Boater’s ultimate resource guide
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
American Boat School: www.amboatschool.com; 800-321-2977
Annapolis Powerboat School: www.annapolispowerboat.com; 800-638-9192
Atlantic Captain’s Academy: www.atlanticcaptainsacademy.com; 401-617-9265
Automotive Training Center (Marine Service Technology): www.autotraining.edu; 877-411-8041
BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water: www.boatus.com/foundation; 410-897-0512
Boatwise LLC www.boatwise.com; 800-698-7373
Berkshire Boat Building School: www.berkshireboatbuildingschool.org; 413- 229-2549
The Boat School: www.boatschoolhusson.net; 207-907-5394
Cape Cod Boat School: www.capecodboatschool.com
Calvert Marine Museum: www.calvertmarinemuseum.com; 410-326-2042
Chapman School of Seamanship: www.chapman.org/p/257; 800-225-2541
Chesapeake Area Professional Captains Association: www.capca.net; 410-573-0201
Colgate Offshore Sailing School: www.offshoresailing.com; 888-454-7015
Florida Sailing & Cruising School: www.flsailandcruiseschool.com; 800-262-7939
International Yacht Restoration School: www.iyrs.org; 401-848-5777
The Landing School: www.landingschoolboats.com; 207-985-7976
Mariner Sailing School: www.saildc.com; 703-768-0018
Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding: www.nwboatschool.org; 360-385-4948
Performance Boat School: www.performanceboatschool.com; 352-620-8737
Skipping Fish Boat School: skippingfishboatschool.org; 502-298-0932
WoodenBoat School: www.thewoodenboatschool.com; 207-359-4651
Sail America: www.sailamerica.com; 800-817-7245
Sea Sense: www.seasenseboating.com; 727-289-6917
TrueCourse Captain’s School: www.truecourses.com; 937-478-1947
U.S. Power Squadrons: http://usps.org/
U.S. Sailing: http://training.ussailing.org; 401-683-0800
U-Sail of Central Florida: www.usail.com; 407-330-0633
Westlawn School of Yacht Design: www.westlawn.org; 207-853-6600
TrueCourse Captain’s School; www.truecourses.com ; 937-478-1947
MUSEUMS
Antique Boat Museum: www.abm.org; 315-686-4104
Calvert Marine Museum: www.calvertmarinemuseum.com; 410-326-2042
Cape Cod Maritime Museum: www.capecodmaritimemuseum.org; 508-775-1723
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum: www.cbmm.org; 410-745-2916
Connecticut River Museum: www.ctrivermuseum.org; 860-767-8269
Finger Lakes Boating Museum: www.flbm.org; [email protected]
Herreshoff Marine Museum: www.herreshoff.org; 401-253-5000
J. Russell Jinishian Marine and Sporting Art Gallery http://jrusselljinishiangallery.com/
Maine Maritime Museum: www.bathmaine.com; 207-443-1316
The Mariners’ Museum: www.marinersmuseum.org; 757-596-2222
Maritime Classic Boat Museum: www.mcbmfl.org; 772-692-1234
Museum of Yachting: www.moy.org; 401-847-1018
Mystic Seaport: www.mysticseaport.org; 888-973-2767
New Hampshire Boat Museum: www.nhbm.org; 603-569-4554
New Jersey Maritime Museum: www.museumofnjmh.com; 609-492-0202
New Jersey Museum of Boating: www.njmb.org; 732-859-4767
North Carolina Maritime Museum: www.ncmaritime.org; 252-728-7317
Seaport Museum New York: www.seany.org; 212-748-8786
U.S. Coast Guard Museum: www.uscg.mil; 860-444-8511
U.S. Naval Academy Museum: www.usna.edu; 410-293-2108
FORUMS
BoaterEd: www.boatered.com/forum
The Hull Truth: www.thehulltruth.com
Iboats.com: forums.iboats.com/forum.php
Reel Boating: http://reelboating.com
Coast Guard Auxiliary: http://live.cgaux.org/
DREDGING AND BRIDGES
Army Corps of Engineers: www.ndc.iwr.usace.army.mil; 703-428-9061
