Online Sail Education

(under construction)

(Also check out our list of online weather resources and destinations ideas )

Navigation

United States Coast Guard - 11th District

• Local Notice to Mariners - weekly editions
• 2006 USCG Light List Volume Six (PDF file) Updated to Local Notice (49-2006)
  • Summary of Changes 2006

NOAA - charts

• Online charts - Pacific coast

Teaching/Learning Aids

• Knot tying
  • Animated Knots by Grog
  • List of knots by use
  • BoatSafe Kids - knots
  • Goggle Videos - Flying (or America's Cup) bowline (video)
    
    
• Sail trim
  • National Geographic - Sailing simulator
  • SF Sailing - Performance Racing: Mainsail Trim & Controls
  • WB Sails - Reading tell tails
    
    
• Docking and Motoring
  • Boating Basics Online - docking and undocking plans
  • US Sailing - using a forward spring line (video)
  • US Sailing - using an aft spring line (video)
    
    
• Sailing
  • US Sailing - doing a Back and Fill (video)
  • US Sailing - performing a heave to (video)
    
    
• Other
  • National Geographic - Wave simulator

Interesting Stuff

• Decoding hull identification numbers
• Current Ship Positions on San Francisco Bay (Very, very Cool!)