Links
Our Stuff That Works area has links to businesses and services that we think are great but this page is dedicated to those websites that belong to friends of ours, that are educational, that we think are worth your time or all of the above! We present the sites in alphabetical order, not in order of importance or preference.
Index
Our Friends' Sites
Cruising Guides
Cruising Information
Cruising Magazines
Cruising Organizations
Destination Information (not specific to sailors)
Sailing Resources
Our Friends' Sites
www.arcticwandering.com
We only know Gary Ramos of S/V Arctic Wanderer through
e-mail,
but we are very interested in his latest endeavour to be the first person
to single-handedly circumnavigate the Arctic. Wow! Follow his trip through
his writings and photographs.
www.bethandevans.com
On
Beth Leonard and Evan Starzinger's site you can find information on where
they've cruised and where they're planning to go; descriptions of their
two boats, Silk and Hawk; articles they've written;
cruising tips; photographs; and you can purchase Beth's three books.
www.boreal-yachting.com
Based
in Tromsø, Ivar and Emely are located in the perfect place for a cruise
of this beautiful area, and have three sailboats available for charter.
www.cleanwakeproductions.com
Lane
and Kay Finley, through their company Clean Wake Productions, produce DVDs
that show what needs to be considered when making the cruising dream a
reality, with an emphasis on safety and protecting the environment. Though
we have never met them in person, we consider them friends in spirit!
www.expeditionsail.com
Kate
Ford and Hamish Laird have many years of experience sailing in the high
latitudes. They have built a very cool aluminum boat. Follow their voyages
and even join them if you wish.
www.explorenorth.no
Jon Amtrup is a true adventurer, a sailboat racer, and a high latitude sailor.
You can benefit from his experience by using his company to charter a boat,
either bare boat or with a skipper, or benefit from his expertise as you
plan an expedition of your own.
www.highlatitudes.com
High
Latitudes is a yacht consultancy and management service, specialising in
remote destinations, run by
Richard Haworth and Luke Milner, who have spent many years exploring
the world’s most inaccessible places.
www.jonathanadventuresailing.com
Mark van de Weg has done an incredible amount of high latitude voyaging;
visit his site to read about and see photographs and videos of his adventures
and to find out how he can help you realize your dream to sail the North.
www.northanger.org
Keri
and Greg are very intrepid adventurers who mix sailing, climbing and photography
in their journeys to both the northern and the southern high latitudes.
If you want to push your envelope, Keri and Greg are the people to talk
to.
www.northcapesail.no
Gunnar
and Bjørg have lived and sailed in North Norway for 30 years. Now they
are going to share their experience with others by offering their sailboat
for charter. If you want to visit the most northerly point in Norway in
a sailboat, visit their site.
www.polaris-sail.de
Though
their site is in German, Michael and Martina's photographs of winter sailing
in Norway and summer sailing in Svalbard are worth looking at. They also
have a very cool unpainted aluminum boat.
www.site.voila.fr/fredoya
Fred,
Fredo and their kids are building a new aluminum boat. There are lots of
pictures on their site of what is going to be a great high latitude boat.
www.wave-action.com
Colin
and Louise have just had a new aluminum voyaging boat built (an Ovni by
Alubat in France), incorporating what they have learned in 15 years of
professional offshore sailing. Colin has been sharing his clearly thought
out and well written insights on the build process in a series of posts
to our In-Depth area.
Their web site provides access to some of their work—
photography, film, journalism, marine eco-tourism and environmental consultancy—as
well as information on their sailing plans and their boat.
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Cruising Guides
www.puffin-press.com
This
is the site to go to for the CCA guides to Newfoundland, Labrador, Nova Scotia
and the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
www.yachtpilot.ca and
http://cruisingincuba.com
Yacht Pilot
Publishing is owned by our friend Cheryl Barr who writes and publishes The
Down East Circle and Canadian Maritimes cruising guides.
You
can purchase her series of Cuba cruising guides on her other site, as well
as find out a lot about cruising in Cuba.
