The Two Captains - Reference Shelf

Electronic Information

Although the creation of this Internet Website is one of my chief occupations as we cruise, the irony is we have almost no exposure to the Internet ourselves! In the Updates, we include the website addresses for places we visit as we come across them, but we virtually never get the chance to look at them ourselves. The same goes for the websites by other cruisers. However, if you are reading this, then you do have the connection that defines our age! We can imagine the great fun it is to "cruise" electronically from site to site, vicariously sharing the experiences of others and collecting all sorts of resources and information.

Just as not all anchorages we visit please or are even safe, we make no guarantees or promises about the quality of information you may find should you follow any of our included links. They are collected haphazardly and with a few exceptions they are not vetted.

Information Websites

www.noonsite.com — Up to date cruising information for the world from Jimmy Cornell
www.weather.noaa.gov — NOAA weather faxes
www.caribwx.com — A great weather site for the Caribbean
www.winlink.org — Info on the wonderful email service provided by amateur radio enthusiasts
www.sailmail.com — Info on the wonderful maritime mobile email service.
www.ssca.org — The Seven Seas Cruising Association Bulletins available online, password protected for members. JOIN!
www.cristobalmarina.bizland.com — Panama Canal Info
www.pmbcws.ws — The website of Pedro Miguel Boat Club, the most helpful resource available to cruiser in the Canal Zone
www.furledsails.com - Interviews with people of interest to cruisers
www.svsoggypaws.com/cruisingwebsites.htm - Rough guide to doing your own cruising website
www.spectrawatermakers.com/articles/Don_Wilson.html - Don's article on Keeping your Watermaker Running Properly
www.svsoggypaws.com/files/ - Many South Pacific cruising articles and reference material.

Commercial Websites

www.panaqua.com — The NYC dive shop Gwen started out in! A leader in dive training and dive travel
www.otavalo.com.ec/ayahuma — A neat hostel near Otavalo, Ecuador
www.coibadventure.com — Charter fishing tours in Pacific Panama, Panama
www.coralstar.com — Dive charters in Pacific Panama
www.underseahunter.com — mv Sea Hunter, a liveaboard diveboat servicing Cocos Island
www.aggressor.com — Liveaboard dive boats around the world, eg. mv Okeanos Aggressor at Cocos Island
www.tethysoffshore.com — Cruising charters for women only.
www.bananabaymarina.com — the very helpful and secure Banana Bay marina in Golfito, Costa Rica
www.frenchforcruisers.com — This practical, easy-to-use guide gives boaters the vocabulary and language skills they need to cruise in French-speaking waters. By Kathy Parsons
www.spanish4cruisers.com — This practical, easy-to-use guide gives boaters the vocabulary and language skills they need to cruise in Spanish-speaking waters. By Kathy Parsons

Crewed Chartering in the Virgin Islands

There are a zillion bareboat companies in the world which you can find out about easily in any sailing magazine, but one of the best charter vacations available is not a cookie-cutter "Hertz Rent- A-Boat" experience but a crewed yacht charter. This is what the Two Captains offered on Whisper and Tackless II for eight years in the Virgin Islands. Each crewed charter yacht is an individual business offering a custom tailored vacation. How do you pick? There are special charter yacht brokers who make it their business to match clients to the right boat. With gourmet food and beverage included, specialized activities such as sail instruction or scuba diving, and built-in local knowledge, crewed yachts are often a better value than bareboats with a lot less anxiety for vacationers at the helm or in the galley.

www.caribbeancharter.com — Chartering Info in the Virgin Islands
www.vicl.org — website of the Virgin Islands Charteryacht League
www.ed-hamilton.com — well-known charter broker
www.sailingvacations.com — well-known charter broker
www.caribbeancharter.com/glory/boat.htm — charteryacht friend, specializing in sailing instruction
www.threemoonsyacht.com — charteryacht friends of the Two Captains, speciality is spa charters!
www.sailbraveheart.com — charteryacht friends; two boats, one a big catamaran, specializing in dive charters

Tonga

www.sailingtonga.com - s/v Impetuous

Fellow Cruiser's Websites

The Two Captains aren't the only cruisers posting a website to share their adventures with Internet "readers". Here are some others we've crossed course with.

S/V Ascension	www.ascensionatsea.com
S/V Gemini	www.sailgemini.com
S/V Grace	www.grace44.com
S/V Integrity	www.svIntegrity.com
S/V Passage	www.svpassage.com
S/V Siesta	www.marill.com/siesta
S/V Soggy Paws	www.svsoggypaws.com
S/V Tethys	www.tethysoffshore.com
S/V Ursa Minor	www.sailblogs.com/member/ursaminor

Women Sailing Sites

http://www.womenandcruising.com - A new site filled with resources for women cruisers
http://www.thetwocaptains.com/admiralsangle.htm - Gwen's Admiral's Angle column for Latitudes and Attitudes
http://www.womenaboard.com
http://www.womenforsail.com
http://www.tethysoffshore.com
http://www.sailingfemmes.blogspot.com/ - some racing women in Central Florida who have a lot of fun being women and sailing

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