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Here′s an item one doesn′t hear about these days, an oil can you fill and deploy with your sea anchor to slowly leak oil onto troubled waters. The oily surface it creates can keep dangerous waves from breaking onto the boat in extreme conditions.
[Cal-June Inc., North Hollywood, CA, 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]
Extensive collection of questions answered by Steve Dashew, catalogued by subject. Lots of good advice, much of it on very specific topics.
[SetSail.com, Charlotte, NC, USA]
An informative, fun-to-read news and rumor publication. Stories are mostly about racing, events, and the yachting business, but there is some good stuff about cruising, especially in the forums. Includes classified ads
[Sailing Anarchy, USA]The proper speed for a boat running with a drogue is slow enough so that it doesn′t surf and fast enough so that a rolling greybeard doesn′t impact the boat at full strength and cause it to broach.
Earl R. Hinz
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