- Ahoy, Mateys!—Welcome aboard, and, About Shanachie’s Name
- Site Map—<< YOU ARE HERE!
Wonderful writing from some of our fellow sailors’ blogs & websites (listed by boat). Some sail solo, some sail with *kids! [Note: some boats have changed, some people have since "swallowed the anchor" and moved ashore, but the original insightful websites remain], and so, they appear in our list here.
Tack on over to a Contact Us email form and a Voyages photo album here.
Some favorite external links: resources for surf, weather, cruising, distance learning, and fun!
WEATHER & SURF
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- Stormsurf—Surf forecasts and reports, wave models, and marine weather
- NOAA National Weather—NOAA National Weather Service (USA)
- MetVuw Weather—New Zealand (and South Pacific) weather and climate service
- MetService—another great weather source from New Zealand for the South Pacific region
- MetBob—the well-known weather guru Bob McDavitt’s “ideas for sailing around the South Pacific” among other handy gems
- NRL Monterey—US Naval Research Laboratory satellite meteorology
- Windyty Wind Forecast—worldwide wind forecasts on a mesmerizing site
CRUISING | SAILING
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- Sailing Anarchy—an often-irreverent site that tells is like it is, no holds barred, presenting the sport of sailing “topics, ideas and, critiques that have never been written about before. Anywhere.”
- Pressure Drop—a site dedicated to anything sailing and sailors everywhere on the planet
- Noonsite: Global Cruising—Lots of info for global cruising sailors, most visited for its piracy updates!
BOAT RESOURCES
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- Blair Boats —The shop of master New Zealand boatbuilder, David Blair, who, with Joe, originally built Shanachie as a wee lad of 23
- Ballenger Spar Systems —Owner Buzz Ballenger, the foremost mast fabricator on the West Coast
- Svendsen’s Marine —Our favorite marine supply store
- Lifestyle Canvas and Sails —A qualified sail and canvas maker who does beautiful work—highly recommended
OTHER COOLIO STUFF
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- PatentWear—Our own online t-shirt design business... why not “slip into a little bit of history” with authentic patents (including nautical!) as wearable art?!
- Laurel Springs School —The accredited K-12 distance learning school that we used for our daughter’s 11th grade school year
- Geocaching—A fun activity for everyone, especially cruisers who routinely find themselves in exotic locations
