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Maritime Portals, gateways, & resources
Glossaries & Dictionaries
Maritime Classified Ads
Auctions
Maritime Webcams
Electronics, Instruments & Communications |
Maritime Institutes, Councils & Associations Links
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Maritime Portals, gateways, & resources
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Glossaries & Dictionaries • Alan Hartley's Maritime Language Page
• As They Say On the River (A Dictionary of Western Rivers towing)
• Chris Morrison's Small Maritime Lexicon and Dictionaries from 18th & 19th Century Maritime Textbooks
• Definitions and Mnemonics for Sailors and Powerboaters
• A Dictionary of Sea Terms, 1841/1851 (From Richard Henry Dana's The Seaman's Friend )
• An English - German Nautical Dictionary (At Mehrrumpfboote Aktuell)
• A Glossary of Nautical Terms (Circa 1814)
• A Guide for the Perplexed (Translations of all "non-English" phrases in Patrick O'Brian's sea-tales)
• Igor Votava's Shipmodeling Vocabulary
• An Illustrated Glossary of Square Rigger Terminology
• An International Bibliography of Nautical Dictionaries (In French)
• A Jerriais-English Maritime Vocabulary
• A Jerriais-French-English Fishermen's Vocabulary
• Jim Stein's Nautical Dictionary
• Julian Dixon's Polylingual Translating Dictionary and Glossary for Viking Ships and Other Ancient Sailing Craft (To and from English and various languages, dead and living)
• Ken Turner's English-French Dictionary of Sailing Terms
• Links to Online Nautical Dictionaries(Compiled by the International Conference on Maritime Terminology)
• A List of Commonly Used US Coast Guard Acronyms
• Maritime Etymology (Online Dutch, German, French, Swedish and English glossaries and dictionaries)
• A Model Boat Glossary
• The Modern Mariner Glossary (Also the Classic Sea Terms and Shipping Terms glossaries)
• A Nautical European Dictionary (Common nautical terms in English, Turkish, German, French & Spanish)
• Nautical Phrases and the Origins of Some Present Day Expressions
• A New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (The 1815 edition of Falconer's marine Dictionary, scanned images online)
• Old Salt Talk (Links to glossaries and dictionaries)
• Parliamo Scots? Ships and the Sea (Colloquial Scots terms)
• Peter D. Green's Nautical Words and Terminology Page
• A Portuguese-Spanish-English-French Nautical Dictionary
• SchoonerMan's Schooner Vocabulary
• Sea Wake's Spanish Dictionary of Sea Terms
• Ship-Masonry from Betina: Etymological Vocabulary of Traditional Terminology (Croatian shipbuilding voc.)
• Ships' Measurements (Definitions for the most common measurements used in navigation)
• TerraX.org's Glossary of Boating Terms
• A United States Merchant Marine Glossary of Maritime Terms and Definitions (Circa 1944)
• William Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine (1780 edition)
• Wisconsin Sea Grant's Glossary of Nautical Terms
• A Yachting Dictionary of General Information(From the 1913 edition of Dixon Kemp's Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing and Architecture ) |
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Maritime Classified Ads
• Apollo Duck Australia (Free classified ads for boats, equipment, services and property)
• Apollo Duck Canada (Free classified ads for boats, equipment, services and property)
• Apollo Duck Ireland (Free classified ads for boats, equipment, services and property) • Apollo Duck New Zealand (Free classified ads for boats, equipment, services and property) • Apollo Duck South Africa (Free classified ads for boats, equipment, services and property) • Apollo Duck UK (Free classified ads for boats, equipment, services and property) • Apollo Duck US (Free classified ads for boats, equipment, services and property) • Boatdealers.ca (A directory of boat dealers and service centres, boats for sale & wanted listings) • Boat Estate Online Boating & Marine Classifieds (Australia) • BoatJunkie.com (Free classifieds) • Boat Owners World (Free classifieds) • Boat Parts Network (New and used boat parts) • The Boatreference (Second-hand & new, boats, sailing boats, motorboats, boat charters) • Boats and Outboards (UK based site offering free ads for boats, outboards and marine equipment) • Boatsville (Ads for new and used boats) • BoatXchange - Used Boats - Sell a boat (Used boats for sale, boat auctions, boat classifieds)
• CaptainsNow.com (Free boating classifieds) • Fish 4 Fun (Fishing gear classified ads) • Great Lakes Sail for Sale (Free classifieds) • MarineEngine.com (Free photo classified ads for marine engines of all kinds) • OldBoat.com (Free photo classified ads for any pre-1970 powerboat or parts, antique, historic, classic, or old boat)
• Puget Sounder ("The online boating rag" free classifieds) • Restore-Online (Ads for project boats and parts for sale and wanted) • Rocky Mountain Boat & RV Net (Boat and RV classified ads) • Small Boat Forum Free Classified Ads
• Thinkswapmeet.com (Classified ads for all things old: boats, tools, boat hardware, and more)
• USBoatAds (Boat and watercraft classifieds, free photos in ads) • Watercraft.gs (Free classified ads) |
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Auctions
• Admiralty Ship Sales (Ship auctioneers, Durban, South Africa)
• Advance Auctions (Marine auctions, Sydney, Australia)
• AuctionSail.com (Boats and boating accessories auctions)
• BigBoats.com Auction (Accessories, collectibles, etc.)
