Sailing Resource Lens

All for Seatizens - Personalized solutions, tools and resources for boating, yachting, scuba diving and windsurfing businesses and consumers. Directory , boat catalog, marketplace, news, travel guides, forums, webcams, weather, and images.

Boat Design.net - Links to hundreds of resources regarding plans, designs, engines, shipyards, materials, books, and software.

Boat Journal - Classifieds, boater's library, marine services, boat life, and weather and tide information.

Boat Owner's World - Links to boating, sailing, fishing, diving, windsurfing, paddling, and water-skiing sites worldwide. Includes information on new boats, marinas, motors, parts, charters, and dealers.

The Boat Refinishers Directory - Boat and yacht refinishers directory listed by state.

Boat Supplies Guide - Guide provides tips, links and advice for buying boating supplies online.

BoatingNews.Com - Directory of marine related news items for new boats, boating, sailing, fishing, paddling. Information source for electronics, marinas, engines, boat dealers, streaming videos boat tests and a classified section to buy or sell any boat product.

BoatlinX - Searchable directory of nautical sites.

BoatOwner.Com - Directory and information on boat builders, engines, marinas, dealers, fishing, and paddling. For sale and wanted classified for new and used boats of all types, engines, accessories, and property.

BOATreference - A boating website with information on financing, insurance, shipyards, magazines, boat shows, and on-line shops.

Boattalk.com - Consumer information portal for the worldwide boating community. Boat opinion database, 80 message forums, marine industry internet directory, and free picture classifieds.

Craig O'D's Cheap Pages - Small boats: plans, cleats, sails, sharpies, proas, outriggers, Chinese jun

Alrama's Knots - Animated graphics of several knots being tied.
Animated Knot Tying Software - Downloadable demonstration software
Baggy's Rope Box - Covers the Angler's loop, the Fisherman's knot, and the Friendship knot. Step by step illustrations and instructions.
Beer Knot - Photos and instructions for tying this variant of the water knot.
Best Knots for Fishing and Outdoors - Illustrations and instructions for a large number of knots used in fishing, boating and paddling.

Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue Group - Covers climbing and rescue knots including how to make a seat harness from webbing and the bowline-on-a-coil. Photos and instructions.
Caving Knots - Illustrated guide to the most commonly used knots in underground exploration.
5.10 Climbing Club: Double Butterfly - Explanation, illustrations, and instructions.
Climerware - Analysis of the strength loss caused by using a girth hitch. Climbing variations of the girth hitch, the dogvine, the mule knot, and the Figure-8. How to tie a bowline and clove hitch one-handed.
Grog's Animated Knots - Knots for boating, climbing, and fishing with clear animations.

Ian's Shoelace Site - Illustrations and instructions. Including common, faster and more secure knots. Also a section on different methods of lacing shoes.

Irish Climbing - Covers common climbing knots, including five friction knots for ascending the rope. Illustrations and common uses.