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Lighthouses ~ Marine Safety, Rules, Regulations

Navigation ~ Knots, Lashings, Rigging

Boating, Yachting, Power Boats ~ Sailing ~ Nautical Archaelogy

Maritime Schools & License ~ Ships, Ports, Ferries

Naval Architecture, Marine & Ocean Engineering
(Design, Construction & Marine Structures, Hydrostatics,
Oceanographic Tools, Propeller Design, etc. Calculators, Applets, Simulations)

MARITIME, SAILING, BOATING

Maritime, Shipping, Nautical, Sailing, Charter Dictionaries

Maritime & Sailing Dictionaries & Glossaries

MARITIME/SAILING DICTIONARIES - Lars Bruzelius, The Maritime History Virtual Archives, Upsala University Computer Center, Upsala University, Sweden For more information see The Maritime History Virtual Archives or Lars Bruzelius Home Page

Lighthouses

THE LIGHTHOUSE DIRECTORY - R. Rowlett, Center for Mathematics and Science Education, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC For more information see Russ Rowlett's Home Page or the Center for Mathematics and Science Education

Marine Safety, Rules, Regulations, etc.

FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS AND SAFETY TIPS FOR RECREATIONAL BOATER - United States Coast Guard Multimedia Regulations & Marine Safety Teaching Modules (Text & Images). For more information see the U.S. Coast Guard

MARINE SAFETY MANUAL, NAVIGATION RULES, ETC. - United States Coast Guard For more information see Marine Safety Center or the U.S. Coast Guard

Navigation

Navigation Related Centers

FOR REAL TIME SKY CHARTS SEE SKY CHARTS

FOR MARINE, OCEAN, SEA NAVIGATION CALCULATORS & APPLETS SEE CALCULATOR CENTER: NAVIGATION - MARINE, OCEAN, SEA NAVIGATION

FOR RADAR, LIGHTHOUSES, EW & AIS CALCULATORS & APPLETS SEE CALCULATOR CENTER: NAVIGATION - RADAR, LIGHTHOUSES, EW & AIS

FOR PORT & CANAL COSTS, MARINE WEATHER, PORTS & RIVER NAVIGATION CALCULATORS, APPLETS, DATABASES, SIMULATIONS SEE CALCULATOR CENTER: CANALS, SHIPS, MARITIME

Navigation Courses & Teaching Modules

CELESTIAL NAVIGATION FUNDAMENTALS - O.F. Reis, São Paulo, Brazil Multimedia Celestial Navigation Teaching Modules (Text & Images). For more information see Navigation Home Page

GPS: AN OVERVIEW OF THE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM - P.H. Dana, Department of Geography, University of Colorado Multimedia GPS Courses, Textbooks, Teaching Modules (Text & Images).

NAVIGATION CENTER - United States Coast Guard Multimedia Navigation Handbooks, Regulations, Teaching Modules (Text & Images).

Knots, Lashings, Rigging

Knots, Lashings & Rigging Calculators, Applets, Simulations

FOR LINE/ROPE, KNOTS, RIGGING, SPLICING CALCULATORS, APPLETS, DATABASES, SIMULATIONS SEE ENGINEERING CENTER: NAVAL ARCHITECTURE, MARINE & OCEAN ENGINEERING - LINE/ROPE, KNOTS, RIGGING, SPLICING CALCULATORS, APPLETS

Knots Teaching Modules

KNOTS - P. Suber, Department of Philosophy, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana Multimedia Knots Teaching Modules (Text & Images). For more information see Peter Suber's Home Page

KNOTTING DICTIONARY - The Knotting Dictionary of Kännet, Sweden Multimedia Knots Teaching Modules (Text & Images). For more information see The Knotting Dictionary of Kännet

ROPPERS KNOTS PAGE (English)/ TOUWSLAGER'S KNOPEN PAGINA (Dutch) - E. Prins, Netherlands Multimedia Knots Teaching Modules (Text & Images). For more information see Roppers Knots Home Page

Boating, Yachting, Power Boats

Boating, Yachting, Power Boats Related Centers

FOR YACHTING - POWER BOATS CALCULATORS & APPLETS SEE CALCULATORS CENTER: YACHTING - POWER BOATS

Boating Courses & Teaching Modules with Text, Images & Animations

BASIC BOATING SAFETY CERTIFICATION COURSE - BoatSafe Multimedia Basic Boating Safety Course (Text, Images & Animations). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.
Basic Boating Safety Certification Course
"...This course covers basic boating safety concepts that you need to know if you intend to participate in water sport activities..."
"...This course is approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) and recognized as acceptable to the United States Coast Guard Recreational Boating Program..."
For more information see Courses or BoatSafe

Some examples from over "40" Basic Boating Safety Course Teaching Modules include

Line Handling

Docking & Undocking

Sound Signals

Sailing

Sailing Related Centers

FOR SAILBOAT PERFORMANCE, WIND ANALYSIS, DOCKING, SAILBOAT RATINGS, RACING STRATEGIES CALCULATORS & APPLETS SEE CALCULATORS CENTER: SAILING

Sailing Courses with Text, Images & Videos/Movies

SAILING COURSE & INFORMATION ONLINE - Sailing U.S.A., Sailingusa.info Multimedia Sailing Course (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). "...designed to present basic and some advanced information about keel sailboats and sailing for the beginning day sailor..."

Some examples from "9" Chapters include

Boats & Rigging

Sail Trim & Shape

Wind and Reefing

Sailing Teaching Modules with Text, Images & Simulations

RACING RULES OF SAILING - International Sailing Federation Multimedia Sailing Teaching Modules (Text, Images & Simulations).

Racing Teaching Modules

RACING BASICS - Iowa Sailing Club, University of Iowa Multimedia Tutorials (Text & Images). For more information see Sailing & Racing Skills Home Page or the Iowa Sailing Club

Nautical Archaelogy

VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF NAUTICAL ARCHAELOGY - Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) "...Examine some of the many INA projects over the last three decades, including over 1,000 images..." For more information see Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) Directory

Maritime Schools & License (MMD, Pilot's, etc.)

MARITIME SCHOOLS WORLD WIDE - D. Nugent For more information see Don Nugent's Web Site

U.S. COAST GUARD LICENSE, PILOT'S LICENSE, MMD, ETC., - United States Coast Guard "...On-line Application Forms and Information..."

Ships, Ports, Ferries

FERRY TRAVEL WORLD WIDE - H. Hammer, Routes International For more information see Routes International

JANE'S DEFENSE - Jane's Information Group For more information see Jane's On-Line

LLOYD'S LOADING LIST - Lloyds List, Informa UK Limited, U.K. For more information see Lloyds List

CARGO PORTS WORLD WIDE - D. Nugent VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
Cargo Ports Databases includes
"...various ports and terminals throughout the world which provide information to the marine community on vessel traffic, type of cargo handled, etc..."
For more information see Don Nugent's Home Page

MARITIME COMPANIES WORLD WIDE - D. Nugent VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
Maritime Companies Database includes
"...Shipping Companies; Drilling Companies; Shipyards; Classification Societies and Agents...."
For more information see Don Nugent's Home Page

VESSEL SANITATION PROGRAM - CDC Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), CDC "...Search Inspection Scores, List of recent Inspection Scores (Green Sheet)..." For more information see the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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