Sailing Skills Links

Steve Colgate on Sailing
http://books.google.ca/books?id=8USfvG8RP9gC&printsec=frontcover&dq=steve
+colgate+on+sailing&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false


Sailing For Dummies
http://books.google.ca/books?id=ukOmqlx7u-QC&printsec=frontcover&dq=sailing
+for+dummies&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false

Learning to Sail
http://books.google.ca/books?id=FL1eWZUucjMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=sailing&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false

Sailing - The Basics -
http://books.google.ca/books?id=RxedM_dMaVMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=sailing&cd=2#v=onepage&q=&f=false

20-20 Site - How to tie knots
http://www.2020site.org/knots/

West Marine - Crew Overboard Rescues
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/westadvisor/10001/-1/10001/Crew-Overboard-Rescues.htm

WM - Dock Lines
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/westadvisor/10001/-1/10001/Dock-Lines.htm

Animated Knots by Grog
http://www.animatedknots.com/

US Sailing - docking (plus many other topics)
http://www.sailingusa.info/anchors_and_docking.htm

Skipper tips - docking (plus many other topics)
http://www.skippertips.com/public/department63.cfm

Lake Ontario water levels above datum
http://www.great-lakes.net/envt/water/levels/levels-cur/ontwlc.html

NOAA Charts
http://www.charts.noaa.gov/Catalogs/greatlakes_chartside.shtml

NOAA - National Buoy Data Centre
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/

Soul Solutions - plot Lat/Long
http://www.soulsolutions.com.au/Tools/LocationChooser.aspx

NOAA - magnetic declination
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomagmodels/struts/calcDeclination

Digital Globe - images, etc.
http://www.digitalglobe.com/

Free Map tools - measure straight line distance
http://www.freemaptools.com/measure-distance.htm

NOAA - Learn About Nautical Charts
http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/learn_aboutcharts.html

NOAA - US charts on-line
http://www.charts.noaa.gov/InteractiveCatalog/nrnc.shtml#
http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/OnLineViewer.html
http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot/files/cp6/CP6-39ed-Ch05_6.pdf


NOAA - Chart 14800
http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/14800.shtml

Dataloy - multi-leg distance calculator
http://www.dataloy.com/

Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Sailing Directions
http://www.charts.gc.ca/publications/sd-in/sd-in-eng.asp

Pat's Boating  - Col Regs
http://boating.ncf.ca/rules.html

Pat's Boating - Marine Radio in Canada
http://boating.ncf.ca/vhf.html

Pat's - DSC
http://boating.ncf.ca/vhfdsc.html

Pat's Boating - VHF Channels.
http://boating.ncf.ca/vhfchannels.html

Morse Code
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/International_Morse_Code.PNG

Canadian Coast Guard - VHF channels
http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/Mcts/vhf

Transport Canada - MMSI
http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/marinesafety/debs-obs-equipment-radio-mmsi-1607.htm.

Navagear - DSC basics (good overview)
http://www.navagear.com/2009/10/digital-selective-calling-basics/

Marine VHF FAQs
http://www.catfleet21.org/rigging/June.htm


Organizations

Fisheries and Oceans - Notices to Mariners
http://www.notmar.gc.ca/go.php?doc=eng/index


Misc:

Lightning Protection on Sailboats - lots of good links
http://www.kp44.org/LightningProtection.php