Contents:
Racundra's First Cruise Brian Hammett. Powerboat Handling Illustrated Robert Sweet.
Power Boating for Dummies Randy Vance. Stress-Free Motorboating Duncan Wells. The Skippers Pocketbook 2e Basil Mosenthal. Sensible Cruising Designs L. Knots and Splices Jeff Toghill.
Narrow Boats Nick Billingham. Boats with an Open Mind: Building Chris-Craft Christopher J. Weather Companion Tim Bartlett. A Passion for Speed Paul Smiddy. The Essence of Cruising Des Sleightholme. Outboard Engines Ed Sherman. Donald Campbell David Tremayne. Inland Waterways of Belgium Jacqueline Jones. Racing Cars of the Sea: Cruising Under Sail Eric C. Navigation Strategy and Tactics Stuart Quarrie. Boating Skills and Seamanship Inc. Table of contents Introduction: Welcome to the DreamPart 1. Choosing a BoatChapter 1.
Starting with the BasicsHow much boat do you need? Negotiating the PurchaseBuying a new boat; Buying a used boat; Arranging for the marine survey; Negotiating a trade-in; Financing the boat; Insuring the boat; Documenting, numbering, registering, and titling the boat; Registering a tenderPart 2. All the Bells and WhistlesChapter 7. Buying Marine AccessoriesBuying from a dealer; Buying from a specialty retailer; Buying from a marine catalogChapter 8.
Selecting and Using TendersHard or soft? Preparing for Medical EmergenciesEmergency medical training; Emergency medical supplies and equipment; Emergency medical reference; Scuba diving emergencies; Immunizations; Medical checkups; Emergency medical communicationsPart 3. Getting Under WayTaking an initial shakedown cruise; Planning a daily cruising schedule; Everything shipshape?
Operating Smoothly in Special Running SituationsHeavy-weather handling; Inlet running; Night running; Operating in reduced visibility; Responding appropriately if you have an accidentChapter AnchoringSelecting an anchorage; Using anchoring hand signals; Using good anchoring technique; Keeping watch at anchor; Anchoring in tropical storms or hurricanes; Retrieving an anchorPart 4. Navigating and CommunicatingChapter Predicting the WeatherUnderstanding basic weather patterns; Obtaining basic weather pattern information; Interpreting weather information; Reading local weather signsPart 5.
Using a Marine Radio during EmergenciesKeep calm; International radiotelephone alarm signal; Automatic distress calls; Make an urgency or distress call immediately; If you receive a Mayday distress call and message; Emergency medical communicationsChapter Knowing What to Do If You Go AgroundExtricating a grounded vessel with an assisting vessel; Understanding the legal aspects of accepting and providing assistanceChapter Can subscribe to "Lectronic Latitude" with headlines every few days.
Monthly magazine with cruising news, navigation and gear info. This online magazine specialises in providing news and resources for yachting professionals as well as encompassing a business directory and a jobs board. Whilst aimed primarily at superyachts, many of the articles are relevant to the cruising world.
Bi-weekly magazine that evaluates all kind of cruising equipment. Takes no advertising so no bias. Subscription based - however there are many free articles on their website. A Chesapeake Bay, US, sailing magazine written by sailors for sailors. Has a cruising, racing, weather and boats for sale section. Caribbean Cruisers' Facebook pages. Circumnavigation was started half way through our trip around because we believed that we and others could benefit by being able to easily share information.
Our best source of information has been Noonsite. Circumnavigation is open to anyone that has recently, or is currently crossing an ocean or circumnavigating in any sort of vessel. Cruising boats, cruising people, cruising answers. Originating in and called the "Venezuelan Cruisers Group", the CNO started as a means for cruisers in and around Venezuela to stay in touch and share information.
There are now over members, including circumnavigators, who regularly exchange information regarding their cruising experiences, immigration matters, safety and security issues, fuel prices, and other matters of mutual interest. Also of interest in the "Files" section are many Cruiser written Information Guides to various South and Central American countries and European waters.
Westbound cruisers headed to the South Pacific use the Pacific Puddle Jump to disseminate information that others may find useful. Boats departing from the West Coast of the Americas headed towards French Polynesia share information on preparation, weather routing, visa and arrival information, tips and suggestions. A nearly page crossing guide is available for download in the files section of the PPJ Yahoo group. The social network for cruisers. Sharing your adventures, pictures, videos and blogs with other cruisers is only a click away. The purpose of the list is to disseminate information that other Southbounders may find useful.