Intracoastal Waterway bridges (Virginia and North Carolina): 757-398-6222
Intracoastal Waterway bridges (South Carolina, Georgia, Florida): 305-415-6800
SURVEYORS
American Society of Appraisers: www.appraisers.org; 800-272-8258
Association of Certified Marine Surveyors: www.acms-usa.com; 401-397-1888
National Association of Marine Surveyors: www.namsglobal.org; 757-638-9638
Navtech US Surveyors Association: www.navsurvey.com; 800-245-4425
Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors: www.marinesurvey.org; 904-384-1494
SOCIAL MEDIA
Soundings on Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Soundings-magazine/71711913618
Soundings on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/soundingsonline
Soundings on Twitter: www.twitter.com/soundingsonline
Soundings on YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/SoundingsMagazine?feature=mhum
COAST GUARD
Coast Guard: www.uscg.mil; www.gocoastguard.com
Coast Guard Auxiliary: www.cgauxa.org
Coast Guard Navigation Center: www.navcen.uscg.gov; 703-313-5900
Coast Guard Boating Safety Division: www.uscgboating.org
WEATHER
BoatU.S. Marine Weather: www.boatus.com/marine_weather
Commanders’ Weather: www.commandersweather.com; 603-882-6789
Marine Weather Center: www.mwxc.com; [email protected]
National Weather Service: www.nws.noaa.gov
NOAA Marine Weather: www.weather.gov/om/marine/home.htm
Northeast Marine Weather: www.maineharbors.com/weather/marzone.htm
National Hurricane Center: www.nhc.noaa.gov
Oceanweather: www.oceanweather.com; 203-661-3091
Weather Underground: www.wunderground.com
CRUISING
America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association: www.greatloop.org; 877-478-5667
Attainable Adventure Cruising: www.morganscloud.com; [email protected]
Atlantic Cruising Club: www.atlanticcruisingclub.com; 888-967-0994
Cruising Club of America: www.cruisingclub.org
Cruising the ICW: www.cruisingtheicw.com
Great Lakes Cruising Club: www.glcclub.com; 810-984-4500
MarinaLife: www.marinalife.com; 410-752-0505
Maryland Cruising Club: www.marylandcruisingclub.com; [email protected]
Sea Ray Boat Club of Northern California: www.srbcnc.org;
Seven Seas Cruising Association: http://ssca.org; 954-771-5660
Waterway Cruising Guide: www.waterwayguide.com; 804-776-0044
ASSOCIATIONS
American Boat Builders & Repairers Association: www.abbra.org; 401-247-0318
American Boat and Yacht Council: www.abycinc.org; 410-990-4460
American Sailing Association: www.american-sailing.com; 310-822-7171
American Schooner Association: www.amschooner.org
American Sportfishing Association: www.asafishing.org; 703-519-9691
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association: www.atlintracoastal.org;
Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS): www.boatus.com; 703-461-2878
The Billfish Foundation: http://billfish.org; 800-438-8247
Coast Guard Auxiliary Association: www.cgauxa.org
Cruising Rally Association: www.carib1500.com; 757-788-8872
Discover Boating: www.discoverboating.com;; [email protected]
Eastern Long Island Yachting Association: www.elisailing.org;
International Blue Jay Class Association: www.sailbluejay.org; 716-842-0800
International Game Fish Association: www.igfa.org; 954-927-2628
Maine Built Boats: www.mainebuiltboats.com; 207-899-7570
Michigan Boating Industries Association: www.mbia.org; 734-261-0123
National Boat Owners Association: www.nboat.com; 800-248-3512
National Marine Charter Association: www.marinecharter.org; 800-745-6094
National Marine Distributors Association: www.nmdaonline.com; [email protected]
