Internet Resources for Kayakers Links

These are the links to the internet sites we explored at the March SMSKN meeting:

Weather

• NOAA Graphical:                   http://www.weather.gov/forecasts/graphical/sectors/maineMarineDay.php#tabs
• WeatherUnderground:           http://classic.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=04110

Buoys

• NOAA buoy map:                  http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/maps/Northeast.shtml
• GMMBP:                                http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu/buoyhome.php
• 44007 Portland:                    http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=44007
• D0205 Lwr Harpswell:          http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu/data/gomoos/buoy/html/D02.html
• 44021 New Meadows R.     http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=44021
• 44032 Monhegan Island:     http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=44032

Wind & Waves

• NOAA Graphical:                 http://www.weather.gov/forecasts/graphical/sectors/maineMarineDay.php#tabs
• GoMOOS Wave forecast:   http://www.gomoos.org/waveforecasts/
• Navy:                                     https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/wxmap_cgi/index.html
• Beaufort scale:                     http://explorenorthcoast.net/articles/PaddlinginWind.pdf 
                                                 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort_scale

Tide

• WTides                                 http://www.wtides.com/introduction.htm
• NOAA                       tides:    http://www.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.shtml 
                                currents:    http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/currents11/cpred2.html#MN

Coast Guard:                                                               

• Navigation Center:              http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/

Regulations

• Navigation Rules:                http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=navRulesMain 
                            Download:     http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=navRulesDownLoad 
                      FAQ Kayaks?:     http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=navRulesFAQ#0.3_13
• Maine watercraft regs:        http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules/09/137/137c013.doc

Charts

• Rose Point:                          http://rosepointnav.com/default.htm  
•                                               http://rosepointnav.com/CoastalExplorerExpress/default.htm
• SeaClear:                            http://www.sping.com/seaclear/
• Apocgraphy:                        http://www.apocgraphy.com/Charts/Default.htm
• MaxSea:                              http://www.maxsea.fr/timezero/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx
• NOAA Coast Survey:         http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/staff/chartspubs.html 
                                                http://www.charts.noaa.gov/?Disclaimer=noaa!nos%40ocs%23mcd&Submit=Proceed+to+Chart+Downloader 
                                                http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/BookletChart/
• National Geospatial Intelligence Agency:          http://msi.nga.mil/NGAPortal/MSI.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=msi_portal_page_62
• Online purchase:                 https://www.bluewaterweb.com/default.asp 
                                                http://www.landfallnavigation.com/govpub.html
• GeoGarage:                        http://marine.geogarage.com/
• MarineWaypoints:               http://www.marinewaypoints.com/learn/charts/AtlanticCoast.shtml

Access

• Moody Beach:                     http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/files/pdf-global/04pubacc.pdf 
• Maine.gov:                           http://www.maine.gov/doc/parks/programs/boating/sitelist.html
• The Maine Coast Guide:    http://www.mainecoastguide.com/launchramp/ramp.html
• SeaGrant:                            http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/extension/coastal-access-and-working-waterfronts

Cruising guides

• ActiveCaptian:                    https://www.activecaptain.com/X.php
• MITA:                                    www.mita.org
• Marinas.com:                      http://marinas.com/browse/marina/US/ME/
• The Maine Coast Guide:   http://www.mainecoastguide.com/index.html
• NOAA Coast Survey:         http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/cpdownload.htm

General

• KayakPaddling.net:           www.kayakpaddling.net
• Kayarchy:                            www.kayarchy.com

Greenland

• Traditional Kayaks:            http://www.traditionalkayaks.com/
• Qajaq USA:                        http://www.qajaqusa.org/
• Walden Qajaq Society:     http://waldenqajaqsociety.info/
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Knots

• Animated knots:                 http://www.animatedknots.com/index.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com
• Ropers Knots Page:          http://www.realknots.com/
• Marinews.com:                   http://www.marinews.com/knots/
• Safety

Radar visibility

• SeaGrant:                           http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/files/pdf-global/05raref.pdf

Books

• Google eBookStore:        http://books.google.com/ebooks?q=marine+navigation&as_brr=4
• NGA:                                  http://msi.nga.mil/NGAPortal/MSI.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=msi_portal_page_62

Lighthouses

• Lighthouses.cc                 http://lighthouse.cc/

Camping

• AquaDynology:                 http://www.aquadynology.com/packing1.html
• Paddling.net:                     http://www.paddling.net/guidelines/showArticle.html?140

General Kayaking

• Paddling.net:                    http://www.paddling.net/

Oceanography

• Texas A&M                       http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/ocng_textbook/contents.html
• Misconceptions, tides:     http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/scenario/tides.htm
• Gulf of Maine:                    http://fvcom.smast.umassd.edu/research_projects/GB/index.html
• Oceanography: waves:    http://www.seafriends.org.nz/oceano/waves.htm

YouTube

• Surf Launch:                     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bqFjEK3mnE
• SeaKayakingTV:             http://www.youtube.com/user/SeaKayakingTV
• Combat roll:                      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1glHHH6w5h0&playnext=1&list=PL1FDF36ADF41D3DD4
• Inuit fishing:                       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr3vhgRLry4

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