Google Earth - http://earth.google.com/intl/en/

An invaluable tool for planning trips. Especially when coupled with:

 

EarthNC - http://earthnc.com/google-ocean

This site provides navigational chart layers and even aerial photos of marinas!

USA Electronic Navigational Charts: NOAA ENCs - http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/enc/index.htm

 

BlueNav XL3 Charts - Europe - http://www.magellangps.com/products/software.asp

 

Sea Chest Nautical Bookshop- http://www.seachest.co.uk/

I have had nothing but prompt efficient service from this distributor.

WindFinder - http://www.windfinder.com

PassageWeather - http://www.passageweather.com

France:

Meteo France - http://france.meteofrance.com/france/mer

Meteo France Marine - http://marine.meteofrance.com/marine/accueil/

Greece:

Poseidon - http://www.poseidon.ncmr.gr/weather_forecast.html

Meteo.gr - http://www.meteo.gr/SailingMapF.asp

Italy:

Eurometeo - http://www.eurometeo.com

Meteomed - http://www.eurometeo.com/english/meteomed

UK:

BBC Weather - http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/

Turkey:

Meteor - http://www.meteor.gov.tr/2006/english/eng-seamarine.aspx

 

Tinkerbelle: The story of the smallest boat ever to cross the Atlantic nonstop, by Robert N. Manry

http://www.clevelandmemory.org/ebooks/tinkerbelle/contents.html

Sailing Alone Around the World [Zip Archive - 158.06 KB] Slocum, Joshua
 
South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition [Zip Archive - 309.1 KB]
 
Knots, Splices and Rope Work [Zip Archive - 1.96 MB]

 

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