Web sites of interest
Software on board is a great nav program that most of us use. It can be obtained in various places including Digiboat.com http://digiboat.us/
World wide grib files. http://earth.nullschool.net/
Earths magnetic field, that is variation … http://maps.ngdc.noaa.gov/viewers/historical_declination/
Current information http://www.fishtrack.com/fishing-charts/new-south-wales_58651
Free maritime library http://www.libramar.net/
Sailor' Market: www.sermarine.com
Wind action https://www.windyty.com/?-34.017,151.033,4
Wave rider information http://mhl.nsw.gov.au/www/real_quick.htmlx
Wind and tide http://wavewindtide.sydneyports.com.au/wave/weather_original.asp
Search and Rescue http://www.amsa.gov.au/Search_and_Rescue/
Coastal weather forecast http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDN10023.html
Fishing information http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fisheries/recreational/saltwater-fishing/fads
About radio licences www.amc.edu.au/omc
Marine Traffic www.marinetraffic.com/ais
Offshore Tracking http://www.marinerescuensw.com.au/offshore_tracking/index.php
Bom http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/
List of all IRC boats http://www.topyacht.com.au/rorc/irc_select.php
An Atomic time check http://www.speaking-clock.com/Sydney_252.html
On-line Navigation Text Book http://www.sailingissues.com/navcourse0.html
NSW Maritime http://www.maritime.nsw.gov.au/vessel_navigation_tool/nav_home.html
(provides chart symbol definitions)
NSW Maritime http://www.maritime.nsw.gov.au/index.html
Time clock http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_UTC.aspx
Five day weather and wind graphs http://www.seabreeze.com.au/graphs/nsw.asp
Tides http://www.bom.gov.au/oceanography/tides/
Surf Cameras http://www.coastalwatch.com/templates/default.aspx
HF propogation rates http://www.ips.gov.au/
Sydney Harbour http://aisserver.yachtmarine.com/CV-SIDNEY.html
AIS for Europe http://www.digimap.gg/ais
Trial copy of Expedition software http://www.tasmanbaynav.co.nz/
Best sailmakers http://www.hoodaustralia.com.au/index.cfm?PageID=8
A weekly newsletter http://www.sail-world.com/australia/knots.cfm
The American Practical Navigator - free Navigation text bookhttp://www.irbs.com/bowditch/
Website for dreamers http://www.superyachttimes.com/editorial/10/
Website for radio regulator http://www.acma.gov.au
Spot the plane for interest http://flightaware.com/live/
Some technical issues http://www.sailboat-technology.com/links/online_articles.php
Coastal waters forecast http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDN10023.html
Six day synopsis http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDG00073.shtml
Bureau of Meteorology Radar http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR033.loop.shtml
Interesting charting program http://marine.geogarage.com/routes
Report into the accident between Pink Lady and Ship, single handed sailing against ships
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2009/mair/268-mo-2009-008.aspx
Coastal waters forecast http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDN10023.html
Maritime quiz http://www.isee.com.au/maritime/start_quiz.html
Time clock for each time zone http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/astronomy.html?n=240
Tides at Fort Denison http://tides.willyweather.com.au/nsw/sydney/fort-denison.html
Selection of Surf Cams
w:// Celestial Nav course www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=1150#.VXEAW0Zbj4N
Weather in Pittwater now www.pitwaterweather.com
Sunrise and Sunsets http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/astro/sunrisenset
NSW Marine Rescue http://www.marinerescuensw.com.au/
Useful boating test http://www.isee.com.au/maritime/start_quiz.html
Sydney Ports http://www.sydneyports.com.au/
Want to know how to splice? http://www.ropeworks.biz/archive/arch.html#ANIMATED
Good marks program http://www.thebigblue.com.au/lateral%20markers.htm
Navigation Text
http://www.sailboat-technology.com/links/online_articles.php.
Yacht tracking sites a call sign as an example..
http://www.pangolin.co.nz/xtras/yotreps/tracker.php?ident=VK3LAA
free stuff http://www.pangolin.co.nz/free_stuff
http://www.pangolin.co.nz/
http://services.wlw.winlink.org/maps/PositionReports.aspx?callsign=VK3LAA
List of boats reporting (click on 'track')
http://www.pangolin.co.nz/yotreps_reporting_boat_list
Ocean Currents: http://oceancurrent.imos.org.au/sst.php
BOM MetEye: http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/meteye/?loc=NSW_FA001
SeaBreeze: http://www.seabreeze.com.au/weather/nsw/sydney
Buoyweather: http://www.buoyweather.com
All About Sailing – Navigation: http://www.allaboutsailing.co.uk/navigation-articles.html
Noonsite: http://www.noonsite.com/General/Routing
Australian Hydrographic Service: http://www.hydro.gov.au/
Marine Apps: http://i-marineapps.blogspot.com.au/
NOAA: magnetic variation http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/declination.shtml
Canadian magnetic variation calculator: http://geomag.nrcan.gc.ca/calc/mdcal-en.php
iPolar: polar plots http://www.sailingperformance.com/iPolar.html
Chart Symbols: http://www.mpa.gov.sg/sites/pdf/chart1_jan13.pdf
PC's -Expedition http://www.expeditionmarine.com
NMEA WiFi Adaptors
Digital Yacht: http://www.digitalyachtamerica.com/index.php/en/products/interfacing/nmea-to-wifi-adaptors
iPad Apps
· Navionics: navigation
· iNavX: navigation
· Weather4D : offshore weather routing
· iPolar: generates polar charts based on parameters
· iRegatta: starting and round the cans racing
· AyeTides XL: tide prediction / tidal streams
· PredictWind: high resolution coastal weather routing
· WeatherTrack: grib file viewer and weather routing
· PocketGrib: grib file viewer
· GrigExplorer: grib file viewer
· Ship Finder HD: AIS vi