National Marine Electronics Association: www.nmea.org; 609-345-7070
National Marine Manufacturers Association: www.nmma.org; 312-946-6200
National Marine Representatives Association: www.nmraonline.org; 847-662-3167
National Water Safety Congress: www.watersafetycongress.org; 440-209-9805
Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation: www.rbff.org; 703-519-0013
Recreational Fishing Alliance: www.joinrfa.org; 888-564-6732
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers: www.sname.org
South Carolina Marine Association: www.scmarine.org; 843-889-9067
U.S. Offshore Racing Association: www.offshorerace.org; 401-683-0800
Yacht Brokers Association of America: www.ybaa.com; 410-940-6345
OWNERS CLUBS
Albemarle: www.albemarleboatowners.com
Albin Owners Group: www.albinowners.com
Bayliner: http://www.baylinerownersclub.org/index.php
Bertram: www.bertram.com/owners.aspx
Blackman: www.followingsea.net
Boat Owners Club of America: http://boatcomplaints.com/home.html
Boston Whaler Continuous Wave: http://continuouswave.com/whaler
Boston Whaler: http://bostonwhaler.com/Page.aspx/pageId/30631/Owners.aspx
Carver: www.carverownersclub.com
Chaparral: http://forum.chaparralboats.com
Cheoy Lee: http://www.cheoyleeassociation.com
Cobalt: http://mycobalt.net
Columbia: www.columbia-yachts.com
Chris-Craft Antique Boat Club: www.chris-craft.org/index.php; 319-247-7207
Cruisers: www.cruisersyachtsownersclub.com
Egg Harbor: http://www.eggharborowners.org
Fairline: www.fairlineownersclub.com/forum/portal.php
Glasspar: www.classicglasspars.com
Godfrey: www.godfreyownersclub.com
Grady-White: www.gradywhite.com/clubs
Grady-White: www.greatgrady.com
Gulf Star: www.gulfstarownersclub.com
Hardy: www.hardy-owner.org.uk
Hatteras: www.samsmarine.com/forums/index.php
Hunter: http://hunter.sailboatowners.com
Hurricane: www.hurricaneownersclub.com
Mako: www.classicmako.com
Mariah: www.mariahownersclub.com
Maxum: www.maxumownersclub.com
Meridian: www.meridianyachtowners.com
Pearson: http://pearson.sailboatowners.com
Penn Yan: www.pennyanbbs.org
Pioneer: www.pioneerownersclub.com
Polar Kraft: http://www.polarkraftownersclub.com
Princess: www.princessownersclub.com
Regal: http://www.regalownersforum.com
Rinker: http://rinkerownersclub.com
Sea Ray: www.searay.com/Page.aspx/pageId/9810/Owners-Club.aspx
Sea Ray: http://clubsearay.com
Seacraft Syndicate Boat Owners Club: http://ssboc.com.au
Shamrock: www.fishtheclassic.net/home.php
Silverton: www.silvertonclub.com
Star Craft: http://www.bates-starcraft.co.uk
Striper: http://seastriper.com
Triumph: www.triumphowners.net
Trojan: www.trojanownersclub.com
MEDIA
Boats.com: www.boats.com
Boat Trader: www.boattrader.com
Good Old Boat: www.goodoldboat.com/resources_for_sailors; 701-952-9433
PassageMaker Magazine: www.passagemaker.com
YachtWorld.com: www.yachtworld.com;
Lionseek.com: http://www.lionseek.com/boats
iboats.com: http://boats.iboats.com
Bass Boat HQ http://www.bassboathq.com/
TOWING
Sea Tow: www.seatow.com; 800-473-2869
TowBoatU.S.: www.towboatus.com; 800-888-4869
GEAR AND SERVICES
BoatU.S.: www.boatus.com; 703-461-4666
West Marine: www.westmarine.com; 800-262-8464
Defender Industries: www.defender.com; 800-628-8225
Sailor’s Solutions: www.sailorssolutions.com; 631-754-1945
Hamilton Marine: www.hamiltonmarine.com; 800-639-2715
Gowrie Group: www.gowrie.com/yachtquote; 800-262-8911
iboats.com: http://iboats.com
SmartStop Self-Storage: https://smartstopselfstorage.ca/media/SmartStop-Boat-Storage-Checklist-canada.pdf
