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The mission of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association (AIWA) is to encourage the continuation and further development of waterborne commerce and recreation in the Intracoastal Waterways of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Flor

Interesting information on the Chesapeake Bay.

Claiborne Young's Informative Information on the Southeast Cruising Grounds

North Carolina/South Carolina ICW general information

Tom Neale's weekly updates of conditions on the ICW

Online cruising guide to all of Cananda.

An interesting website dedicated to the Trent-Severn waterway.

The most extensive website on the Internet for anything you wanted to know about the Rideau. A personally managed website with all things related to the Rideau including excellent maps.

ActiveCaptain is an online marina database with some unique capabilities based around content, communications, and community. It's all about sharing knowledge among the community of marinas and boaters. The database has free access for anyone.

Worldwide Online Cruising Guides, Blogs and Sailing Wiki. View thousands of Marinas, Anchorages and port services.

Interactive mapping feature to preview your destination port and marina before you arrive. View inlets, bridges and locks you will be negotiating on your cruise.

Waterway Guide is an indispensable cruising resource for boaters, with four annually updated guides covering the East Coast, Gulf Coast, Bahamas, Great Lakes and Great Loop Cruise; Waterway Guide Magazine that spotlights what to do ashore; and Web site that provides critical navigational updates and waterway news.

Boating organization for those who are cruising or dream of cruising the Great Loop, the circumnavigation of Eastern North America.

Great Circle/Great Loop "Navigation Notes" - Highly detailed mile by mile cruising guide to the entire Great Loop.

Official Site of the New York State Canal System

Disaster Cleanup and Agency Resources

From the Weather Channel - Excellent slide show of Florida Katrina hurricane damage.

From the Weather Channel. An excellent gulf coast hurricane slide show.

General information on the marine diesel engine

Gulf ICW, Southern Rivers, Maintenance, Repair and General Trawlering Hints

General information on marine transmissions

Waterway Systems is a marine window and door manufacturer that has been in business furnishing replacement windows for Marine Traders, Grand Banks, and many other vessels over the last 30 years.

Short, informative articles by Marine Surveyors

This is the web site of FLUKE, a Krogen Whaleback. Owned by MTOA members Carol and Wayne Thomas and Eddie.

Member # 1234 Joan and Ben Schuetz 1979 MT 44' Classic Caribbean cruising and many downloadable maint/provisioning files.

Daily crusing logs of Peter & Linda Brownell aboard their Marine Trader Tradewinds 47 CPMY "Destiny" Logs include Lake Champlain Vermont to New York City.

Daily cruising logs of MTOA members Paige & Mike Caldwell aboard their 38' Tradewinds "Golden". Cruising the ICW, St. Lawrence River, Erie Canal, Rideau Canal, and Richelieu River.

Articles and blogs about life aboard a DeFever 49

Blog of MTOA members Barry & Barbara Kipnis aboard Iffin

Cruising the US East Coast with 2 kids and 3 cats! MTOA members Bob & Betsey Fehn

This is the blog of Bill & Mary Russell on Harbour Reach a 1975 Pacific Trawler. We have just completed our 7th year of "doin the Loop". This blog covers from Nashville, TN to FL. We started in Deale, MD and took 6 years to complete the northern portions. We just started blogging this year, so there is presently no blog of the northern portions.

This is the blog of Bill & Mary Russell on Harbour Reach a 1975 Pacific Trawler. We have just completed our 7th year of "doin the Loop". This blog covers from FL back to AL plus our stay as volunteers in a FL state park. We started in Deale, MD and took 6 years to complete the northern portions.

Sterling Kennedy's boat logs & pictures aboard Sterling Lady III - homeport Key Largo Fl

ICW cruising blog from MTOA Member Joe Urban

BoatUS has been providing savings, service and representation to millions of boat owners nationwide since 1966. Today BoatUS is the nation's most powerful advocate for advancing the interests of boaters and the single source to meet all boaters needs.

BOATMASTER, a PC based simulator teaches the principles of boat handling at the dock in varying conditions of wind and current.

The program simulates the physics of a boat with single or twin engines, a bow thruster, and allows adjusting parameters to approximate your own boat.

A manual and demo is now available on the website.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal agency in the Federal government for protecting the health and safety of all Amer

CruiseEmail provides the solution for SSB radio communications for email service to boaters private and commercial with worldwide coverage. An amateur radio license is NOT required. Interesting product.

Find out who owns a documented vessel using the USCG searchable database. Search by vessel name or official number.

Charts online, available for print out... free

Living Aboard is the magazine dedicated to people who dream of the life and live the dream of living aboard watercraft. In continuous publication for more than a quarter-century, each bi-monthly edition of Living Aboard shows how liveaboards do it on sail

Interesting information written by an M.D. on dealing with underway medical issues.

General Information Exchange for Grand Banks Trawler Owners hosted by Oxford Yacht Agency, Oxford, MD.

Many articles on how buy a boat, how to choose surveyors, Electrolytic Corrosion, Moisture Meter Myths, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Whats A HIN, Safety on The Water, a 38 page article with photos and sketches entitled "Primer For First Timers Heading South" and many more on a variety of boating topics related to owning and cruising.

The U.S. Coast Guard "Port State Information Exchange" Vessel Search Page allows you to search for an Coast Guard documented vessel by using one or more search criteria.

SEA SENSE, the Women's Sailing and Powerboating School, is owned and operated by professional women boaters, and has been in operation since 1989. Most of our scheduled courses are for women only, but in our specially arranged and custom courses we happil

Interesting site compiling information about seasickness. What it is, how to minimize it, what to do after you get it.

Skipper Bob has published a series of detailed, no nonsense publications that will make your travels on the ICW much easier, safer and less expensive.

A great reasonably priced source for all of your printed clothing needs! The best part is you can have your logo (no set up fee), on multiple different items.

The Internet's leading resource for all those who voyage, cruise, or live aboard under power - and all those who want to.

Trawler-focused gifts: Mugs, sweatshirts, T-shirts, home decorating. Items that are fun to wear, keep at home or just to have on the boat. Perfect for boating enthusiasts. Also buy directly at cafepress.com/trawlerzone.

Official site for the U.S. Coast Guard Auxilary, including information on Coastal Navigation Courses

USPS is a non profit, educational organization dedicated to making boating safer and more enjoyable by teaching classes in seamanship, navigation and related subjects. Members are boating families who contribute to their communities by promoting safe boat

Who actually made your boat??? Find out using the USCG searchable database.

The network for Women in Boating. This site and organization is dedicated to enhancing the boating experience for all women.