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Shopping
| Wholesale Marine | |
| West Marine | Defender (marine gear) |
| SeaGear | C.E. Smith (powerboat & trailer supplies) |
| Fisheries Supply: Marine Supplies | Seamar – Lifeline Nets |
| Skipper Bob Cruising Publications | Pilothouse – Nautical Books & Charts |
| Rope Inc (anchor chain, dock line, tow harness) | Online Rope Store |
| PSS Shaft Seal (replaces stuffing box) | Boat Zincs |
| Custom Boat Flags | Alario Brothers Hardware & Fisherman Supplies |
| etrailer.com | E Sea Rider (boat bean bags) |
| Boat Outfitters (Marine Hardware & Powerboat supplies) | StarBoard |
Navigation / Apps / Maps
| Waterway Guide Explorer | Navily (Ancorages) |
| North Carolina Boat Ramps map | Navonics Boating App – Navonics online chart viewer |
| Inland Electronic Navigational Charts | Nautical Chart Locator |
| Coastal Wiki | ENC Chart Locator Map for OpenCPN help |
| ActiveCaptain App | Aqua Map – Aqua Map online viewer |
| Tides, North Carolina (try Ocracoke Inlet) | Active Captain Community Web-based Map |
| Docwa (online marina reservations) | SPOT Satellite Communications |
| NOAA Tide Predictions | NC Weather |
| Bridge Clearance Calculator | Windy – Weather maps website |
| Snag-A-Slip (Find Marinas, Reserve Slips) | Nautical Distance PNW |
| Savvy Navvy | DeepZoom – tides & flow |
Boston Whaler
| Pytheas (my boat’s site) | Nauset Marine Boston Whaler Parts |
| Continuous Wave | Whaler Central |
| Boston Whaler Boats (Reddit) | Classic Boston Whaler Owners Group (FB) |
| Specialty Marine (Boston Whaler Parts) | Everything Boston Whaler (FB) |
| Boat Outfitters (Boat Parts) | Magic Brush Design (BW Logo Stickers) |
| A good fuel tank (AmazonSmile) | Everything Boston Whaler (Instagram) |
| Setting up Trailer (YouTube) | Boston Whaler Owners Club (Boston Whaler) |
| Magic Brush (vintage Boston Whaler decals) |
Manufacturer Sites
| Parker Boats | Boston Whaler |
| Nordic Tugs | Rosborough Boats |
| Grand Banks Yachts | American Tugs |
| Kadey Krogen | Great Harbour Trawlers |
Various Boat Name Lookup / Vessel Locator
Voyage Tracking / Current Location
| NoForeignLand TrackingHelp embedding map on website | Travel Map (example) |
| Blue Boat Log (logging your trip, blog, pics) | |
| ZeroSixZero for tracking boat (example) | MyShipTracking |
| SailBlogs Example SailBlogs Info to share boat track | Mapbox for mapping boat location |
| SpotWalla (personal location manager) | Using Garmin Share to share boat track (example) |
Radios
| VHF Basics | Radio Licensing |
| VHF Marine Communications | Service for applying for Radio Licenses |
| VHF Marine Radio Basics |
Training Captains, Boat Hauling & Delivery
| Captain Chris Yacht Services | Captian Bob’s Yacht Service |
| Cross Country Boat Transport | Seven Seas Yacht Transport |
| Associated Boat Transport [info@associatedboat.com] |
Anchoring, Flag Etiquette, Knots
| Anchoring.com Help & Support | Anchor Rode Size – Anchor Size |
| Flag Etiquette Buoy Rental | Animated Knots |
| DTOPS decal NEEDED for international travel (order at least 2 months before) | ROAM App (discussed) ROAM App (FAQ) |
