Ebay Store Check out used boat gear from Atom Voyages inventory

• National Sails (Rolly Tasker Sails, Florida)

• Sail Trailers custom made sailboat trailers

• McMaster-Carr source for hard to find parts for any projects

• Jamestown Distributors marine supplies

• Fiberglass Supply Depot for Divinycell PVC foam core, resins and fiberglass

• U.S. Composites Best for affordable epoxy and fiberglass supplies

• eStreetPlastics We use them for acrylic (Plexiglas) and polycarbonate sheets

• Maritime Wood Products Florida suppliers of teak, sapele, and other specialty woods

• World Panel Products FL & NC suppliers of teak, sapele, and marine plywoods

• New Found Metals Bronze and stainless steel portlights

We are distributors for the following quality sailboat equipment:

• Garhauer Marine sailboat deck hardware.

• Rigging Only Rigging and sailboat hardware experts

• MarineBeam LED lighting

Other Sailing Organizations and Reference Info: 

• SailboatData.com For info and data on hundreds of sailboat designs.

Cruising Homepages and Youtube Channels: 

• Adventures on Swan – Cape dory 36 – After refitting his boat with me in Brunswick, GA, the owner has had successfull passages to Bahamas, New England, and then a full Atlantic circuit. Swan refitting and voyages are featured on my Atom Voyager Youtube channel.

• Sailing Dawn Treader – Allied Seawind 30 modifications and voyages. Contact them for experienced offshore yacht delivery service.

• Free Range Sailing – Complete Australian circumnavigation video playlist featuring detailed repairs and modifications to their 30-foot sailboat.

• la possibilita di unisola – Columbia 29 modifications and voyages

• Sailing Salsa around the world in an Alberg 30 – Now he is available for worldwide yacht delivery.

• Tiki 26 construction blog

• In the Present Sea Writings from adventurer author Webb Chiles

• Sailing Conducters  Sailing and making music on a Rawson 30

Free Online Cruising Books:

• The Voyage of the Liberdade, by Joshua Slocum (1890)

• Sailing Alone Around the World, by Joshua Slocum (1900)

• Webb Chiles Open Boat Voyages and more

Other Free Online Reference Books:

• Where There is no Doctor A village health care handbook

.• WHO Medical Guide for Ships

Odds and Ends:

• Marine Waypoints nautical dictionary

Maritime Weather Sites:

• Windy  Worldwide graphic wind, wave, weather info forecasts

• Weather Buoys Data

• NWS Marine Forecasts

• USCG HF Radio Schedule Atlantic and Pacific text forecasts from NWS

• Beaufort Wind Scale

Maps and Charts: 

• Atlas of Pilot Charts download free charts of average winds and currents

• OpenCPN free navigation software

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