• BoatXchange - Used Boats - Sell a boat (Used boats for sale, boat auctions, boat classifieds)
• MarineBid.com, Inc. ("Auctioning everything marine including boats and yachts")
• My Boat Link (Collaborative marketplace for buying, selling, and trading boats, gear and accessories)
• Sailbay (Marine online auctions)
• US Auctions (Specializing in the sale of insurance salvage and storm damaged boats) |
Maritime Webcams
• Seaport Web Cams for pictures of various ports and docks.
• Allette Energy's Lake Cam (Duluth, Minnesota)
• The Block Island New Harbor Webcam
• The Copper Harbor Webcam (Copper Harbor, Michigan)
• EagleHarborcam.com (Eagle Harbor, Michigan)
• The Friday Harbor WebCam
• The Great Lakes Aquarium Web Cam (A view of the harbor and lift bridge at Duluth)
• Great Lakes Maritime Institute Live Detroit River Cam(From the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle)
• Harbor Vista Park WebCam and Weather Conditions (Overlooking the Siuslaw River entrance)
• The Kennebunkport WebCam
• The Lakeland Cam (Different photos of the English Lake District daily)
• The Maine Webcams Network
• The Mystic Seaport WebCam
• National Weather Service, Portland's Coastal Cams Collective
• The Newport, Oregon Skycam (Shots of Yaquina Bay and the port of Newport)
• Ocean Cams Around the World
• Oregon Coast Web Cameras
• Oregon/Washington Coast Weather Cams
• Panama Canal Live Cameras (Miraflores Locks, Gatun Locks, Centennial Bridge)
• SchoonerCam (Watching the building of the schooner Virginia in Norfolk, Virginia)
• The Scilly Webcam (Scilly Isles, UK)
• US Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Webcams |
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Electronics, Instruments & Communications
• Anchor Express (Online retailer of marine electronics and GPS equipment, Quincy, Massachusetts)
• Aqua-Vu (Tiny remote underwater video cameras)
• At Sea Electronics, Inc. (US and international distributor for marine radio/tv entertainment antenna systems manufactured by Naval Electronics AB of Malmo, Sweden)
• AutoNav Marine Systems Inc. (Marine computers, network instruments, autopilots)
• Bethel Marine Electronics Inc. (A Florida based retail and wholesale marine electronics dealer for all major brands of equipment)
• BlackWatch Marine (Online sales of gauges and instruments)
• BlueRay Marine Boating Security Systems Bluewater Books & Charts (Navigation instruments)
• Brunei Bay Radio (HF radio & HF e-mail services for recreation vessels in Asia, & Indian Ocean)
• Canadian Marine Wavespeedometer Ltd. (Electronic speed measurement instruments)
• Celestaire Marine and Air Navigation Instruments (Navigation computers)
• Centroid Products (Maker of computerized tank gauges)
• Coast to Coast Marine (Marine and fishing electronics sales)
• CruzPro Electronic Boat Instruments, Alarms and Monitors Dockyard Electrics (Sales of electronics and accessories, Chaguaramas, Trinidad)
• exoMarine (Online sales of gauges and instruments)
• Faria Instruments (Engine monitoring gauges and meters)
• FindAnyManual.com (PDF copies of manuals for marine electronics)
• Furuno USA, Inc. (Radar, fish finders, radios, etc.)
