Favorite Sailing Websites

[SV.Maverick]

Originally Posted by ChrisnCate

Well... since we are all self promoting..

Preparing for launch - The adventures of the sailing vessel Heron

We get about 35 views per day and have zero Facebook friends (since we don't use social media)

We are going motorless and simple in the way we are building our boat, and our plan is travel the world leaving as little a footprint as possible.

Make me number 36 for today! Cute boat but no motor even a small kicker?

[sww914]

Google Earth. I know it isn't exactly sailing but it's relevant and I think a lot of us use it often. I use it to plan our trip. It's like window shopping the planet.
On the subject of self promotion, I love my wife's posts on our website (link below). She's an absolute genius of a writer, one of the best that I've ever seen.

[SV.Maverick]

Originally Posted by zeehag

i am SAILING and fixing boat and checking weather -- not looking at other folks's lives under microscopes..i am doing my thing -- and enjoying my individuality. may the weather remain storm free--lol will be a difficult reality this summer--- many storms predicted both atlantic and pacific-- smooth sailing.

Thats great and I hope to be where you are some day in the not to distant future. BUT this is a good thread, however it could be broke up in two sections. 1 for information and 2 for entertainment. Windtravler would fall under the entertainment section. I say this to say all these cool blogs help many guys with there significant others.

My case in point, I have know I wanted to sail and live aboard my whole life. My significant other is kinda new to this whole thing. I try and pick blogs and websites that I want her to see. Watching other couples out having fun doing this makes it all look possible. This has been a help I must say.

Now I will say not all blogs are good. Some peoples blogs are laid out so bad I can't believe any one looks at them. Others are just great.

[svcambria]

And then there is Cruisers Forum, a site I like to check from time to time... ;-)

Michael

[ChrisnCate]

Originally Posted by sv.Lonestar

Make me number 36 for today! Cute boat but no motor even a small kicker?

Nice, thanks for reading!

And no, no motor whatsoever. A 100% pure sailing vessel.

[JoeDiver]

Mine is of course:

Catalina 25-250-Capri25 Association

But, I'm biased! Really though, it's my daily landing spot to communicate with other C25 owners about anything and everything. I've even made some new friends IRL and gone sailing with them!

[TheCruisinKitty]

I'm really quite fond of my own site:

The Cruising Kitty

wherein I, Captain Cat, whip my first mate, The Can Opener, into shape so that we can chart a course to get cruising. We're currently training in the Solent and doing passages across the Med, the Canaries and the Azores.

Sailing is what I live for, the reason I bounce out of my basket every day at the crack of noon. The wind in my stripes, my cup of mojo bubbling on the galley stove, the whole sea like an endless fish supermarket ahead of me...

The Can Opener'll need to be fit, a navigating wizard and he'll need to have a steel-riveted financial plan that will keep my velvet-tasseled cruising kitty bag loaded with enough coins for the cruising life I aspire to and deserve.

I'll even share my smoked oysters with him from time to time. Everybody needs a first mate.

[Nostrodamus]

I don't believe in self promotion so you should not even contemplate looking at this site which might be ours.

Sailing Cygnus III around the world

OK, we sold everything we had, took our boys out of school and just went for the dream.

Now if I were writing this blog, which I am, I would want to make it different to others out there and include some rather unpolitically correct observations.

As I said, I don't believe in self promotion so I won't advise you to have a look at

Sailing Cygnus III around the world

[reefermadness]

Originally Posted by Keegan

Other than the fabulous Cruisers Forum, what are your favorite sailing websites?

Some of mine are are:

Panbo: The Marine Electronics Weblog
Latitude 38 - The West's Leading Sailing and Marine Magazine
Welcoming to Maxing Out
Indigo Moon
Project BlueSphere - A solo circumnavigation & video documentation of the globe.
SetSail.com: The Ultimate Sailing & Cruising Reference
The global site for cruising sailors — Noonsite
Caribbean Compass Homepage
Cruising narratives and voyage logs from yachts sailing around the world
Geoff Schultz's BlueJacket Sailing Site

Keegan

Great List Cap'n Keegan. Here is one i like. Please visit Ocean Trader
Caribbean Cruising website that is fun and readable!

[Carlisle Spirit]

This is one of the coolest exploratory sailing sites that exists ...

I am not a huge fan of Catamarans but what these guys have done is awesome


Offshore Odysseys Surfing, Kitesurfing, and Paragliding Expeditions - Our History

Carlisle Spirit

[cfarrar]

Attainable Adventure Cruising: the Offshore Voyaging Reference Site.

Great info, writing, and pictures.

[Seaworthy Lass]

Originally Posted by TheCruisinKitty

I'm really quite fond of my own site:

The Cruising Kitty

wherein I, Captain Cat, whip my first mate, The Can Opener, into shape so that we can chart a course to get cruising. We're currently training in the Solent and doing passages across the Med, the Canaries and the Azores.

Sailing is what I live for, the reason I bounce out of my basket every day at the crack of noon. The wind in my stripes, my cup of mojo bubbling on the galley stove, the whole sea like an endless fish supermarket ahead of me...

The Can Opener'll need to be fit, a navigating wizard and he'll need to have a steel-riveted financial plan that will keep my velvet-tasseled cruising kitty bag loaded with enough coins for the cruising life I aspire to and deserve.

I'll even share my smoked oysters with him from time to time. Everybody needs a first mate.

Hi Captain Cat
The Can Opener seems to be responding well to the challenges you set
Good luck with the two year plan. Good idea starting the downsizing early. You and the first mate look very organized.
We share a love of oysters - my favourite are Kilpatrick though .

[Nostrodamus]

I'm sure I mentioned our site for a more tongue in cheek approach but just in case you missed it...

Sailing Cygnus III around the world