SCANDINAVIA

• Norwegian Tourist Board - great site with lots of information
• Swedish Tourist Board
• Skagen - perched on Denmark's northern tip
• Wellness of Scandinavia - forward to nature

CARIBBEAN

• Virtual trip to the Caribbean - go visiting right away
• Turquoise Net - your guide to the Caribbean
• Your Information Gateway to The Grenadine Islands
• Travel guide for the Caribbean
• Caribbean Holidays - guide to Caribbean travel
• Caribbean Home Page - Internet Directory
• Kingdom of Redonda

WEATHER

• Norwegian Meteorological Institute - Norway and the North Sea
• Oceanographic Company of Norway - Scandinavian forecast
• www.theyr.net - Excellent forecasts for the entire Atlantic
• Met Office - UK - 3 day European surface pressure forecast
• European weather systems - latest surface weather charts
• Caribbean weather - current satellite image
• Caribbean Weather Information - details and statistics
• Worldwide weather - literally everywhere (over 1000 pages)
• Global Analysis Wave Map - current wave sizes around the world
• Technika - Precision Weather Measurement Instruments

NAUTICAL

• International Sailing Federation
• Nautical Institute - international professional body for qualified mariners

Navigation/Communication

• Nautisk Forlag - charts, publications and many interesting links
• History of Cartography - maps, old and new
• Celestial navigation - it never breaks down
• An excellent short guide to celestial navigation - learn it !
• Celestial Navigation Instruments - good tips before you buy a sextant
• Nautical and Astronomical Almanac - a few figures you are going to need
• Celestial Navigation Software - get your laptop humming
• United States Naval Observatory - the details
• U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock - tick, tock
• Everything GPS - learn all about it
• GPS World Magazine Online - gateway to GPS information
• NERA - cost effective maritime satellite communications
• SIMRAD - complete line of top notch marine electronics

Races/Regattas

• Vendée Globe 2004-05 - Vincent Riou won it in 87 days!
• Bequia Easter Regatta - casual and great fun
• BVI Spring Regatta - third largest regatta in the Caribbean
• Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta - a spectacular event
• Antigua race week - one of sailing's really great happenings
• Angostura Yachting World Regatta in Tobago - early May
  
• Shetland Race - roundtrip Bergen/Shetland late June
• Færder Race - over 1000 yachts start in Oslo in mid June
• Round Gotland Race - a big time event in the Baltic
• På Gränsen - regatta from Sweden to Norway July 26, 2003
• ALINGHI - is hosting the 32nd Americas Cup
• Victory Challenge - "Scandinavian" America's Cup 2005 Team
• Rolex Transatlantic Challenge 2005 - starts May 21
• Volvo Ocean Race 2005-06 - finally with REAL racing machines
• Newport Bermuda Race - Centennial race June 16, 2006
• Blue Water Rally - 20 month cruises around the world
• World Cruising Club - cruising rallies and yacht races worldwide
• Rolex Sydney Hobart Race - starts December 26 every year
• List of events and races - past and future
• International Yacht Racing Union - list of upcoming regattas

Outstanding marine photographers

• Thierry Martinez
  
• Jacques Vapillon
  
• Benoit Stichelbaut
  
• Martin Raget
  
• Mark Pepper
  
• Rick Tomlinson
  
• Jean-Marie Liot
  
• Tim Wright
  

Various salty sites

• ORANGE- new Jules Verne record of 50 days !
• Trimaran Geronimo
• Jean Luc Van Den Heede's "wrong way" attempt -HE DID IT in 122 days
• SXK - Swedish Cruising Club Sail Training Foundation - inspiring !
• Do-It-Yourselfer Website - Hot Boating Tips, Related Marine Sites, etc.
• Mark Rosenstein's Sailing Page - links to MANY marine sites
• Bill's Nautical Homepage - yachting, knowledge bank, crew, etc.
• Barefoot Yacht Charters - St.Vincent's first charter company
• Knots - tie on!
• Illustrated Sail and Rig Tuning - made easy !
• Uniquely illustrated Sailing Manuals
• Glossary of Maritime Terminology - it's a whole different language
• Shanties and Sea Songs - learn the words and get in tune
• SailingLinks - promoting sailing
• Boatlinks - diverse boating site
• Yachts.com - a collection of yacht resources
• www.yachtcharters.com
• Sailing Issues - a sailing guide for Greece

Environmental sites

• Cousteau Society
• Dolphin Log
• Seaweb
• Marine Environment Preservation
• Marine Laboratory
• Marine Turtles
• Monk Seals
• Save the Manatees
• Whalenet
• Whale Watching
• Save the Rhinoceros
• World Wildlife Fund
• World Rainforest Information Portal
• Wild Aid
• Stop the Antigua Dolphin Program
• Save the Albatross

Scuba

• PADI - Professional Association of Dive Instructors
• Divers Alert Network
• Scuba Times Online
• Cyber Diver - scuba diving magazine
• Scuba Duba - thousands of scuba resources
• Wowie - scuba information and fun
• Island Ventures - PADI Gold Palm IDC Resort, Seychelles
• Red Sea Guide - traveller's guide
• Shipwreck Database - international registry of sunken ships

Miscellaneous

• Internet Watch Foundation - combating criminal material online
• Crimes of Persuasion - schemes, scams and frauds
• Internet Content Rating Association - working for a safer internet
• Pegasus Helicopter - flexible, quick and effortless transportation
• The Xchange Business - foreign currency for marine sales
• ShipNed - international ship trader
• Convonix - The Search Engine Optimization Firm
• Hotels, Lodging, Tours and Cruises Worldwide

Some "far reaching" sites worth a closer look

• NASA
• Hubble Space Telescope
• SETI - search for extraterrestrial intelligence
• SETI@home - help searching for ET !
• BOINC - donate your computing power to worthy causes
• National Geographic
• Amnesty International
• The Hunger Site
• United Nations
• United Nations Children's Fund

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