• Global Wireless (HF radio maritime communications service provider)
• Glomex (Radio, TV & GPS antennas, cables and accessories, Italy)
• GPS Receiver Manufacturers, System Integrators, Equipment Suppliers, and Service Providers (Listing provided by the Canadian Space Geodesy Forum and the University of New Brunswick)
• Guardian Instruments (Line tension and payout monitors, crane load monitoring instruments)
• Hamilton Global Management (Navigation equipment wholesaler, Latvia)
• H. F. Radio On Board (Equipment for marine SSB, HAM, satellite, e-mail)
• Humminbird (Manufacturer of fishfinders, GPS, radios and accessories)
• Icom America Marine Radios
• Information Management Consultants Ltd.(IMC, maritime data communications, satellite communications & software, internet connections)
• Inmarsat (Global mobile satellite communications)
• John's Cheapo Anemometer (A windsurfer's inexpensive home-brew anemometer)
• Klein Associates Inc. (Manufacturer of side scan sonar systems, sub-bottom profilers and related instruments and accessories, Salem, New Hampshire)
• Knotstick Sailboat Speedometers (Simple, inexpensive strain measuring chip logs)
• Landfall Navigation (Navigation equipment)
• Litton Guidance & Control Systems (G&CS, a developer and producer of inertial navigation systems for military applications)
• Lowrance Electronics, Inc. (Sonar, GPS, and aviation electronics)
• Magellan Systems (GPSs)
• Marble Marine Electronics (Manufacturer of electronic equipment for commercial ships, The Netherlands) • Marine Computing International Ltd. (Navigation software and hardware)
• The Marine Electronics Homepage (A Guide to marine electronics companies, sites & info around world)
• The Marine Electronics Webring MarineNet(Radio to internet high speed marine messaging services)
• MarinersXchange (Marine consignment store, Steveston, British Columbia)
• Marine Sonic Technology, Ltd. (Side scan sonar systems)
• Maritime Mobile Service Network (Amateur radio third party communications network)
• The Maritime Radio Historical Society Message Center Inc. (Marine/maritime communications, telephone answering services)
• Moor Electronics (Sailing & trolling instruments)
• National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) Naval Marine TV Antennas (Marine TV antenna systems for Navy, merchant shipping, work boats and fine yachts)
• NorCross Marine Products (Maker of portable fish finders and depth sounders)
• North Sea Navigator, Inc.(Magnetic compasses, compass adjusting service, clocks, barometers, sextants, plotting tools, charts, binoculars, radar reflectors, etc.)
• Ockam Instruments (For racing sailboats)
• Pinpoint Systems International (Navigation hardware and software)
• Quest Telecom International (Satellite communications systems)
• Raytheon Marine Richard Paul Russell Limited (Pocket anemometers)
• SailMail (Email services for yachts via marine HF SSB radio)
• Saint Brendan's Isle (Mail, message and chandlery service to cruising clients who are living and traveling aboard their boats)
• Scantron Ltd. (Seascan and Echoplus ground discrimination systems that interface with existing echosounders and plotters)
• Servicios Nauticos SRL (Raytheon, Garmin, Shakespeare dealer, Colonia, Uruguay)
• Shakespeare Composites & Electronics (Radios, fiberglass reinforced composite antennas)
• Simrad AS (Manufacturer of Simrad, Shipmate, Robertson and Navico Marine electronics
• Snake River Electronics (Maker of Acugage tank level monitoring systems)
• Speedtech Instruments (Windspeed, waterspeed and depth gauges)
• Star Marine Depot (Online sales of marine electronics)
• Stratos (Marine satellite services, mobile satellite communications)
• Telson Communications (GPS navigation equipment)
• Thomas Distributing (NiMH batteries, chargers, etc.)
• Transas (Maker of navigation systems)
• Trimble Navigation Limited ("The GPS Solution")
• Uniden Electronics
• The University of Rhode Island Foundation(Marine electronics and other miscellaneous equipment for sale)
• Waterman Services ("Suppliers of computer solutions for the mariner", Vancouver, BC)
• Waypoint (Computers, navigation equipment)
• The Wireless Watchman (An onboard monitoring software security system based on GPS that tracks a boat twenty four hours a day seven days a week)
• www.measureANYTHING.com (Online sales of instruments to measure anything - flow, temperature, pressure, voltage, gas, more)
• Xantic (Satellite communications service provider)
• XM Satellite Radio Service
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