POWER SQUADRONS

Canadian Power Squadron - Vancouver Island North District
Click on 'Squadrons' to find the one nearest you!

Canadian Power Squadron - Vancouver Island South District
Click on 'Squadrons' to find the one nearest you!

YACHT CLUBS - Vancouver Island

Maple Bay Yacht Club

Ladysmith Yacht Club

Victoria Yacht Club

Deep Bay Yacht Club

Royal Victoria Yacht Club

LIVING ABOARD ON VANCOUVER ISLAND/Elsewhere

Live-Aboard Site
A sometimes tongue-in-cheek look at the liveaboard life, but a site with lots of good info.

OTHER ASSOCIATIONS/ORGANIZATIONS

The BC Sailing Association

Maritime Museum of BC, Victoria

Georgia Strait Alliance
OUR MISSION: To protect and restore the marine environment and promote the sustainability of Georgia Strait, its adjoining waters and communities

Sea Kayak Association of BC
There's great training, fun trips and a focus on paddling safely

Salt Spring Island Sailing Club

Turkey Head Sailing Association

Canadian Forces Sailing Assoc. - Esquimalt

Disabled Sailing Association of BC - Victoria contact info

Beneteau Owners Public Website

Catalina Owners

Canadian Recreational Canoeing Association

CS Yacht Owners Assoc.

International Nonsuch Owners Assoc.

Chris Craft Antique Boat Club

BC MultiHull Association

Jeanneau Owners

CGAs

Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary, Pacific Region
As an integral part of the Volunteer Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary and the Canadian Search and Rescue (SAR) system, CCGA-P's Mission is to provide a volunteer marine rescue service and to promote public Boating Safety throughout the Pacific Region.

BROKERS/BUYING, SELLING

BC Yacht Brokers Association
For more than a decade, the YBA has been promoting boating throughout British Columbia by ensuring a high professional standard for yacht brokers.

Boat Trader Online
The #1 Internet resource for millions of boating enthusiasts, hosting over 97,000 online classified ads that include boats, parts, engines and accessories.

My Dream Boat
Boat sales and yachting news!

BOOKS/CHARTS/CHANDLERS

Compass Rose Nautical Books, Sidney
New and used nautical books and charts

RIGGING

Yachttech Spars and Rigging Systems, Sidney

HAUL-OUTS; REPAIRS; BOAT-BUILDING

Philbrooks Boat Yard, Sidney

Westwind Hardwood, Sidney
We have a wide selection of all types of wood, but our passion is boats. We build. We cruise. And so we love to specialize in boat lumber and marine plywood. Whether you are starting a first-time project, or an expert who wants to be able to talk to someone who knows your language, we are the people to work with.

Jabsco
Find comprehensive details including technical datasheets and exploded diagrams to assist you in identifying the product or parts you require.

Boatbuilding Books
'Great encouragement for boatwrights.' Boatbuilding books and sources of information for Boat Building and Design, for beginning and expert boatbuilders, and families.

Boatdiesel.com
Dedicated to independently providing detailed information on Marine Diesels and associated equipment.

RELEVANT GOVERNMENT LINKS

Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection
British Columbia enjoys an exceptional wealth and diversity of ecosystems and natural resources. Together, they confer a wide range of economic, social and recreational benefits, and a concurrent responsibility to future generations. The ministry plays an essential role in encouraging and supporting the efforts of British Columbians to maintain a healthy environment and the important benefits that accompany it ? enhanced human health, sustainable economic development and a high quality of life.

Canadian Coast Guard, National Site
CCG is a complex, multi-layer organization. At its most basic, it is a collection of marine programs and services - Search and Rescue; Boating Safety; Environmental Response; Icebreaking; Marine Navigation Services; Marine Communications and Traffic Services; and Navigable Waters Protection - that are collected under the CCG Marine Programs banner. It exists to support the departmental mandated objectives of protecting the marine and freshwater environment, maintaining maritime safety, and facilitating maritime commerce and ocean development. Support to those CCG Programs is provided by the CCG Fleet, as well as by Integrated Technical Support. With links to the Pacific Region site.

Canadian Notices to Mariners
Sign up to receive email notification of updates.

Transport Canada's Pacific Region Information
Marine Safety's mandate encompasses the full spectrum of responsibilities related to Ship Safety and the protection of the environment, and provides marine expertise for general and policy matters.

PACIFIC NORTH-WEST BOATING

NorthWest Cruising
A list of links to North-west cruising sites, including lots of personal stories -- great rainy day reading!

NorthwestBoating
For boaters venturing into the Pacific NorthWest/Puget Sound area, this site has detailed information on over 300 destinations, and dozens of other boating-related links.

TRADES/TRAINING

Heads Up Navigation Power Boat Training, Sidney

'Encyclopedia of Sailing'
UK Sailmakers "Encyclopedia of Sailing" - a complete course, online.

Anchor Study
Read about some interesting anchor tests.

Nautical Know-How
Boating courses, tips, safety, contests and news, for adults and children. Contains the usual American slant, but still a good resource for boaters.

BC Marine Trades Association
The BC Marine Trades Association is the voice of the recreational marine industry in British Columbia. Working with other industry groups and all levels of government to provide a strong and consistent voice for the boating community.

CHARTERS

Wind Walker Sightseeing Charters, Victoria.

