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- BOATING SAFETY & GENERAL BOATING INFORMATION

Boating Etiquette

Signs of A Bad Captain -10 Ways to Aggravate Other Boaters ]

Boating Safety and Operational Requirements

Boat Ohio Boating Safety Site ] Boating Around Commercial Traffic ] Boating Education Requirements By State ] Food Safety on the Water ] Guide to Anchors ] How to Avoid Trouble When Boating ] Marine Electrical System Inspection Check List ] Marine Knots and Their Uses (Animated) ] Ohio River Operating Regulations ] Propellers - How To and Tech Info ] Rough Water Seamship ] Sea Ray Boating Safety Site ] St Lawrence Seaway Guide to Pleasure Craft ] South Shore of Lake Erie ] Sun Safety On The Water ] The Right Shades for Boating and Fishing ] United States Coast Guard Regulations ] USCG Safety Alerts and Lessons Learned ] Waterski Safety ] Women on the Water Boating Safety Site ]

Buying Your Boat

How to Own a Boat and Stay Happy ] Boat Buying 101 ] Buying A Boat ] Buying A Used Boat ] Boat Financing and Price Guides ] Insuring Your Boat ] About Marine Surveys ] Boat-Chek: Surveryor Reviewed Boats ] NICB Vehicle/Hull Identification Number Check ]

Navigation

Canadian Spatial Reference System ] Coast Pilot (free download or purchase) ] FAA Global Positioning Systems ] Great Circle Distance Calculator ] Global Positioning System Overview ] How GPS Receivers Work ] Navigator of the Navy ] NAVSTAR GPS Summary ] NOAA Electronic Chart Downloads ] Marine Navigation Programs and Information Files ] National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Maritime Safety Information ] NMEA-0183 and GPS Information ] NOAA On-Line Chart Viewer ] Ohio River Navigation Information ] Single Day Sun & Moon Data for Any Location ] StarCalc ] USCG Differential GPS Information ] USCG GPS General Information ] USCG Local Notice to Mariners ] USCG LORAN Information ] USCG Navigation Center ] USCG Navigation Rules ]  

References

Admiralty Law ] Flag Translator ] Lexus Admiralty Law ] Morse Code & Phonetic Alphabet ] Marine Flags and Signaling ] Nautical Glossary ] Seakindliness - Describing a Boat's Motion ]

Some of Our Favorite Destinations

Put-N-Bay ]

Travel To and Boating in Canada

US Customs Pleasure Boat Travel ] Canadian Customs Information for Boaters ] Canada Office of Boating Safety ] Cruising Canada ] Pat's Boating in Canada ]

Weather & Water Forecast/Data Systems

Great Lakes Marine Forecasts By Zone (weather forecasting tools)  ] Great Lakes Operational Forecast System (water levels, currents, and temperatures) ] Great Lakes Observing System ] Great Lakes Water Levels ] Inland River Lock and River Conditions ] National Data Buoy Center Eastern Great Lakes ] National Data Buoy Center Western Great Lakes ] Nowcast: Web Mapping Portal to Real Time Coastal Observations and NOAA Forecasts ] St Lawrence Seaway Environmental Conditions ]

Web Cams

Fun Coast Fun Cam (Sandusky Bay) ] Huron, OH Boat Basin ] Lake Vision Web Cams ] Lake Vision Buffalo, NY ] Lake Vision Cleveland, OH ] Lake Vision Huron, OH ] Lake Vision Kelley's Island, OH ] Lake Vision Monroe, MI ] Lake Vision Put-N-Bay, OH ] Maumee Bay/Lake Erie Center ] Port Clinton ] Put-N-Bay ] Toledo Light #2 ]

 

 G ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION

Ohio Lake Erie Commission ] The Council of Great Lakes Governors Newsletter - The Compass ] USPS Environmental Best Practices for Boaters ]

 

/ JUST FOR FUN

Fish Identifier   ] Great Lakes and Seaway Shipping ] History of Car Ferries on the Great Lakes ] Hunting Safety on the Water ] Ohio Fishing ] Pennsylvania Fishing ] Sailing Scuttlebutt ] The Mother of All Maritime Links ]

 

J FUN FOR KIDS AND TEENS

Boat Ohio Kid's Connection ] Captain Cleanwater ] National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Kids Site ] Project Flow - Learn About Fisheries ] Sky Photos ]