Home-study manual designed to help you meet the Canadian government regulations for operator competency and obtain the Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC) required by all boaters.
[Canadian Power & Sail Squadrons, Scarborough, ONT, Canada]
The CPSS premier course for the Canadian recreational boater, designed for classroom, correspondence, or independent study. Covers lots of safety, navigation, and regulations topics to help you qualify for the required Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC) in Canada.
[Canadian Power & Sail Squadrons, Scarborough, ONT, Canada]
Offers captain′s licensing classes weekly all year at16 locations in New England and New York. Also offers a self-directed course for those who can′t attend in person.
[American Boatschool, Marlborough, MA, USA]
Wide range of sailing instruction, including on-the-water sailing and offshore cruising classes. Preparatory courses are offered for the following USCG licenses: Un-inspected Passenger Vessels, Near Coastal or Inland Master/Mate, and Near Coastal or Inland with Sail Option. Also US Sailing Basic Keelboat, Basic Cruising, Bareboat Cruising, and Coastal Navigation certificates.
[School of Sailing & Seamanship, Newport Beach, 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]