Nautical Links

Aids to Navigation - Transport Canada's Office of Boating Safety illustrated guide.

Bluewater Cruising Association - A Vancouver based group of over

Boating Safety - The Transport Canada Office of Boating Safety site offers most of what you need to know and do to be a safe boater in Canada.

Boating Safety - The US Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety offers most of what you need to know and do to be a safe boater in the United States.

Bowditch Online -The American Practical Navigator - 1995 edition of this essential reference work on marine navigation in PDF format.

Chart Symbols - The Canadian Hydrographic Service Chart 1: Symbols Abbreviations and Terms

Currents Atlas - The Canadian Hydrographic Service site with printable currents atlas pages for Juan de Fuca Strait and the Strait of Georgia.

List of Lights - Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Pacific Coast List of Lights, Buoys, and Fog Signals.

Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) Database - A searchable database of Canadian vessel and coast station MMSI numbers. 

Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) Application - Information and application forms for obtaining an MMSI number.

Marine Weather - This Environment Canada site offers current Canadian marine weather synopses and forecasts.

Marine Weather - This NOAA site offers current US marine weather synopses and forecasts.

Maritime Buoyage System - The official IALA site with detailed specifications, regulations and illustrations of the international buoyage system.

Notices to Mariners - Online corrections for Canadian charts, sailing directions and other aids to navigation.

Ocean Weather Inc - Current marine data weather

Rules of the Road - An illustrated guide to the basic right-of-way rules by Transport Canada's Office of Boating Safety.

Rules of the Road - The full text of the Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea.

Safety Equipment Requirements - A fully detailed guide to the legal requirements by Transport Canada's Office of Boating Safety.

Search and Rescue - Some Pacific Region emergency numbers and procedures to make note of.

Snug Cove Marina  - Our home port.

Tides, Currents and Water Levels - Very easy to use Canadian Hydrographic Service tide tables.

Tide and Current Predictions - Boating Safety's rather difficult to use database for US waters.

Tide Predictions for the Whole World - UK Hydrographic Office provides free tide predictions for seven day periods.

Vancouver Power and Sail Squadron - Our local squadron is part of a nationwide association of boating enthusiasts, dedicated to improving boating safety through training.