Useful Sailing Sites
- Seven Seas Cruising Association and SSCA Forum
- NoonSite (Jimmy Cornell)
- Soggy Paws
- Beth Leonard and Evans Starzinger
- Lin and Larry Pardey
- Cruiser’s Wiki
- Cruiser’s Log
- Ocean Cruising Club
- Yachts in Transit
- YOTREPS boat tracking
- Facebook Groups: Sewing on Boats, Bluewater Sailing and Cruising, Pacific Sailing and Cruising, SSCA, Cooking on Boats, Pressure Cooking on Boats
- Hawaiian Voyaging Traditions for Traditional Navigation information
Crowd-Sourced Marine Science Projects
Sewing / Material Sites
- SailRite
- Sailmaker’s Supply
- Strap Works
- Rochford Marine Supply
- Seattle Fabrics
- ShadeTree Fabric Shelters (tent poles for awnings)
- Perfect Fit
- Sailrite Videos
Data / Records
- Search for Maritime Nets by name
- Download Sailing Directions
- John Stevenson s/v Sarah (wonderful spreadsheets w/ macros for all kinds of logs)
Books
Choosing a Boat
- Understanding Boat Design, Ted Brewer
- Desirable and Undesirable Characteristics of Offshore Yachts, edited by John Rousmaniere
- any of the “Handbooks” under Basic Cruising.
Maintenance / Boat Work
- Boatowner’s Mechanical and Electrical Manual or anything else by Nigel Calder;
- This Old Boat, Second Edition: Completely Revised and Expanded or anything else by Don Casey;
- The 12-Volt Bible for Boats, Brotherton and Sherman
Basic Cruising
- Lin and Larry Pardey: any but especially
- The Voyager’s Handbook: The Essential Guide to Blue Water Cruising, Beth Leonard
- How to Sail Around the World : Advice and Ideas for Voyaging Under Sail, Hal Roth
- The circumnavigator’s handbook, Dashew/Dashew
- Nigel Calder’s Cruising Handbook: A Compendium for Coastal and Offshore Sailors, Calder
- Tropical Cruising Handbook, Smaalders and des Rochers
- Handbook of Offshore Cruising, Jim Howard
- Offshore Sailing: 200 Essential Passagemaking Tips, Bill Seifert
Galley / Storage / Provisioning
- any of the Basic Cruising books above
- Sail Away!: A Guide to Outfitting and Provisioning for Cruising, Paul Shard
- The Essential Galley Companion, Amanda Swan Neil
- Online Galley Advice from 18 cruisers
- The Boat Galley Blog
Canvaswork / Sewing
- Sailmaker’s Apprentice, Emiliano Marino
- The Big Book of Boat Canvas: A Complete Guide to Fabric Work on Boats, Karen Lipe
- Complete Canvasworker’s Guide, Jim Grant
- SailRite canvas and sewing supply website
- Canvas for Cruisers – Julie Gifford
Weather
- Adlard Coles’ Heavy Weather Sailing, Sixth Edition, Coles
- Understanding Weatherfax, Mike Harris
- Heavy Weather Avoidance and Route Design, Lee Chesneau on interpreting 500mb charts
- Weather Resources Page on SailingPhoenix
Navigation
- World Cruising Routes, Cornell
- The Complete On-Board Celestial Navigator, 2007-2011, Bennett
- The Lo-Tech Navigator, Tony Crowley
- Boat Navigation for the Rest of Us, Captain Bill Brogdon
Stories and Experiences
- Once is Enough, Miles and Beryl Smeeton
- There Be No Dragons: How to Cross a Big Ocean in a Small Sailboat, Reese Palley
- The Circumnavigators: small boat voyagers of modern times, Don Holm
- John Guzwell, Bernard Moitessier, Tania Aebi, Robin Knox-Johnston, lots more
Cruising Blogs
(contact me if you want to be added here)
- Mike Hopper (WXTide software) and Horizon
- Sailing Totem (Behan Gifford)