Best of the internet...

Posted By: Greg, Com-Pac 23/3 "Ohana" Port Orange, FL
Date: 10/26/08 8:28a.m.

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What are some of the best sailing resources/tools you've found on the net? I have a few: Sailfow.com forecasts winds as well as offers current conditions and historical data. I keep this one in my menu bar and check it quite often. http://www.sailflow.com A couple sites I've found offer nautical chart overlays on Google Earth. Click on each link below and download a small .kml file. If you have Google Earth installed (the application, not the google map website), it will open your Google Earth and as you zoom in on a location, the nautical chart data will become visible. Infinitely useful! http://earth.google.com/ <--Get Google Earth here. http://navimatics.com/maps.aspx <--Navimatics sells map data for Garmin GPS and iPhone and offers a free online version here http://earthnc.com/online <--EarthNC offers a lot of free online tools and stand-alone versions for sale. ActiveCaptain currently has a visual database of over 10,000 marinas, over 15,000 local knowledge markers, 4,000 reviews, and 2,000 anchorages. It's web-based, using google earth. http://www.activecaptain.com/ <--A great site!! Free registration required. I'm not affiliated in any way with any of these site. Just passing along some good info to some good people. --Greg