Marine Navigation

Inmarsat

• Stratos  A satelite service provider (ISP/AA) for Inmarsat. Paul Downey is Manager, Marine Data Services.
• Email Address Registration  For Stratos Account holders to add registered senders
• Inmarsat  Homepage
• Inmarsat Support Page  Download the SaftetyNET Handbook
• Inmarsat Regions  Map 325KB
• Galaxy Inmarsat-C/GPS  Trimble corp page

Cospos-Sarsat (EPIRB)

• Cospos-Sarsat  Search and rescue system

Commercial Sites

• Armchair Sailor  Courtesy and signal flags
• Windward Commnications  Everett WA
• HF Radio On Board  Alameda, CA (recommends SCS PTC-II modem)
• Waypoints  Charts, books, software. Alameda, CA
• Neocode Electronics   Check out the 322ARX for addon DSC to existing SSB
• ICOM America  Corp home page
• PinOak  PinOak digital email ala Icom (PODlink digirtal modem is alternative to SCS PTC-II)
• Universal Radio  Good prices, good service, good products
• Coretex Marine  WeatherFax software
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• Bronze Bells  
• UK Marina Directory

Non-Commercial Sites

• ABYC  American Boat And Yacht Council -- ABYC Standards
• USCG Merchant Mariner Info Center  Approved courses and licensing
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• AMSEA  Cold water survival training courses
• NPFVOA  Training courses. Note damage control and repair kits.
• The Captain's Maritime Links
• Uncle Sparky's  Site for maritime radio professionals. Message board with current issues.
• Maritime Institute Inc   Training

Marine Communications

• USCG Marine Communications    Info about DSC and GMDSS and other stuff
• FCC on GMDSS   The bureaucratic technical regs
• Notes On GMDSS and DSC  Misc extracts from above sites (txt file).
• GMDSS Equipment  JMM attempt to discern GMDSS requirements (txt file).

NIMA Marine Navigation Site

• NIMA Home  National Imaging And Mapping AgencyH omepage
• NIMA Index  
• Marine Navigation Calculator
• Notices to Mariners
• ONI Worldwide Threat To Shippping ONI (Office Of Naval Intelliegence)
• Light Lists  !!!!!!!!!

Time

• U.S. Naval Observatory   Clocks And Time
• Gordon Uber's Clocks & Time   Clocks And Time

Rules Of The Road

• Colregs   International Regulations for Preventing Collisions At Sea (HTML)(see also USCG site)
• BaySail   Rules of the Road and other Quizes; SF Bay Discussion Groups; Crew Lists; Baycam Links; Other Links
• COMDTINST M16672.2C  USCG site to download Navigation Rules International-Inland and exam questions (pdf)