A compendium of boating links that will hopefully educate and inspire.

Books and DVDs:

Sailing / Skills:

• Your First Sailboat : How to Find and Sail the Right Boat for You
• US Sailing: Basic Keelboat
• US Sailing: Basic Cruising
• US Sailing: Bareboat Cruising
• US Sailing: Start Sailing Right
• Fast Track to Cruising
• Fundamentals of Sailing, Cruising, and Racing
• The Complete Sailor: Learning the Art of Sailing
• Sailing For Dummies
• More to come

Cruising Chronicles:

• 9 Years on the 7 Seas
• Wanderer
• An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude
• The Voyage of the Northern Magic: A Family Odyssey
• In Pursuit of Adventure & Freedom
• The Spice Necklace
• More to come

Multihulls:

• Catamarans: The Complete Guide for Cruising Sailors
• The Cruising Multihull
• Multihull Seamanship
• More to come

Maintenance / Gear / Electronics:

• How Boat Things Work: An Illustrated Guide
• Troubleshooting Marine Diesels
• The 12 Volt Doctor’s Practical Handbook
• Sailboat Electrics Simplified
• Ham Radio Study Guide
• Marine SSB Radio for “Idi-Yachts”
• Nigel Calder’s Cruising Handbook
• Sail and Rig Tuning
• The Complete Rigger’s Apprentice
• Pocket Guide to Knots
• Boatowner’s Mechanical and Electrical Manual
• More to come

Navigation / First Aid:

• GPS for Mariners
• The Weekend Navigator
• NOLS Wilderness First Aid
• SAS Survival Handbook
• Chart No. 1 Nautical Chart Symbols Abbreviations and Terms
• Wilderness Wayfinding: How to Survive in the Wilderness as You Travel
• Compact Atlas of the World
• More to come

Living Aboard / Cruising / Galley:

• The Cost Conscious Cruiser
• The Care And Feeding of the Sailing Crew
• Tropical Cruising Handbook
• The Cruiser’s Handbook of Fishing
• The Essentials of Living Aboard a Boat
• The Intricate Art of Living Afloat
• Why Didn’t I Think of That
• Cruising Cookery
• The Galley Gourmet
• Perfect Sushi
• The Two Burner Gourmet: The Cookbook for Cooking Far from Home
• How to Sail Around the World
• Cruising for Cowards
• More to come

Other:

• Multiple Streams of Income
• Multiple Streams of Internet Income
• Brazilian Portuguese: A Complete Guide for Beginners
• Frommer’s Portable Rio de Janeiro
• Bahama Islands: A Boatman’s Guide to the Land and the Water
• Boater’s Pocket Reference
• More to come

Cruising Guides:

• Cuba: A Cruising Guide
• A Cruising Guide to Puerto Rico
• Cruising Guide to the Virgin Islands
• The Leeward Islands Cruising Guide
• Sailors Guide to the Windward Islands – 16th Ed.
• A Cruising Guide to Trinidad and Tobago
• Crusing Guide to Venezuela and Bonaire
• The Northern Bahamas Cruising Guide
• The Southern Bahamas Cruising Guide
• The Exuma Guide
• World Cruising Routes
• The Gentleman’s Guide to Passages South
• Living in the Dominican Republic
• More to come

DVDs:

• Storm Tactics: Lin & Larry Pardey
• Get Ready to Cruise: Lin & Larry Pardey – Offshore Sailing Part 1
• Get Ready to Cross Oceans: Lin & Larry Pardey – Offshore Sailing Part 2
• Annapolis Book of Seamanship: Cruising Under Sail, Volume 1
• Annapolis Book of Seamanship: Sailboat Navigation, Volume 4
• More to come

Weather Links:

• Passage Weather – We use data from this for passage planning.
• Wind Guru – We use data from this for passage planning.
• Caribbean Hurricane Network
• National Hurricane Center – We check this at least daily during H season.
• Wind Finder
• Weather Underground – We use this for local weather.
• Weather Underground – Tropical – We check this for tropical storm tracks, etc..
• Crown Weather
• Tide Forecast
• Intellicast – Nice site if you have the bandwidth.
• Tide King
• Tides Chart

Sailing/Cruising Forums:

• PDQ Forum
• Sailnet Forums
• Cruisers & Sailing Forum
• World Cruising and Sailing Forums
• Multihulls4us Forums
• Yachting and Boating World Forums
• More to come

Sailing/Cruising Blogs:

Cruisers/boaters we have met in our travels:

• Ainulindale
• Aloha Spirit
• Alibi 2
• Banyan
• Blue Pearl
• Boldly Go
• Ceilydh
• Desert Star (PDQ)
• Distant Shores
• Earthling
• Evening Ebb
• Flying Buzzard
• Guiding Light
• It’s a Necessity
• Jim and Deb’s Adventures
• Joana
• Joana 1
• Journey
• La Luna
• Livin’ Life
• Moving Aboard
• Mowzer
• Never Bored
• Ocean Star
• One White Tree
• Sea Biscuit
• Shiloh
• Shoal Survivor (PDQ)
• Silverheels 3
• Tiger Lilly
• Toast Floats
• Totem
• Troubadour
• Tsamaya
• Turf to Surf
• Two Fish Cat
• Ultra
• Unicorn (Swedish)
• Where the Coconuts Grow
• Windtraveler
• Zach Aboard
• More to come

Want a boat:

• 5 Kids and a Boat
• Sail Away or not
• Sailing Sabbatical
• More to come

Have a boat (some cruising to far off lands, others not):

Been there/done that (some sites active, others, not so much):

Misc. Websites:

• One of our favorite exercise devices: TRX Suspension Trainer
• Get your Pleasure Craft Operator’s Card here: Boaterexam.com
• Sail Far Live Free
• Cruising Comforts
• The Bully Market – Our daughter and son-in-law’s dog breeding business.
• More to come