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• Local Yacht Clubs ("Grand 14")

• Antique and Classic Boat Society
• Classic Yacht Association - PNW Fleet
• Footloose Sailing Association [Seattle]
• Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation (Washington State) -- Boating Website
• Northwest Boater Net [HAM Operators]
• Princess Louisa International Society
• Recreational Boating Association of Washington (RBAW)
• Traditional Small Craft Association
• United States Coast Guard
• Local Coast Guard Auxiliary
• Women aboard

  
  

• Bayliner Owners Club
• The Chris Craft Commander Club
• Chris Craft Rendezvous of the Pacific NW
• Nordic Tug Boats
  • Nordic Tugs
  • Nordic Tug Northeast Owners Association
  • Skipper Cress Yacht Sales (Anacortes)
• Puget Sound Grand Banks Owners Association
• Regal Owners Club
• Sea Ray Cruising Club Northwest
• Sea Ray Owners Forum
• Tollycraft Boating Club
• Uniflite World

• BYC's Reciprocal Clubs
• Grand Fourteen
• Yacht Club Burgees
• Yacht Club Finder
  • Washington State
• Corinthian Yacht Club
• Mukilteo Yacht Club
• Oak Harbor YC
• Port Ludlow Yacht Club
• Queen City Yacht Club
• Seattle Singles Yacht Club (SSYC)
• Seattle Yacht Club

• Mark Rosenstein's Sailing Resource Page
• America's Cup - Websites
• Admiral's Cup
• American Sailing Association
• CNN: Inside Sailing
• Deutscher Hochsee Sportverband
• German Sailing
• International Sailing Federation
  • CHANGE TO THE RACING RULES OF SAILING FOR 2001-2004
  • Sailing- & Yacht Clubs (Global)
• Gary Jobs on Sailing
• Pacific Cup Yacht Club - West Marine Pacific Cup
• Pacific International Yachting Association (PIYA)
• The Race
• Royal Ocean Racing Club
• US Sailing
• Van Isle 360 Sailboat Race
• Vic-Maui Yacht Race

• General Sailing Pages (Directories)
  • Sail World
  • Sports News: Sailing
  • "Best Sailing Pages"
  • Sail Net
  • Sail Sail
  • Regional Sailing Resources

• Racing (Local/Regional)
  • PHRF-NW
  • Races in the PNW
  • West Sound Racing
  • Seattle Boating.com: Racing Links

• Navigation:
  • Marine Converters and Calculators

• Local/Regional Sailing Pages:
  • South Sound Sailing Society
  • Sailing the Northwest
    Disclosure: Owner of this site happens to be the son of BYC's WebMensch
  • History of Sailing in Victoria
  • A Sailboat Page for the Pacific Northwest

• Catalina Yachts & Fleets
  • National Catalina Organizations & Resources
    • Catalina Yachts 21200 Victory Boulevard • Woodland Hills, California 91367 • Phone 818 884-7700
    • Catalina Mainsheet Catalina Mainsheet is published quarterly by Eagle Ltd. Copyright 2008. Managing Editor, Frank Butler; Editor, Jim Holder; Associate Editor, Carol VandenBerg; Technical Consultant, Gerry Douglas.
    • Catalina Associations (National)
    • History of Catalina Sailboats (Timeline) When I founded Catalina Yachts in 1970, my goal was not to become the largest sailboat builder in the United States. My goal was, and still is to build good boats that are a good value for our customers. Accomplishing this requires planning, efficient manufacturing and well-designed boats. (Frank Butler)
    • How they are build [From Sail August 2004]
    • Catalina Owners [www.catalinaowners.com] CatalinaOwners.com is part of Sailboat Owners, Inc., founded in 1996 by a couple of avid Pacific Northwest sailors, Phil Herring and Bly Berken.
      Our mission is to provide resources, information exchange, and easy-to-buy parts and accessories for Catalina owners.
    • Catalina Direct Online ...is the mail service provided by The Foredeck. A Catalina Yachts dealer in Northern California, we specialize in parts, custom up-grades, and accessories for Catalina sailboats.
    • Catalina 30/309 Yacht Owners Association We hope you will find everything about the Catalina 30 and NEW C309 yacht on this site. Please make this your favorite C30/309 bookmark. Joining the association will be the best thing you can do for yourself and your yacht !!

