This is expected to grow, over time, to a very long list. If there is an organization our business you want to see listed, please let us know by email. Eventually, we will also allow reviews.
Cruising Clubs and Associations
Boat Blogs
Book and Chart Sellers
Marinas and Boatyards
Chandleries and Equipment Suppliers
Education
Health, Medicine, and Medical Insurance
General Cruising Websites
Publications
Wind and Solar Power
Yacht Brokers
Yacht Builders
Cruising Clubs and Associations
- Seven Seas Cruising Association
The Seven Seas Cruising Association is the oldest and largest worldwide organization supporting the liveaboard cruising lifestyle. Founded in 1952, SSCA remains true to its traditions of sharing cruising information, fostering camaraderie, and leaving a clean wake. Every serious cruiser should consider membership.
- Bluewater Cruising Association
The mission of Bluewater Cruising Association is to foster seamanship and friendship for people with an active interest in offshore cruising.
- The Cruising Club of America
The mission of the Cruising Club of America is to promote cruising by amateurs, to encourage the development of suitable types of cruising craft, to stimulate interest in seamanship, navigation and handling of small vessels, and to gather and keep on file all information which may be of assistance to members in cruising.
Boat Blogs
If you are thinking of starting your own blog, SailBlogs" offers free (advertising supported) blogs to the sailing community.
- Liberty - Ty and Suzanne Giesemann
- Ocelot Cruising the World - The Hacking Family on Ocelot
- Lin and Larry Pardey - Blog, Videos & Books
- Tell-Tales - Rod Heikell's very informal site on sailing around bits of the world and an eclectic collection of things nautical or nearly so.
- LSAC - Luc Callebaut & Jackie Lee
Book and Chart Sellers
- Imray Nautical Charts, Books and Software - Particularly good for Europe
- The Nautical Mind
- Parasdise Cay Publications - Nautical Bookstore
- Ports - Cruising Guides to the Great Lakes
- Richardsons' Charts - Chartbooks and Cruising Guides to the Great Lakes and US East Coast
- Seaworthy Publications has a good selection of cruising guides and nautical books from their own presses and others.
- Sheridan House
Marinas and Boatyards
Caribbean Islands
- Coral Cove Marina Hotel
Chaguaramas, Trinidad - Industrial Marine Services (IMS)
Chaguaramas, Trinidad - Peake Yacht Services
Chaguaramas, Trinidad
Chile
- Marina Quinched
Chiloe Archipelago, Chile
France
- Port of Calais
Calias - Port Plaisance de Dunkerque Marina
Dunkerque - Port Du Grand Large
Dunkerque - Yacht Club on the North Sea
Dunkerque - Le port du Bassin du Commerce
Dunkerque
- www.plaisance-opale.com">Port de Plaisance
Graveline
Pacific Islands
- Marina Taina
Punaauia, Tahiti - French Polynesia
Panama
Turkey
- Kemer Turkiz Marina
Kemer, Turkey
US
- Maine Yacht Center
Portland, ME - USA - Portland Yacht Services
Portland, OR - USA - Canal Boatyard, LCC
Seattle, WA - USA
Chandleries and Equipment Suppliers
- Compass Watersports - The largest mail order house in Europe for yachting equipment and accessories and sailing clothing
- Defender Industries - Everything
- Landfall - Books, Charts, Software, ELectronics, and more
- Imtra Marine Products - Marine Lighting and more
- Jimmy Green Maine - Ropes and Rigging - Safety Equipment - Chandlery
- Marathon Marine and Leisure - one of the largest Marine Distributors within the UK and Eire
- Marine Super Store - Everything
- North Sails - Sails
- OceanMedix.com - Emergency and Medical supplies
- Piplers of Poole - Everything
- Rigging Only - Sailboat Rigging
- Sailrite - Mostly fabric oriented supplies and equipment
- Steveston Marine & Hardware - 50,000 items in inventory
- West Marine - Everything
Education and General Information
- BoatSafe.com Boating Safety, Courses and Articles
- International Yacht Restoration School offers courses in Marine Systems and Boatbuilding & Restoration.
