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Information Valuable to Cruising Yachts

 

General Resources

 

   Communications

 

 

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HF Radio Net List—SSB and Amateur (ham) Radio for the Pacific

 

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No Nonsense Amateur Radio Licensing Study Guides - some free, some not - from KB6NU - click here

 

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HamElmer Amateur Radio Study Guide (Technician) - click here

 

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Article - Installation of an SSB - by Steve D'Antonio as published in Ocean Navigator

 

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Article - Marine Grounding - by Stan Honey

 

Search & Rescue 

 

    PacSeaNet Vessel Inventory Database

 

            Click here to visit database and make a secure entry with your vessel's data.  Your data will help to expedite any SAR operation should you have an emergency.

   

Search & Rescue Pacific Ocean - USA

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Pacific Coordinator (Alameda CA, USA)  tel: +001-510-437-3700

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Seattle, WA, USA tel: +001-206-220-7001

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Honolulu, HI, USA tel: +001-535-3333

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Juneau, AK, USA tel: +001-355-4824

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Guam +001-671-355-4824

Canada (Victoria)             +001-250-363-2333

Australia                            +61-2-6230-6811

New Zealand                     +64-4-577-8030

 

click here for a worldwide SAR list

 

Cruising Information

 

                   Seven Seas Cruising Association 

 

           Noonsite.com

 

                   

(click titles below to open pages)

 

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USA & Mexico

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Central America - El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panam,

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South America - Ecuador (incl. Galapagos), Peru, Chile

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South Pacific - French Polynesia, Samoa, Tonga,  Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Zealand 

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North Pacific - Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau

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Asia - Philippines, Indonesia

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Indian Ocean

 

Special Events & Projects

 

Vallarta Yacht Club Chili Cookoff (Mexico 2004)

Isla Cordoncillo (El Salvador) Kindergarten Building Project

Carina Major Refit (Ecuador 2007)

Bonina Vale ni Vaka Seloga

 

Good Works

 

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Wa'agey - helping Micronesia's Out-Island peoples

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Pacific Voyagers - helping preserve and promote inter-island sailing canoes in the Pacific

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Club Cruceros de La Paz (Mexico)

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Maritime Missions

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Boaters for Books

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Building the Isla El Cordoncillo Kindergarten

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Sea Quest

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Re-Sail

 

Maritime Suppliers - General

 

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Farallon Electronics - Gary Wood

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Fisheries Supply - Larry Butchart, Inside Sales - email here

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Defender Marine - Cheryl Gerfin

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Port Townsend Rigging - Lisa Vizzini

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Port Townsend Sails - Carol Hasse

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Sailrite Enterprises - Jim, Matt or Zach Grant

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Scanmar International (Monitor Windvane)

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Technautics Cool Blue Refrigeration Systems - Now part of Cruise RO Water, Rich Boren

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Tides End (Bellingham Chart Printers)

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Victoria Propeller Ltd.

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Winslow Life Raft

 

Interesting Links

 

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PAE Mason Owners Group

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Al Mason Designs

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Flags of the World

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Good Old Boat

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Noonsite

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Ocean Navigator

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OpenCPN

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Pangolin and YOTREPS

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Paradise Cay

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Port Madison Yacht Club

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Sailmail Association

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Seven Seas Cruising Association

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SPOT Personal Tracking Devices

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Tide Prediction Software - WxTIDE32

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Winlink