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Weather,
Tides and Seas As we move through sailing
times, more and more information has become available that pertains to
boating. The online information on weather, tides and seas is now
available to anyone who has a computer. As more and more laptops make
it to our boats some of the older technologies are falling by the
wayside. While at the dock the other day we saw a weather fax tossed by
the dumpster. I would not recommend disposing of this type of equipment
yet (I still have a sextant) but now we use the internet regularly to
decide if we are going out or not. We can not list all of the great
weather sites here and will not list the well known sites such as NOAA
or weather.gov, you can find them easily enough. Aw, what the
heck, they are there at the bottom of the page.
A weather site for sailors! http://sailflow.com This one shows hourly info for current days http://www.wunderground.com Get live temp/wind/direction http://weather.weatherbug.com TIME http://www.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Eastern/d/-5/java Tide Tables NC - Key West http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide/sites_useastlower.html Weather/Wind http://www.weather.com/maps/boatbeach.html Got a text-ready cellphone or PDA? cell.weather.gov NOAA Marine forcasts http://www.weather.gov/om/marine/home.htm NOAA Radar http://radar.weather.gov/ Hurricane Alley Home http://www.hurricanealley.net/natl.html Hurricane Animated History for 2004 http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/hurricanes/interactive/hurricane.paths/index.html National
Vessel Documentation Center--Download all the
forms and instructions to do it yourself. http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/vdoc/nvdc.htm
FCC http://www.fcc.gov/formpage.html --Ships Radio License Application Form (Go to Form 605). If you need a ships radio license, download the application form (605) here. (For most yachts and pleasure boats, a ships radio license is only needed if you will be cruising to Mexico, the Bahamas or beyond or if you will be using a marine SSB radio.) What can happen if the bridge doesn't open http://koti.mbnet.fi/~soldier/towboat.htm
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