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Tips for choosing a hurricane shelter, selecting chafing gear, reducing windage, controlling multiple anchors, and using snubbers are discussed. 3 pages with photos and a diagram.
[Sail Magazine, September 2000]
Brief tips on how to raft up without damaging your or your host′s vessel and how to know when rafting is not appropriate, with suggestions for making yourself a cooperative and welcome neighbor.
[SailNet, 21 May 2003]
The chapter on tides and tidal currents from the 1995 edition of The American Practical Navigator, originally published in 1802 and updated by NIMA. 22 pages with diagrams and examples on origins and features of tides, tidal current prediction, and publications.
[I'd Rather Be Sailing, Dania, FL, USA]
Extensive list with good search facility. Covers just about any cruising topic. Tree and branch format for threads.
[The Sailing Company, Middletown, RI, USA]
Unmoderated forum on sail and power cruising. Lots of good advice and other resources, but you have to do some searching.
[Usenet, USA]
Unmoderated forum on various sailing topics. Some useful cruising information here, but you need to dig and you need to be selective..
[Usenet, USA]
A discussion board and photo gallery for cruising sailors and wannabes. Many specialized forums, including engines, multihulls, maintenance, piracy, the galley, insurance, destinations, and many more.
[Cruisers Forum, Buskerud, Norway]
Members of one of the largest cruising clubs exchange information and opinions on all cruising topics. No search facility. Use Ctrl-F on message titles, or just browse.
[Seven Seas Cruising Association, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA]
Threaded discussion board on many cruising subjects.
[Cruisenews Network, South Haven, MI, USA]
One list member′s description: "I think that is what we have that does not exist on other lists. They talk about buying stuff, we talk about fixing things. They talk about new gizmos, we talk about going places." Listees even send me stuff to fix my problems! We invite each other to visit!"
[I'd Rather Be Sailing, Dania, FL, USA]
[Setting two anchors] is simply the best insurance policy that can be bought with a little extra work.
Tom Wood
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