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/
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
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
