Associations and email support groups

• Marine Trawlers Owners Association Formerly Marine "Trader" Owners Association. The name changed to represent the fact that a significant number of members have (or want) trawlers other than the Marine Trader. Port captains to greet and help you, great quarterly newsletter, email help, and five annual rendezvous. Must Join organization! Use my #1896 as reference.
• America's Great Loop Cruisers' Association - AGLCA Loopers for those on or interested in circumnavigating the Eastern United States. Must join organization!
• DF Cruisers Owners Association For those DeFever owners who want to interact with other DeFever owners. Great quarterly newsletter. Must join for DeFever owners.
• Trawlers and Trawlering - Great support group for trawler owners. Also have a great loop list. For those of you who go back a few years you'll remember when Georgs Kolesnikovs hosted the Trawler Fests.
• Trawlers and Trawlering - Great Loop list - For those on the loop.

Cruising Guides

• Waterway Guide - From the publishers of the Waterway guides, this web site is growing and providing great resources for those traveling the Waterways.
• Skipper Bob™ Publications - Guides from over 40,000 miles of travel. Now managed and published by the folks at the Waterway Guide.
• Cruiser's Net - Web site dedicated to providing information related to the boating lifestyle ranging from ICW issues to other timely topics. Great resource and has videos showing trouble spots on the Atlantic ICW
• Cruising Galveston Bay and points South to Corpus Christi - Links Page
• Trent-Severn Waterway
• Atlantic Intracoastal - Florida Inland Navigation District - Hurricane Manual and other useful information about the Florida ICW
• ICW in Texas - Article
• Florida Anchoring Law - New law
• Sailblogs - Keep in touch. No cost for basic accounts.

Magazines

• Living Aboard
• Passage Maker
• Waterway Guide Magazine
• Cruising World Magazine
• Latitudes and Attitudes Magazine
  (Lats & Atts TV - free shows)
  (Lasts & Atts Radio)

Marinas

• www.Marinas.com Worlds largest selection of marina aerial photographs
• www.MarinaLife.com "Marinalife is the first and only company to provide a centralized online marine reservation service ... "
• LuLu's in Alabama - Live web cams - you control sweep and zoom.
• Active Captain - Non-commercial. No cost. Find marinas, anchorages and local knowledge
• Marinas near you - along with traffic and weather

Marine Products

• BoatUS
• Classic Marine Company - Custom & Reproduction Marine Products
• West Marine

Marine Products - items

Breeze Booster - Wind scoop for side ports and hatchs

Navigation

• Bridge Clearances Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
• Chart viewer online - NOAA - view actual charts zoom function
• Charts organized by State, CG District, Number with viewer and way to plot your journey
• Chart No. 1 - Symbols, Abbreviations and Terms
• US Coast Pilot 1 - 9 "...contain supplemental information that is difficult to portray on a nautical chart."
• Local Notice to Mariners - Click on the part of the country to get the information
• Lake Okeechobee Water Level ... Navigation channel information
• Light Lists - "These publications contain a list of lights, sound signals, buoys, day beacons, and other aids to navigation."
• Tide Tables US by State/Station
• Google Satellite Images and Map. You can zoom in closer than you'd imagine. Head offshore or follow the ICW around the great loop. Type in a location, hit search, zoom in, select satellite view. Drag map using your left mouse button just as you would a PDF doc.
• Google Earth: Download the free software and enjoy the next level of satellite imagery.
• US Army Corp of Engineers River Gages
• Great Circle Navigation Notes - Don't leave the dock without them. Detailed directions for every mile.
• St. Lawrence Seaway - Loads of information you need including lock schedule for pleasure craft.
• The Boaters Explore - BoatUS partner has added the charts with 70,000 marks so you can explore the waterways
• Cruisers Net: Navigation around ICW shoaling and much more.

Safety

• AIS - Locate Vessels using AIS
• Coast Guard Practice Tests - Questions provided in each of the sections
• Vessel Safety Check Web Site - Take a "virtual" check or Ask for a VSC.
• NOAA Fisheries: Office of Science & Technology site provides access to the USCG's vessel data base that lets you search by Vessel Name or USCG Official Number
• Captain's Medical Guide - Good overview site with specific remedies
• Tow goes under closed bridge and lives to tell the story
• Waste Management Plan - Sample you can use to create your own
• National Geosapitial-Intelligence agency - "The mission of the Maritime Domain is to provide global maritime geospatial intelligence in support of national security objectives including safety of navigation, international obligations, intelligence activities and joint military operations."
• Navigation Rules - International / Inland - PDF
• Line Cutters - research study
• Knot tying - Animated knot tying helps you learn to tie the right knot right

Vessel Identification / Documentation

• AIS - Locate Vessels using AIS
• Search By Vessel Name: Got the name? Find the owner and information about the boat.
• Boat Name Interpretations - tongue in cheek. Submit a name if you dare.
• Hull Identification Numbers (HIN) - How to read them and tell what they mean

Watermakers

A collection of web sites that build watermakers. Katadyn (UK) makes hand-held pump style units. This list comes from Andrew Burton's article in the November 2007 issue of Cruising World magazine.

Yacht / Boating Clubs - Texas

• Lakewood Yacht Club - Seabrook Texas
• Texas Mariners Cruising Association - Kemah
• Bay Area Rum Runners - The Organization that's not - Galveston Bay Cruising

Yacht Broker

• Jay Bettis & Co. - Clearlake Texas