Women Who Sail Facebook Group. Active Yahoo Group for Families. Arctic Cruising through a 15 years old's eyes Posted July Her blog about everything that interests her on this exciting voyage is a great one to follow. Ultimately the crew of 4 plus 3 furry crew members , plan to travel the world on their Lagoon catamaran "Giro". They would love to hear from other cruising families. Australian Family going where the wind takes them Posted November As rank newbies, their blog offers an interesting perspective. Becoming a sailor on a St Francis 50 catamaran August - ongoing.
New to sailing and the cruising lifestyle, this blog documents how a mother with four young children makes the transition from landlubber to competent, bluewater sailor.
What does it take to safely cross oceans with very young children? Vigilance, ingenuity and a lot of eye straps. A useful article by Cruising World Magazine. A continuously refreshing feed of the latest updates from cruising families and a few liveaboards that write about their life on the water, along with a list of those blogs. A forum for boat kids up to the age 13, and for those thinking about going cruising who have lots of questions to ask.
See Noonsite report for more information. Created by Drew Collins, himself sailing across the Pacific with his family from November to Australia, this forum is for any kids under 19 who live on board and want to talk about their sailing adventures, give ideas or tips, or just chat. Soon Drew will be adding a google maps so you can pin on the map where you are. Bringing up a Baby on board Posted February After leaving Italy in , Dieter and Maribel Maier arrived in the Caribbean and started a family twins in January whilst in Grenada.
See great photos and blog of how they coped with newborn babies aboard their Amel Kirk As you would at home, be careful who you leave your children with whilst afloat. Sadly, the same criminals circulate on boats as they do on the streets. This sailor, a former British teacher, has been jailed for more than three years. Circumnavigating with Children Posted April The joys and considerations of taking a family to sea. Circumnavigation, seven years and two babies Updated March If you are thinking about going cruising with very young children, or indeed starting a family whilst living on board, Eivind and Heidi's blog is an inspirational read.
They returned home to Norway in Captain Jay has been living, working and traveling by sea for 10 years and 6 years ago Natasha and her 2 young daughters became permanent stow-aways when he sailed by their home country Costa Rica. Since then they have added 2 more to the crew, one born onboard in Martinique and the other near the Arctic circle in Iceland. Jay began from San Francisco and sailed throughout the Pacific single handed on an engineless vessel, and together with his family has sailed throughout the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Arctic circle, North Sea and currently they are in Europe.
This is an excellent article by Amy Schaefer Posted 19 December , with useful tips on how to make an ocean passage more enjoyable for all the crew, including the younger ones. Inspiring families to dream and live epic adventures! Started by the Hemingway family, who themselves sailed almost 17, miles with 5 children, these podcasts meet families who have also travelled in unique ways. Family Cruising and Healthy Child Development. Family Voyaging - Alaska to New Zealand. Burns family website devoted to family cruising based on their experiences. The focus of the site is to encourage and assist other families in making such a voyage.
Includes a daily blog from the entire voyage, interactive passage planning and preparation, their book, and more. Family of 4 Cruising the World since Posted October The Bright family on their cutter-rigged sloop Yindee Plus are in Indonesia at the time of posting, having begun their extended cruising from the UK in Their blog has lots of interesting reports and twin sons Sid and Wilf have their own blogs also. Report by Sail Magazine.
By Maia Selkirk of Catamaran Ceilydh, who has spent the last 7 years sailing around the world with her parents. The Giffords, an American family of five, left their homeport of Bainbridge Island in and are currently half way through their circumnavigation.
Jill Schinas is happy to give advice to anyone with questions about educating your kids on board. Check out her website. Lots of good resources. A group map is available to track members and their locations to use as a tool for meeting up and sharing information. Michael and Windy are cruising liveaboards with their two daughters.
Currently having cruised from Mexico to British Columbia their blog has a great many links to other family blogs and useful info. New forum for travelling families Posted January Cruising Families is a map-based forum to help travelling families to find each other and to connect with each other. Currently still under development - find out more at the web link. Ocean Crusaders Posted November Educating children on issues our oceans are facing. The primary goal of the Ocean Crusaders campaign is educating youth through their primary school education program.
They have developed a lesson program for any primary school teacher, or parent, to download free of charge from this site and present to their children. Good kids section with a great information and a puzzle page. This detailed article by Cruising World addresses important safety issues if you have toddlers on board. Pacific Cruising from California Posted March They sold everything they owned, spent a year cruising the Sea of Cortes, sailed 18, miles across the South Pacific and are currently docked at the Ala Wai marina in Waikiki, waiting to cross to Kodiak, Alaska in the spring.