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Cruising Information
www.landlpardey.com
Lin and Larry Pardey need no introduction to most sailors. If you don't
know who they are, check out their 'Cold Hard Facts' page; if you want
to know where they are and what they are up to, check their 'Where Are
They?' page; if you want to get some cruising tips from a couple who have
been out there for 40 years, you can visit their 'Cruising Tips' page;
and, if you want to purchase one of their 10 books or 9 videos, you can
do so right on their site.
www.mahina.com
John Neal and Amanda Swan Neal provide sailing instruction, personal
voyage consultancy and lead expeditions on their boat Mahina Tiare.
www.noonsite.com
Though it is now under new ownership and being further developed by
World Cruising Club, this site is based on Jimmy Cornell's work on the
global cruising scene and on his best-selling books World
Cruising Handbook and
World Cruising Routes.
www.setsail.com
You can buy Steve and Linda Dashew's incredibly complete books on all things
offshore cruising on this site. It is also a treasure trove of general cruising
information.
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Cruising Magazines
www.cruisingcompass.com
Cruising Compass is a free weekly digest of news, notes,
stories and reviews from the editors of Blue Water
Sailing magazine.
www.latitude38.com
Latitude38 magazine and e-zine, 'Lectronic Latitude,
provide sailing information from the west coast of North America.
They have crew lists, articles and news about cruising and racing.
www.oceannavigator.com
At
Ocean Navigator Online you can find marine services through their
online directory and, if you are a print subscriber, you can access thousands
of articles and yacht reviews on various cruising boats.
www.pbo.co.uk
Britain's
biggest selling boating magazine, Practical Boat Owner provides
tips for better boat-handling, how to get your boat in top shape, tests
of the latest electronics and life-saving gear, plus lots of advice to
help you get the most from your own boating budget. And they have a popular
online forum.
www.practical-sailor.com
The
magazine that takes the guesswork out of buying boats and gear, Practical
Sailor Online provides a wealth of information on all things to do
with boats with even more information available to subscribers. They also
have a blog.
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Cruising Organizations
www.cruisingclub.org
The CCA has sailing and sponsorship requirements for new members but
they have made a lot of good information about offshore sailing available
to non-members on their site.
www.cruising.org.uk
In operation since 1908, the Cruising Association represents the interests
of cruising sailors worldwide. They have a lovely headquarters building
in London, England and offer lectures, organize social events and publish
cruising guides. There are no sailing requirements to join and there is
a bimonthly newsletter and various bulletins.
www.oceancruisingclub.org
The international OCC offers a bulletin, social events, harbour and
anchorage information, etc. There are requirements to join.
www.ssca.org
The Seven Seas Cruising Association has been in existence since 1952.
There are no sailing requirements to join. There is a monthly bulletin
and social events.
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Destination Information (not specific to sailors)
www.eastgreenland.com
This is the official tourism site for East Greenland and is worth a visit
for the photographs and to get a sense for this isolated magnificent place.
www.hustadnes.net
Johan
Hustadnes is a Norwegian dedicated to the outdoor life—he skis, climbs and
sails. For information and great pictures of Jan Mayen, Norway and Svalbard
(Spitsbergen), be sure to visit his site.
www.nickcobbing.co.uk
Nick
is an award-winning photographer with some of the best sailing and high
latitude pictures we've seen. His site is well worth visiting if you are
interested in the north.
www.svalbard.com
Interested
in finding out more about Svalbard (Spitsbergen)? This site is loaded with
information, pictures and links to important contacts.
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Sailing Resources
www.cruisenews.net
This
is a multifaceted site that includes forums, links and information pages
on topics dear to the webmaster's heart.
www.cruiser.co.za
Cruisers
themselves aboard Seerose, a 44' steel ketch, Bob and his wife
realized the need for a 'one-stop' boating resource where cruising sailors
(and those in armchairs who 'dream' of the open ocean) can find as much
information as possible on cruising, sailing, circumnavigating or crewing
offshore.
www.cruisingresources.com
This comprehensive sailing database provides information on everything from
finding crew to interior lighting.
www.findacrew.net
This is a global, free service for finding and providing
crew on anything from canal boats to superyachts.
www.sail-the-net.com
Sail-the-net
is an easy to navigate and comprehensive marine resource site, offering
links to services organized in over 400 categories and 260 geographical
areas. You can also visit their used gear area, crew swap area and get
a lot of other marine information on this site.
www.searoom.com
Dedicated
to the cruising sailor, Searoom features outstanding cruising logs from
live aboard sailors and an extensive library of cruising information, including
recipes, cost information, destination descriptions, boat sales and breaking
news features.
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