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Helpful Boating Websites

Postby RGrew176 » October 2nd, 2019, 3:44 am

If you have bookmarked a boating related website that you feel can be helpful to your fellow boaters post it here.

Here is one I feel fits the bill.

https://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en# ... dl=2;dc=0;
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Re: Helpful Boating Websites

Postby Midnightsun » October 2nd, 2019, 4:41 am

When in shipping lanes and for timing locks this is real handy not to mention cool. https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/ho ... 5.0/zoom:4
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Re: Helpful Boating Websites

Postby PJHoffnet » October 2nd, 2019, 10:51 am

For cruising the AICW
- Cruiser's Net
- Bob and Ann Shere's FaceBook Group and Blog

General Cruising from an experienced couple
- The Boat Galley

Weather
- National Hurricane Center (OK, I live in Fl, might be applicable to you)
- Windy

Cummins Engines parts and help with problems
- Cummins QuickServe
- Seaboard Marine

Navigation
- USCG Navigation center ... start here, links to all their stuff
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Re: Helpful Boating Websites

Postby CYO Admin » October 3rd, 2019, 5:28 am

Great idea, Rick. Made this a sticky :pirate:
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Re: Helpful Boating Websites

Postby JvilleJeremy68 » March 2nd, 2020, 11:40 am

I gotta go with Panbo... some of the stuff is above my technological paygrade, but I get a lot of good info from there.
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Re: Helpful Boating Websites

Postby Fishboy » May 7th, 2020, 5:41 pm

Great idea Rick! Here's one I use a lot on the western Great Lakes, real time info on winds, water temps, wave height and trends. Those on the salt water will find it useful too.

https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
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Re: Helpful Boating Websites

Postby Fishboy » May 7th, 2020, 5:46 pm

Fishboy wrote:Source of the post Great idea Rick! Here's one I use a lot on the western Great Lakes, real time info on winds, water temps, wave height and trends. Those on the salt water will find it useful too.

https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/


I should have mentioned that bouys are decommissioned for the winter, at least in Lakes Superior and Michigan, and haven't been commissioned yet due to the Covid 19.
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Re: Helpful Boating Websites

Postby RGrew176 » May 27th, 2020, 9:13 am

Here is another one for wind and direction. Can be used anywhere in the world. There is also an app that you can install on your phone.

https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/w ... ,40.91,605
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Re: Helpful Boating Websites

Postby PossiblyPaul » August 24th, 2020, 7:07 pm

RGrew176 wrote:Source of the post Here is another one for wind and direction. Can be used anywhere in the world. There is also an app that you can install on your phone.

https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/w ... ,40.91,605

Rick, I'd be more inclined to use Ventusky (https://www.ventusky.com/?p=54.38;-5.48;8&l=wind-10m) for that purpose; it's quite a bit more useful at local level, and on a tablet next to your Navionics (or whatever) display is something I've come to trust quite well.
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Re: Helpful Boating Websites

Postby RGrew176 » August 25th, 2020, 7:53 am

PossiblyPaul wrote:Source of the post
RGrew176 wrote:Source of the post Here is another one for wind and direction. Can be used anywhere in the world. There is also an app that you can install on your phone.

https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/w ... ,40.91,605

Rick, I'd be more inclined to use Ventusky (https://www.ventusky.com/?p=54.38;-5.48;8&l=wind-10m) for that purpose; it's quite a bit more useful at local level, and on a tablet next to your Navionics (or whatever) display is something I've come to trust quite well.


Will have to check it out. Thanks.
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