You can read about their journey so far on their blog. Routes to the Sailing Life May Nadine Slavinski, teacher and life-long sailor, took a year-long sabbatical in with her husband and young son, cruising the Mediterranean, the Atlantic and the Caribbean. Her experiences led her to develop material to help sailing families make the most of all the learning opportunities available whilst cruising. Published "Lesson Plans Ahoy! Sailing around the world connecting with classrooms Posted October Molly and Emma are about to embark on a 2 year circumnavigation with their parents on board their catamaran Elcie.
Sailing With Bloom to wheneverthefunrunsout. The Bloom Crew is a family of three with a crazy whippet who adores every human being on this planet. Based in Victoria, BC, this adventuresome trio is currently living aboard and will be heading South in down the West Coast with an eventual landing in La Paz, Mexico. What does their year-old son have to say about this upcoming journey? Follow them across the seas and horizons on their blog or get in touch by e-mail.
Sailing adventures of 2 little boys at least partially around the world Posted January Moya and her family crew of four, are exploring our planet from the sea. Jonathan 3 , Joshua 5 , Christian and Sabrina started their adventures in when Jonathan was just 3 months old, heading from the Baltic Sea down to Portugal. After a 2 year break, the family resumed their journey in September , heading to Morocco, the Canary islands and across the Atlantic via Cape Verde. After sailing the Caribbean Windward Islands, they are now visiting Venezuela, Columbia and Panama on their way into the Pacific Ocean, which they are going to sail during They love to learn about foreign cultures, explore nature, sailing or hiking and tell stories of their little adventures on their website.
Sailing north through the Caribbean with teenagers on board Posted January We are a family of three, Matt, Lisa and 14 year old Gaia. We plan to sail north through the Caribbean islands aboard Entelechy, our Lagoon 52 Catamaran. We would love to meet other families sailing through the Caribbean with teenagers on board. Includes some great tips for home schooling, links and advice on long-term cruising with children.
Great new resource for learning about safety on the sea with games, activities, creative projects, stories and much more. Started circumnavigation and looking for other families Posted October We are a family of 3 from Barcelona Spain: Joan 52 , Esther 51 and Gerard 13 years old. Our boat It's a Columbia A classic plastic from built in California. We left Barcelona at the start of October , heading to Graciosa in the Canaries for an Atlantic crossing at the end of the year. Have a long stop in New Zealand and then we are undecided as to how to get back to Barcelona.
Possibly via the Red Sea. We have 3 years - extendable to 5. We left Sweden August and will most probably return August We are a Swiss family already cruising since 12 years around the world and made on the trip 4 children. We like to contribute with our blog and encourage more families to try once to go sailing with their kids. Nature is really a great teacher for them and we hope we meet them once in an anchorage and go together for a clean-up?
A trio of families with different boats and budgets take a Caribbean sabbatical and learn important lessons about themselves and the cruising life. Two years and 40, miles Posted March Their blog has alot of great blog posts and useful information and advice for living on board as a family. Lauderdale in July They live aboard a Leopard 48 catamaran named The Amazing Marvin. Maarten, the Virgins, and the Bahamas over the winter and spring of If all goes well, they plan to spend the next year in the Med before returning to the US.
Theirs is a 2 year plan. Voyaging with Kids Posted June This book is a treasure trove of useful, well-organized information on seagoing parenting. All 3 authors are cruising parents. Kindle copy available as well as hard copy. Water-log Posted January Planning out, packing up and paying off to the big blue In October James and Jess threw off the docklines in Falmouth, England and set out on their adventure to sail around the world in their yacht, a 42ft Crossbow called "Adamastor". Their blog is a great resource for all the things they are learning as they cruise, not only how to sail and handle the boat better but how to raise a baby on board.
James is an architect whilst Jess is an artist and designer. They are using their journey to sea-trail various products for the boat and the baby and are also freelance writers and photographers for various publications worldwide. What kids really think about homeschooling on board September Emma Nance is sailing around the world with her family. She explains the pros and cons of learning on the high seas. A report by Wanderlust Magazine. Brittany and Scott have written extensively on the subject of child-rearing on a boat having sailed over 5, nautical miles with their newborn.
Now back on land having given birth to twins, they plan to resume cruising soon. Their blog has alof of interesting articles and links. Advice, resources and inspiration for women cruisers, including a great deal of information about cruising families and kids. Mum Kim has written about their travels in addition to 'how-to' articles and over 60 videos on their YouTube channel all about sailing around the world.
Great inspiration for those who are thinking about selling up and going sailing. We profile young seafarers and swabbies, windjammers and wanderers. We cover the salty skills of interest to a younger generation; like buying your first boat, financing your sailing habit, and floating to your next big adventure. Our mission is to build community, encourage, inspire and support more young sailors to get out there.