WEATHER

Environment Canada's Green Lane
WeatherOffice.ec.gc.ca is Environment Canada's official online-presence for meteorological information and public forecasts.

Lighthouse Weather Reports
Clickable links to every lighthouse weather station on this coast.

TIDES

WX Tide
WXTide32 is a FREE 32-bit Windows (9x/NT/2k/ME/XP) downloadable program for predicting tides from 1970 to 2038. The included database has tide data for about 8,500 stations around the world and over 100 North American tidal current stations. Tides and currents can be displayed in graphical form or any of several text forms including daily tide lists and monthly tide calendars. The program is self-contained and has context sensitive help and extensive options to customize the content, display and presentation of data. A small installation program and all "C" source code are included.

Canadian Tide Tables
This electronic version of the Tide Tables provides predicted times and heights of high and low waters, and the hourly water levels for over six hundred stations in Canada. The printed version is published yearly and is available through the authorized chart dealers across the country and internationally.

VANCOUVER ISLAND EVENTS

The 2003 Swiftsure Race
May 24-26th is the date to mark on your calendar.

Cadillac Van Isle 360 Sailboat Race

CULTURE, FOLKLORE, TRIVIA

Nautical Superstitions
A great list of maritime customs and superstitions.

Docking Simulator
This site is a 'docking simulator' have fun!

Nautical Flags
From A to Z, nautical flags and their meaning, with full-color illustrations of each flag.

Nautical Terms
A glossary of nautical terms, circa 1814.

shanty.com
The lyrics to hundreds of traditional and modern shanties and sailor songs. 'A dollar a day is a stevedore's pay.'

Flag Signals
Learn about maritime and semaphore flag signals, and convert your boat's name to flag code here!

MEDIA, Vancouver Island

WaveLength Paddling and Kayaking Magazine
The Free Online Kayaking Magazine For Kayakers, Paddlers And Boaters Everywhere

MEDIA, Elsewhere

Houseboat Magazine
Information, resources, articles and classifieds all about houseboats.

Wooden Boat Magazine

The Waggoner Guide to NW Cruising

DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Boater's Magazine

By-the-Sea.com
An online boating magazine with the usual American ?slant? but otherwise lots of good information for boaters including boats for sale, events, message boards, boat builders, boat dealers, other interesting links, and more.

Power and MotorYacht Magazine
Online archive of ?maintenance? articles ? hundreds of themes, topics, tips and tricks.

MISCELLANEOUS

Mainsailing.com
Being Prepared For The Likely Medical Emergencies At Sea

Lighthouses of BC

INTERNATIONAL LINKS of Interest to Boaters

Panama Canal
The Panama Canal -- complete with live WebCam

Sailing Associations of the world.
A list of hundreds of sailing associations, clubs and organizations in North America.

International S and R Sites
A list of, and links to, international Search and Rescue sites.

Yacht Clubs of the World
Links to the websites of well over 1,250 Yacht Clubs worldwide.

The ?Online Yacht Club?
Has message boards/forums for everything from outfitting to dinghies to living aboard.

The National Data Buoy Centre
from the US, but this site has info on buoys all over the world.

Cruiser's Forum
The global discussion board for world-cruising sailors and wannabe?s.

Port Authorities
Links to hundreds of port authorities around the world.

Compass Marine Gifts
First-class compasses, jewellery and marine gifts - you can order directly online, and it's a CANADIAN company.

BOATING, CRUISING, LIVING ABOARD - General

Continuous Wave
continuousWave.com has been on-line providing high-quality content for boaters since 1994. Classic Boston Whalers, sail-Logs (a collection of boating stories, narratives, and log books), maintenance logs, and a searchable database of over 10,000 articles.

Boat Plans Online
Includes "how to" files, freeware and shareware, downloadable plans, and lots of other links.

Fishing and Boats.com
Boats, sailing and fishing problems solved with the best Web source for marine electrics and electronics information. Articles, answers and good advice on boats by world renowned book author John Payne. Also site for the online Marine Electrical School.

Cruiser Log
Yacht position reports, Cruising narratives, Marine radio nets, Crewfinder, Cruising FAQ's, Boating books, Message board, Cruiser Forum, Classifieds, Sailing news, Chat room, Weather and sailing links.

Online Marine Surveyor
If you're considering buying a boat or if you need some tips on maintaining the one you've got, this is the place to go. A marine surveyor's commercial site, but lots of articles, checklists and resources, regardless.

Pocket Cruiser's Guide
This site is intended to be a guide to those who are seeking to buy, build, or sail a pocket cruising sailboat. "I'm defining pocket cruiser as a trailerable, easily launchable sailboat of 30 feet or less with a cabin that provides some sleeping quarters. These boats should be fairly easy to handle on the road behind typical cars.

For Classic Boat Enthusiasts
This is a directory with an entire PAGE of links of interest to anyone who has an old woodie or any other classic boat. From 'how-to's' to parts stores, this page has it all.

OCEANS, CONSERVATION - National, International

Ocean Conservancy
We envision a world of healthy, protected oceans with wild and flourishing ecosystems free of pollution and filled with diverse and abundant marine life.

Oceans/Help
There are a lot things each one of us can do to help preserve, restore and protect the seas.

Vancouver Aquarium
The Marine Science Centre Online

WOMEN ABOARD - National, International

Women Aboard!
To enhance the boating experience for ALL women aboard through information, education, camaraderie and support.

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