Preparing

Here are some links we’ve found helpful:

Gaining experience

• Mahina Expeditions
• Your local racing clubs

Classes

• ASA Certifications
• Cruisers College (Anacortes Washington)
• Port Townsend Sails (Port Townsend, Washington)

Route planning and Navigation

• OpenCPN
• OpenSeaMap
• Understand your map projections
• Sea Seek Distance Calculator
• Ocean Cruising Club 2021 article by Rob Murray
• Hacking Family
• Soggy Paws

Rogue Waves

• MIT Tech Review on rogue wave predictions
• Rogue Wave map by Burkard Baschek

Tides and Currents

• Deep Zoom Tide and Currents Animation
• PNW Current Atlas (mobile device only)

Organized Rallies, Regattas and Odysseys

• ARC Series (World Cruising Club)
• Baha Ha-Ha (Latitude 38)
• Pacific Puddle Jump (Latitude 38)
• Musket Cove Regatta (Fiji)
• Sail Indonesia
• Odysseys (Jimmy Cornell)

Volunteer Opportunities

• Ocean Research Project

Medical

• VaccineHub (interactive map of travel recommendations)
• Out Chasing Stars Medical Kit

Weather planning

• Google sheet that summarizes rain, wind and storms by month
• WeatherSpark (this is one of my favorites)
• Earth global wave, currents, wind and temperature patterns
• PredictWind
• Windy
• Ventusky wind, current, waves, temperature predictor
• Interactive Wind Atlas

Marine Traffic

• Marine Traffic Density Map and Route Planner
• Marine Traffic (Live)
• Global Fishing Watch

Tools to help you name your boat

• US Coast Guard Vessel Search
• Ryhmezone to find synonyms and alliterations
• Dictionary and search for words containing “X”