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Information Valuable to Cruising Yachts
General Resources
Communications
HF Radio Net List—SSB and Amateur (ham) Radio for the Pacific
No Nonsense Amateur Radio Licensing Study Guides - some free, some not - from KB6NU - click here
HamElmer Amateur Radio Study Guide (Technician) - click here
Article - Installation of an SSB - by Steve D'Antonio as published in Ocean Navigator
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
Pacific Coordinator (Alameda CA, USA) tel: +001-510-437-3700
Seattle, WA, USA tel: +001-206-220-7001
Honolulu, HI, USA tel: +001-535-3333
Juneau, AK, USA tel: +001-355-4824
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
(click titles below to open pages)
Central America - El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panam,
South America - Ecuador (incl. Galapagos), Peru, Chile
South Pacific - French Polynesia, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Zealand
North Pacific - Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau
Asia - Philippines, Indonesia
Vallarta Yacht Club Chili Cookoff (Mexico 2004)
Isla Cordoncillo (El Salvador) Kindergarten Building Project
Carina Major Refit (Ecuador 2007)
Good Works
Pacific Voyagers - helping preserve and promote inter-island sailing canoes in the Pacific
Club Cruceros de La Paz (Mexico)
Building the Isla El Cordoncillo Kindergarten
Sea Quest
Re-Sail
Maritime Suppliers - General
Fisheries Supply - Larry Butchart, Inside Sales - email here
Defender Marine - Cheryl Gerfin
Port Townsend Rigging - Lisa Vizzini
Port Townsend Sails - Carol Hasse
Sailrite Enterprises - Jim, Matt or Zach Grant
Technautics Cool Blue Refrigeration Systems - Now part of Cruise RO Water, Rich Boren
Tides End (Bellingham Chart Printers)
Interesting Links