| How-to Boats.com | BoatUS (towing – “insurance”) |
| America’s Boating Channel (learning) | Marine How To |
| The Physics of Docking (YouTube) | YachtWorld (for sale via broker) |
| Private Boating Instruction | |
| Great Loop Advice | |
| r/liveaboard | |
| Boating Tips for Owners | Looper Archive of Information |
| The Boat Galley | Fit2Sail |
| Dan Boater travel safety | |
| ICW Free Docks | Blue Seas Boating & Yachting Resources |
| Port Credit Marine Surveys (CA) | |
| DIY Dry Bilge Pump | |
| Technomedia | Technomedia (youtube) |
| Mississippi River Guide (Minn DNR, pdf download) | |
| Forced Air Diesel Heater Installation Issues | Minnesota River Guides |
| Maintenance, Repairs, & Troubleshooting | MarineHowTo.Com |
| Marine Diesel Basics |
Groups / Clubs
| Classic Parker (forum) | Parker Boats (Bloody Decks, west coast forum) |
| Pamlico Sail and Power Squadron | |
| Great Loop (AGLCA) | Americas Boating Club (was US Power Squadron, good courses) |
| Marine Trawler Owners Association (MTOA) | Cruisers’ Net |
| Trawler Forum | Cruisers’ Forum |
| Intl Assoc of Grand Banks Owners — Forum | Chesapeake Bay Grand Banks Owners Assoc |
| Great Harbour Trawler Association (GHTA) | Super Loopers |
| DeFever Cruisers | Nordic Tug Owners Assoc |
| TugNuts (Ranger Tugs) | Trailer Trawler Life |
Boat Blogs
| Signal (Grand Banks 36 Classic) | Viridian (Grand Banks 36 Classic) |
| Travels of the Rose (Great Harbour GH37) | Twelve Stones (Great Harbour GH37) |
| Journeys of the Carolyn Ann (Great Harbour N37) | Tanuki (Great Harbour N37) |
| Young America (Great Harbour N37) | Quiet Company (Great Harbour GH47) |
| Scout (Great Harbour N37) | Spoonbill (GH47) |
| John Henry (Great Harbour GH47) | |
| Seaweed (23′ Schucker mini-trawler, circa 1983 ) | The Pearl (48′ Hatteras) |
| Idyll Time (48′ Krogen) | Sylken Sea (48′ Krogen) |
| Dauntless at Sea (42′ Kadey Krogen) | |
| Fortitude (Bluewater Pilothouse 40′) | What Yacht To Do (Carver 504) |
| Sanctuary (Monk 36 Trawler) | The Lower Place (1982 Jefferson 42′) |
| Riveted (Nordic Tugs 34, 42) | Sea Salt (Nordic Tug 42) |
| Joy Girl Adventures (Nordic Tug 42) | |
| Heartbeat (American Tug 34) | Tug 44 (American Tug 44) |
| Experior (44′ Endeavour Trawlercat) | |
| Quite Nice (DeFever 44+5) | Blue Turtle (DeFever 40 Passagemaker) |
| Sum Escape (Grand Banks 47 Europa) | Our Oddessy (52′ custom build) |
| Bacchus Mainship 34′ Trawler | Amazing Grace III (40′ Mainship) |
| Serenity (27′ Albin) | An Endless Wake (sailboat, 1991 Amel Super Maramu, 53 ft) |
| The Adventures of Aquaman (looper) | Jaloop (Marine Trader 36′) |
| Trailer Trawler Life (a Ranger Tug site) | Trilogy 27 Ranger |
| Andiamo 29 Ranger | Laurie Ann 25 Ranger |
| Then Again (Ranger 31S) | Nellie May II (Ranger) |
| TugTips (Ranger 31CB) | Illusions (Ranger) |
| Tugster: a waterblog | 100R – Hundred Rabbits – an odd little sailing website |
Great Loop Map
Pacific Northwest
| Boater Ed Course (Washington) | Boat Washington |
| Pacific NW Boater | Slow Boat Cruising Guide (PNW) |
| Northwest Yachting (magazine) | Cruisers College (Anacortes, WA) |
| 48 Degrees North (PNW Boating Magazine) |