Another great site from the Scout Report for those of us who sail on the oceans of the world and care about their health. Gulf of Maine Research Institute [pdf] http://www.gma.org/ Maine’s oceanic shoreline has long been one of the richest in North America, both in terms of natural resources and its...

NOAA announced back in August that it had PORTS data available for the lower Columbia . Well woop dee doo is what I thought because I had no idea what it is, so I dug in a little bit and poked around and ya know what its pretty cool! Basically you can now go to one site to find graphics of wind, air...

Hurricane Katrina did a number on New Orleans, but not quite as big in the news was the damage to the ICW both in terms of access due to sediment, as well as the boating and fishing economies along the coast. NPR’s Noah Adam’s is doing a series of shows as he travels along the ICW from Florida to New...

I bought a copy of the ebook (pdf format) Sail Ready! by Sue and Rod Campbell-Ross. The book is organized alphabetically covering a variety of topics: Abandon Ship, Boat (Choice of), Navigation, Seasickness, and Spares to name a few. Given the breadth of content and the short number of pages this is...

The US doesn’t have any required certifications for boat chartering or ownership (yet), but the EU does, the International Proficiency Certificate. According to the US Sailing press release US charters in the EU were denied the right to charter or required to hire a skipper. I’m pretty sure with a good...

I just finished The Cruising Woman's Advisor by Diana Jessie <link to amazon supports this site> and I must say it was a great read and had tons of useful information. I first picked up the book thinking it might help me get some insight into things my girlfriend might be thinking about that I...

Maciek, Johannes, and Tobi are all sailing on a Hughes 25 (yep, that's 25'). They started way up in Ontario back in Aug 2003 and are headed down to Cuba. Its not illegal for them, they're Canadian. Currently they are in the Carolinas. I must say you have to admire folks who are out there doing it. The...