Being out at sea is much safer than driving through the downtown traffic. Sites like these help make it so.
Animated
Knots
Now the Web design etc. leaves a lot to be desired, but the simple coolness (and usefulness) of this site...
Boating
Safety and Online Boating Courses
Boating books, videos, and much more. Lowest prices on the Internet guaranteed.
Boat/US
Online Safety Course
It's free, it's useful, it's recommended - and you can even get a certificate!
Flags
Hm...is that boat Bulgarian or from the Phillipines, and is it fishing or carrying
dangerous explosives..? Now you'll know what those flags mean!
National
Safe Boating Council
"190 US and Canadian organizations, all with an interest in boating safety and education." You should also check out the newsletter "Anchor line".
OVATEK
"The only self-righting rigid liferafts in the world." Not something you want mounted on your 20 ft daycruiser, but definitely something to consider on larger seagoing vessels.
Safe
Boating Resource Center
And a resourceful one too.
The
Foundation for Safe Boating and Marine Information, Inc.
Presenting the "Water Watch" and "Teach & Take a Kid" programs. For the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut states - but surely ideas worth introducing elsewhere as well?
US
Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety
Some useful information here, though they might work on the presentation skills...
You will find some excellent on topic books at the Boating Bookshop
For the best boating links, choose from the menu on the left. No menu? Go here!
ã Salty Seas
One of several essential boating sites at
Saltyseas.com