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If you go to a search engine and look for boating links, you will find thousands of them. A simple Google search for "boating" returned over 1.14 million hits.
Some are public interest sites looking to promote boating, boating safety, or some more narrow agenda; some are merchants and vendors trying to sell us stuff; and many are private boaters looking to share their enjoyment of boating with others.
I make no attempt to provide a thorough listing of links.
This my own
idiosyncratic list of sites that I have found enjoyable, useful, or
entertaining.
They are loosely organized by type, but many of the sites
cover several
different items. Click the
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I did get carried away and decided to try to have every official U. S. state boating site. I found something from every state, but, frankly, a few of the state sites were pretty hard to navigate.
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 Associations and Groups
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Magazines and
Other Media Sites
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Associations and Groups:
Boat Owners Association of the United States (Boat/US)
The Boats of Rec.Boats One of the feistier boating communities on the internet is the Rec.Boats Usenet Newsgroup. At this website, you can see the boats of some of the regular readers and posters to that newsgroup.
Chesapeake Chapter, United States Lighthouse Society
Northern Virginia Boaters Club
Pocono Powerboaters' Association
Power Boating A new email and message board group. Post pictures, exchange messages, and help the group grow.
Boating Safety:
BoatEd.Com State-approved courses for 16 U. S. States
BoatSafe.Com Excellent boating safety site.
BoatingSafety.Com Operated by Sea Tow marine towing.
Boating Safety for Kids Operated by the National Safe Boating Council
Boat/US Online Boating Safety Course
Canadian Office of Boating Safety
Commander Bob's Boating Safety Notebook (Among other things, Commander Bob has a great "links" page.)
National Association of State Boating Law Administrators These are the folks who run the state agencies responsible for regulating boaters and boating.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) safe boating tips
United States Power Squadron Online Boating Safety Course
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Boating Safety Course Information
Boating Locations USA (Except for the Chesapeake)
BoatClix Tampa Bay's #1 Online Boating Resource
The Barnacle New York City/Hudson River
Chesapeake
Bay:
The Chesapeake Bay Boaters Guide
Chesapeake and Delaware Bays Nautical News Net
Overboard Chesapeake Bay Site Extremely thorough list of marinas.
General
Boating Information:
Best Boating Resources on the Web An excellent collection of links.
Boating America Focused on trailer boating and associated with West Marine.
Boats and Boating Good general interest portal site.
Boating and Cruising Oriented towards planning long cruises along the east coast of the USA.
Boating Glossary Okay, what exactly is a "scupper"?
Boating Links Oriented towards commercial links: merchants, vendors, charters, and so on.
BoatTalk Discussion forums.
Discover Boating Operated by the National Marine Manufacturer's Association and oriented towards persuading persons to buy boats.
Mariners Guide Thoroughly researched site; a wealth of information about the Chesapeake Bay and other boating locations across the USA.
International
(non-USA) Sites:
Johnny Armour's Boating Ontario
The Boating Info Center New Zealand
Boating OZ Charters and Events Primarily a charter site, but good general information and a sense of humor.
Canal Boating in the UK and Europe
mag's Unofficial Coastal Patrol and Links Pages Australia
Our Liveaboard Home in Cambridge Living on a canal boat in England
Sailing World Neat Turkish site.
Salty Seas Sailing in the Greek Islands
Severn Boats and Boating Page Boating on the River Severn, Sharpness Canal, and Bristol Channel in England
This Is Boating Based in York, UK
West Coast Boater West coast of Scotland, that is.
Yellow Welly Brigade Excellent English site.
Magazines and Other Media
Sites:
Official U. S.
State Government Sites:
Each site shown below is on the official website for the state. Some are more informative than others. Those marked with asterisks (**) I found particularly difficult to navigate.
Personal
Boating Sites:
I want to include here sites where individuals are demonstrating their own personal enjoyment of boats and boating. Suggestions appreciated.
Captain Chuck Middle and Upper Chesapeake Bay
Don's Boating Page Rochester and Upstate New York
Long Beach, Calif., Sea Scouts
QE Too Home Page Tacoma, Seattle, Vancouver. Great photographs
Storm's Boating Page Alton, Illinois
Jay's Dock and Dine Some very nice pictures of Block Island
Vendors and
On-Line Stores:
Boat/US My wife calls them "Boats 'R Us," and she's pretty much on the mark.
WWW Design
Sites
Each of these sites has contributed to this one. To the extent that you find it interesting, they deserve the credit.
| Boogie Jack's Web Depot | Tutorials, clipart, buttons, icons. |
| Cheryl's Image Gallery | Clipart, graphics, midis, and more |
| CoolArchive | Buttons, clipart, icons |
| HTML Goodies | One of the best "how-to" sites you will ever find. Dr. Burns taught me how to get the music to play in one easy try. |
| Media Builder's Animation Factory | Great animated GIF's. This is where I found the mermaids and the fishing boat. |
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Please let me know or any broken links or of any sites you feel would add to this page.
Copyright 2001 Frank W.
Bell, Jr.
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