- National Weather Service JetStream - Online School for Weather
- NauticEd - Inexpensive online sailing classes.
- Seven Seas U - Online classes from Seven Seas Cruising Association (so you know they have to be good).
- SailingIssues Navigation Course. A free online course.
- Starpath School of Navigation - Training and related products in all phases of marine navigation and weather.
- US Sailing - Free online sailing classes.
Health, Medicine, and Medical Insurance
- Divers Alert Network DAN membership includes TravelAssist medical evacuation insurance.
- The Marine Medical Kit(pdf) by Michael Jacobs, MD
- Third Party Boat Insurance
General Cruising Sites
- Anything Sailing - A sailing discussion site
- The Mother of all Link Lists
- BurningZone Manuals, Free downloads of manuals for engines, transmissions and other boat gear.
- CompleteSailor - "aims to be the internet's most comprehensive sailingl resource"
- Cruiser Log - "Resources for Cruisers" - check out both the forum and the wiki.
- Cruisers Forum - "Cruising Boats, Cruising People, Cruising Answers"
- Cruising Resources - "one man's mental chart of sailboat cruising"
- Noonsite - "essential information on all matters of interest to sailors"
- Panbo - "The Marine Electronics Weblog" for those of us who are gadget obsessed
- SetSail - "providing the info and inspiration for bluewater passage making"
Publications
- 48 North
- Blue Water Sailing
- Caribbean Compass, the Caribbean's Monthly Marine Magazine.
- Cruising Compass a weekly online newsletter.
- Cruising World
- Good Old Boat "The sailing magazine for the rest of us"
- Latitudes & Attitudes Seafaring Magazine
- The Trawler & Ocean Motorboat Community
- Practical Boat Owner, Britain's Biggest Selling Yachting Magazine
- Practical Sailor, a Consumer Reports for boaters
Wind and Solar Power
- Hamilton Ferris - Wind & Solar
- Marlec Renewable Power - Wind & Solar
- OutBack Power Systems - Charge Controllers and inverters
- Superwind - small high quality wind generators
- SV Hotwire - Wind & Solar
Yacht Brokers
- Crusader B.V.I. Yacht Sales - BVI
- Crusader Yacht Sales - Annapolis, MD
- Horizon Yacht Sales - BVI
- Island Yachting Centre - Palmetto, FL
- Rogue Wave Yacht Sales - Annapolis, MD
- Yacht World - Global
Yacht Builders
- Admiral Yachts - Sail, Multihull
- African Cats - Power, Sail, Multihull
- Antares Yachts - Sail, Multihull
- Beneteau USA - Sail, Monohull
- Catalina Yachts - Sail, Monohull
- Corsair Marine - Sail, Multihull
- Dashew Offshore - Sail, Power
- Dufour Yachts - Sail
- Gunboat - Sail, Multihull
- Hylas - Sail, Monohull
- Hanse - Sail, Monohull
- Hallberg-Rassy - Sail, Monohull
- Hunter Marine - Sail, Monohull
- Island Packet Yachts - Sail, Monohull
- Jeanneau - Sail, Monohull
- Kadey-Krogen Yachts - Power, Trawlers
- Knysna Yacht Company - Sail, Multihull
- Lagoon Catamarans - Sail, Multihull
- Matrix Yachts - Sail, Multihull
- Morris Yachts - Sail, Monohull
- Nordhavn Yachts - Power, Trawlers
- Pacific Seacraft - Sail, Monohull
- Robertson and Caine - Power, Sail, Multihull
- Royal Cape Catarmarans - Sail, Multihull
- Rustler Yachts - Sail, Monohull
- Southerly - Sail, Variable draft Monohulls
- St. Francis Marine - Sail, Multihull
- Voyage Yachts - Sail, Multihull
- X-Yachts - Sail, Multihull
