Sailing and Other Nautical Links

This webpage created on 1 September 1999.

Yacht Clubs in Rhode Island

• Barrington Yacht Club
• Bristol Yacht Club
• Conanicut Yacht Club - 1999 Around-the-Island Race website
• Conanicut Yacht Club - Newer Website
• Edgewood Yacht Club
• Ida Lewis Yacht Club - Still Looking for a Link
• Jamestown Yacht Club
• Narragansett Terrace Yacht Club
• Newport Yacht Club
• New York Yacht Club
• Watch Hill Yacht Club - oops, it's gone.

Other Yacht Clubs

• Edgartown Yacht Club
• Hyannis Yacht Club
• Buzzard's Bay (contains links to numerous area clubs)
• Yacht Club Registry (sponsored by Admiralty Insurance)

Links to Weather Sites

• National Weather Service
• NOAA Marine Forecast for Coastal New England
• RI   Weather Forecast (Text version only- includes special weather statements and warnings)
• Premier Marine Electronics Weather Links
• Marine Forecasts
• Tropical Weather - Many pages of detailed descriptions and satellite images from the Weather Underground
• National Hurricane Center; check out their Atlantic Cyclone Forecast Graphics
• Tide Prediction Tables Mass and RI departures from Newport

Yacht Racing Links

• BermudaRace.com - a truly up-to-date website, already having links and info online for the 2002 race!
• Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHRF) of Narragansett Bay
• Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHRF) of New England
• Narragansett Bay Yachting Association NBYA
• Racing Rules of Sailing for 1997-2000
• Whitbread 'Round the World Race
• Bermuda ONE/TWO Race
• Sailing World / Cruising World Racing Issues Archive

America's Cup Sailing Links

• The Official America's Cup Website
• AmericaOne - St. Francis Yacht Club
• America True Challenge / The San Francisco Yacht Club
• Team Dennis Conner / Cortez Racing Association
• Young America Challenge / New York Yacht Club

Sailing Organizations

• Museum of Yachting, Newport, Rhode Island
• Sail Newport
• Sailing.tm Atlantic Race Management Team Site includes weather info, Racing Rules, Narragansett Bay Regatta info and applications(e.g. RIISA). Great Site packed with useful info.
• US Sailing- National Governing Body for sailing in the United States
• International Sailing Federation (formerly IYRU)
• International Snipe Class - this is a very interesting looking one design class.
• Tuesday Evening Snipe Race Results - Newport Yacht Club

Boating Classified Links

• Yachting.com - the complete yachting resource
• Searchable Databases of Boats for Sale - sponsored by Admiralty Insurance
• Searchable Databases of Boats for Sale on Buzzards Bay Home Page - a large assortment of boat classifieds.
• The Trailer Sailor Classifieds
• 1001 Boats for Sale
• Search the Providence Journal classifieds for boats.

Sailing Periodicals

• DIY Boat Owner
• Sailing Magazine
• Soundings Magazine
• Wooden Boat Magazine

Other Nautical Links

• Narragansett Bay WebCam
• How to contain annoying PWCs!
• Walmsley Marine - 401-245-9069. Engines, trailers and more.
• Armchair Sailor Seabooks
• Marine Consignment of Wickford
• Newport Nautical Supply
• DataBoat International Limited
• The Trailer Sailor - an online resource for the small boat sailor
• Boatsafe.com
• CastleCraft - manufacturer of car-toppable boats, including the Snark, Super Snark and Sunflower.
• RIDEM Shellfish Closure Map of Narragansett Bay - For a daily status update of the conditional areas, call (401)222-2900 or (800)256-6500.
• USS Saratoga Museum Foundation, Inc.
• The Figawi 2000 - the yacht race from Hyannis, MA to Nantucket, MA, and back. 27 May to 29 May 2000.
• Mark Rosenstein's Sailing Page - a huge collection of links of nautical interest.
• Historic Lighthouse Preservation Handbook 1997
• NIMA On-line Navigation Publications, USCG Light List
• Cruise Web - an extremely interesting website for cruising and racing sailors alike. Lots of links! But, you do have to deal with those darn GeoCities banners.
• Carl's Sailing Calculator - an interesting interactive webpage to determine various design factors of your sailboat.
• Sailcut CAD Software - freely downloadable Windows software, Sailcut CAD are sail design and plot software packages developed by Robert Lainé. Design and plot your own classical sails, Chinese junk sails and spinnakers.
• Sailrite - an Indiana-based source for sailmaking tools and sail materials. Books on sail design and construction can be found here, also.
• Beacon Fabric and Notions - a Florida-based source of some necessary sailmaking tools and other canvaswork materials.
• NIMA Publications List - USCG Light List - the place to look for obtaining the coordinates and descriptions of the navigational aids throughout the US.
• U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center - Local Notice to Mariners - keep your charts updated with the USCG's downloadable updates.
• Voyage of the Viking knarr Snorri