Regional Sailing Resources

It is the fate of every voyager, when he has just discovered what object in any place is worth his attention, to be hurried from it.

- Charles Darwin

Some Sites that Provide Information on Some Geographic Region

The Annapolis Maritime Directory: Extensive information about things maritime in Annapolis, Maryland.
Yachting in Australia: Info from the Australian Sports Commission.
FixMyBoat: A site to match sailors in Australia to businesses and services.
http://dove.mtx.net.au/~gni/asg.htm: A collection of links to sailing related websites in Australia
Boating OZ Charters & Events: Information on Australia as a boating holiday destination.
Pittwater Sailing News: Pittwater is situated on the East Australian Coast approx. 15 nautical miles North of Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour)
Ellen Net: Information on the East Baltic Coast including Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, to Russia (Kaliningrad oblast) and Poland, with beginnings of promised information on Swedish waters. Also a version in English.
Wayne Simpson's Sailing Page: Information on Barnegat Bay, NJ and other sailing information from Wayne Simpson
BostonBoating.com - The guide to boating in Boston: Boston, MA.
Protecting B.C. Waters From Boat Sewage Discharge: Information from the British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks on Boat Sewage Discharge.
Buzzard's Bay Home Page
Historic Canals of Quebec: or Historic Canals of Ontario
Pat's Boating in Canada
California Harbor Master Home Page
Chesapeake Bay-Net: Directory of Nautical Providers and Food, Fascinating Features and Fun for the entire Chesapeake Bay region.
Chesapeake Bay Mariners' Guide: Information on the business, people, places and events of the Chesapeake Bay.
Marine Trades Association of Maryland: A non-profit association which has an extensive number of sailing related businesses as members who service sailors on the Chesapeake Bay.
Crowley's Chicago Boating Pages: Crowley's Yacht Yard, Inc. presents information about Chicago boating.
Yachting.cz: Information about sailing in the Czech Republic.
Pleasure boating links to Finland: Pleasure boating related links to Finnish sites. Yacht Clubs in Finland. Guest Harbours. The Archipelago Sea. Collected by Pargas Båtklubb - Paraisten Venekerho - Parainen Boating Club.
Segel.de: Lots of resources in Germany
BoatersDream.com: Info on boating and sailing on the Great Lakes.
Siglingasamband Íslands: Icelandic Sailing Association.
Sailin' Japan: A large number of links, many to Japanese sailing resources.
Sailing in Japan: Sailing resources in English for those who can't read Japanese.
Sailing In Kent: Information on sailing to, from and around the Kent, UK coast, and on the Rivers Thames, Medway, Swale and Stour.
Lake Champlain sailing information
Harbor Watch - Lake Champlain's Newspaper
Cruising The Erie Canal
Chicago, Illinois (small boats): Information on local, inland lakes for sailing in the Chicagoland area (as well as lakes for canoeing, fishing.....)
Columbia River sailing information: From Larry Barker of Portland, Oregon.
Central Texas Sailor: Information on sailing in central Texas.
Dallas Area Sailing: Dallas Texas lake sailing
Paris based information on sailing in France: Currently a small page on sailing in France (a big subject, indeed).
Guide Goldschmidt: A nautical guide online about the French coast. The first part is published (Normandie and Channel island) but in French for the moment. The britanny north will be published before summer as well as the english version. [Spring 1998].
Hawai`i and the Pacific Rim.: Marine News and Recreational Boating Resources for Hawai`i and the Pacific Rim from HoloHolo Hawai`i.
Inland Waterways Research Project (IWRP): Information on U.S. Inland Waterways.
Sailing In Southwest Iowa
The Maine Coast Internet Guide
Marina del Rey Sailors: Information on Southern California and Marina del Rey area.
Morintech's Sailing Page: For these who plan cruising in Estonian or Russian waters in the Gulf of Finland. Besides information about Russian and Estonian charts and small craft chart folios, the site contains also useful information for these yachties who think about visiting St. Petersburg.
Some Monterey Bay Info: A sailing view from Monterey Bay.
Sail Miami: An interactive, bilingual information site for sailing, boating, fishing and more in Miami and South Florida
Mass. Bay PHRF Racing Page
Cruising the Med: Information on the Mediterranean by Dianne Reichart.
Nebraska boating information: Info from the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
Koninklijk Nederlandse Watersport Verbond: The Royal Dutch Yachting Union's site. Sailing information in Dutch.
Lake Ontario Information: Info from author -sailor Susan Peterson.
Lake Ontario Sailing: Covers cruising, racing and other activities on Lake Ontario.
Pensacola Sailing Page: Information on sailing in and around Pensacola, Florida.
Sail Philippines: Information and links about sailing in the Phillipines.
Puget Sounder
Prairie Sailor: Information on sailing in Alberta, Canada.
Prince Edward Island: Info on cruising and racing for Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Sailboat racing in New York
Cruise the Sea of Cortez: Info about the Sea of Cortez on the west coast of Mexico.
The Ship Shop: Information on yachting in New Zealand.
North Channel of Lake Huron area
Ottawa River (Canada) Cruising under Sail
Sailing San Diego: information on sailing in San Diego and Southern California. Including yachts for sail, race results, crew lists, nautical shareware, whats happening, San Diego Marine Directory, and more.
San Diego Sailing Links: Links for Erika Lawson.
San Diego Waterfront
Associação Nacional de Cruzeiros: This site is related to the sailing activity in Portugal, and includes marinas and ligthhouses information. At this time they are only in portuguese, but the translation to english of the most interesting ones are already in course.
San Francisco Bay CyberCruise Page
SF Boating.Com
SailNow - Sailing on the San Francisco Bay
www.sfsailing.com: Includes the San Francisco Bay Area Crew List
Women's Racing on San Francisco Bay
North Isle Sailing's San Juan Islands: This page is presented by North Isle Sailing and is dedicated to providing information about Washington State's beautiful San Juan Islands. North Isle Sailing is a small charter company offering crewed sailboat charters to the San Juan Islands and surrounding areas.
Sailsolent: A site dedicated to Solent sailors.
South African Underwater Union Boating Division
Sail Africa: The Cape of Good Hope Cruising Route. Passage planning, passage notes, charts, clubs/marinas, chandlery, weather, ports and approaches and a free discussion board for the Indian Ocean, East Africa and South Africa.
West Coast Boating: A Guide to Pottering on the West Of Scotland.
Promarine Promotions & Marine Events: Marine Events in South Florida.
Pacific Northwest Boating Destination Guide: Information on places to go in Puget Sound and Washington's San Juan Islands. Includes aerial and sea-level photographs.
Sailing in Seattle: Includes upcoming sailboat race schedules.
The Marine Corner Vancouver B.C. Canada: A bit more fishing, and powerboat oriented than sailing, but still useful info.
SAIL-TX: Mailing list for Texas Sailing announcements and discussion
Texas Sailing News: An online sailing magazine for Texas and surrounding states.
La Trinité-Sur-Mer: A server about the sea, sailing and Brittany. Includes exhibit by Philip Plisson.
UK Sailing Index: List of UK based sailing and sailing related links.
UK Dinghy Racing: A site dedicated to Dinghy Racing.
Virgin Islands Marine Industries Association: The Virgin Islands Marine Industries Association (VIMI) is a trade association who's members are professional operators of charter yachts and land based marine related businesses. (Cool Island pictures too.)
[Also check out IYRU - International Yacht Racing Union page, as a number of countries have put information under this page.

I'm always open to adding resources to my list, so if you know of other items, give me a holler: mbrmbr@acm.org

Form last updated: Thur Jan 21, 1999