Dogs on Boats Carolyn Shearlock, blogger of the Boat Galley, gives her thoughts on the advantages and disadvantages of cruising with a dog on board. Pets on board — how to go long-distance cruising with your dog or cat Posted November Taking your Australian dog cruising. Also some very ingenious ideas elsewhere in the blog. Warning if Cruising the Caribbean with Pets. Where there is no Pet Doctor. A useful reference if in remote circumstances and needing veterinary advice when no veterinarian is available. Four cruisers discuss the systems that keep them connected, entertained and on course.
Another informative article by Cruising World. Free Online Navigation Course. Free US Pilot charts. Pilot charts published by the U. Free online navigation software. Pacific cruiser Rory Garland uses a range of new techniques to navigate safely in far-flung places with poor chart coverage. This report from Mexico, but cruisers have also reported problems with Navionic charts in SE Asia, Thailand in particular. Share Maxsea Track Files.
Share tracks with other cruisers. Helpful in determining approaches and anchorages as well as avoiding uncharted low-water areas. Interesting to see how others have approached long passages. Some free resources, but very reasonable sign-up fee. Community sourcing and sharing of navigational data. TeamSurv is a project where mariners help create better charts of coastal waters, by logging depth and position data whilst they are at sea, and uploading the data to the web for processing and display.
Visit My Harbour Website. A free website for UK sailors containing a wealth of information including useful pilotage notes and aerial photos for many ports around Britain. Cruising World have an interesting article on this option. Featuring low altitude, high-resolution aerial photographs of marinas from all over the world. Free AIS data for worldwide land based receiving stations. Simply type in your location and see real time shipping activity in your area.
Run own weather model globally and at high resolution. Register now to claim your discount at the above link. Maps of islands not designed for navigation, but overviews of islands throughout the world including many Pacific atolls. Using Google Maps for planning sailing trips. How to pick up a mooring buoy under sail.
Boating enthusiast Claiborne S. Young offers sportsmen a complete guide to the selection, outfitting, and maintenance of a power boat. Young has assembled. The Complete Guide to Selecting, Outfitting, and Maintaining Your Power Boat "Young's warm and conversational writing style gives even a landlubber a.
Courtesy Flags for the South Pacific. What it means and when to fly it. Informative site for Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore etc including marina directory, racing events. Caribbean Boat Boys April Mediterraneo - Rod Heikell Posted April Sailing in the Mediterranean with Rod Heikell. Planning a European Cruise? Very useful website which aims to compare European cruising areas in order to help relatively novice cruising folk decide where to charter or where to base their boat for a season or so.
Information arranged by cruise areas. A comprehesive online nautical almanac covering Atlantic Europe from the tip of Denmark to Gibraltar. All Marine Parks are MPAs, and therefore if wanting to find out about any marine parks in the islands you are visiting, details and location can be sourced via this website. All at Sea Magazine show a sample of seven ways that you can volunteer.
Hands Across the Sea. Bringing positive, lasting change to the lives of children in the Eastern Caribbean through improving literacy. A great organisation to be a part of whilst cruising the Caribbean. Website for offshore sailors to find out about ways to help while cruising and get more involved with the communities they visit. No matter what your skills are, we need your help identifying and working with these needs. Medical Sailing Ministries MSM began in in response to the need for medical transport to remote villages in Vanuatu.
After much planning and preparation, was the first year of in-the-field service. Chimere is crewed by like-minded, enthusiastic volunteers, who each share a sense of adventure, plus the simple desire to help others. The Sea Mercy program is about providing much needed health care services medical, dental and eye to the remote islands in the South Pacific.
The program does not desire to be the health care provider to all the islands, only to the remote islands that the local island governments are unable to support effectively at this time in their health care infrastructure development. Dedicated to delivering humanitarian, developmental and conservation aid onboard yachts to isolated as well as underprivileged coastal communities worldwide.
In times of natural disasters, YachtAid Global has the ability to mobilize and shift resources quickly to provide disaster relief in ways that others have not explored. Founded in using superyachts. Why and how to help locals when travelling Posted September Whilst this article is aimed at backpackers, it gives some great pointers for all worldwide travellers and food for thought. Online Oceania travel directory. Links to directories for Africa, Europe, America and Asia. Jim and Katie Thomsen have sailed Tenaya over 50, miles during the past ten years, visiting 50 countries. Most times things have been easy and safe, but a few times things could have gone very wrong.
This is the story of one of those times - a very useful use of 15 mintues of your time if you are considering cruising to remote islands where anchoring off a reef in an exposed roadstead is the only option. Animated Knots for Boating.