  • Local (all Catalina) Associations
    • The Catalina Association of Tacoma and South Sound " .... is a sailing organization centered on fun, cruising, and fellowship. We share ideas and improvements on our different boats, and help those who may not have the experience to adjust the valves on their engine, replace a shroud, or just about anything!"
    • The Catalina Association of Puget Sound " ... is a group of sailors bonded in the common interests of sailing Catalina Sailboats, sailing the Puget Sound, sharing sailing experiences, and having a dedication to the safety of the water ways."

  • Local Fleets
    • C36 Fleet 4, Puget Sound
      • Cruising Schedule
      • Tripod; Catalina 36 Association -- Fleet 4 (Puget Sound)
  • Dealers
    • Admiralty Yachts In Seattle at Shilshole and in Tacoma at Tyee Marina & Foss Waterway. Dealer for Catalina, CR, Delphia and Morgan Sailboats.

• Disabilities and Sailing
  • Sailors with Disabilities [Australia]
  • Footloose Sailing Association [Seattle]

• America's Cup Challenge 2007 (Stay Tuned!)
  • Official Site

• America's Cup Challenge 2003
  • Neue Zuericher Zeitung (2 March 2003): Die Schweiz jubelt über Alinghi-Sieg Bundesräte Couchepin und Schmid unterstreichen Erfolg der Crew Der Sieg der Alinghi am America's Cup hat in der Schweiz Jubelstimmung ausgelöst. Nicht nur die Segler freuten sich. Bundespräsident Pascal Couchepin wertete den Sieg als grossen Erfolg für die Schweiz. Die Post druckt Sondermarken.

  • America's Cup cake: Swiss bliss as Alinghi's sweep makes history Seattle Times, Sunday, March 02, 2003 By Bernie Wilson. AUCKLAND, New Zealand — The stodgy old America's Cup has a new home, in a country without an ocean. Would you believe the America's Cup atop the Matterhorn?

  • Outdoor Life Network (Channel 33): Television Coverage in October 2002 and Online Videos
  • America's Cup on ESPN2
  • America's Cup on Yahoo
  • One World Challenge (SYC's entry)
    • Official Web Site
      • One World -- In the news
    • One World (CNN Asia)
    • One World Challenge (America's Cup Press)
    • Inside the SYC America’s Cup Challenge
    • America's Cup: Seattle's OneWorld crew ready to make a splash Seattle Times, September 29, 2002, By Ron C. Judd
    • McCaw yacht team punished: Violation won't cost OneWorld shot at America's Cup [Seattle PI, Aug 17, 2002]
  • Seattle Times' America's Cup Page
  • New Zealand Harald
  • America's Cup News [www.americascupnews.com/]
  • America's Cup Press [www.americascuppress.com]
  • BBC Sports
  • CNN (Asia)Inside Sailing
  • Gary Jobson: Who will win the America's Cup?
  • Audemar Spiguet's (Swiss) Alinghi Challenge
  • The America's Cup: Build-up to the 2003 Defense: Economic Impact Assessment
  • Regatta de Blank: The joy of watching billionaires lose the America's Cup. By Mark Lewis SLATE; Posted Thursday, December 5, 2002. "At least three of the world's richest men are about to be publicly humiliated in the waters off Auckland."

• Daimler Chrysler North Atlantic Challenge: Summer 2003 [Newport R.I. -- Cuxhafen/Hamburg]

• Historical Pages & Tall Ships
  • Tall Ships on the Way to and from Tacoma (Victoria & Blake Island) [Other Links]
  • Tall Ships in Tacoma [www.tallshipstacoma.com] "Majestic Tall Ships from around the world soon will be sailing into Tacoma's Thea Foss Waterway. Tacoma has set its course and is preparing for one of the most memorable events in a city rich with maritime history. For the first time in one hundred years, Commencement Bay will be filled with tall sail masterpieces of the sea that honor the heritage that helped build Tacoma."
  • Tall Ships International (Schedule)
  • Parade of tall ships sail in today: Events include tours, gunbattles -- a chance to experience a modern-day blast from past Thursday, August 15, 2002 SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
  • Tall Ships Parade Thursday, August 15, 2002 [Photos] SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER Under clear skies and warm temperatures, hundreds of onlookers lined the shores of Elliott Bay to watch the largest gathering of tall ships in recent times in Seattle. Read about it. Click on any thumbnail to view a full size version of the photograph.
  • American Sail Training Association www.sailtraining.org
  • Richmond Tall Ships 2002 www.richmondtallships.ca/
  • Sail San Francisco www.sailsanfrancisco.org
  • Los Angeles Maritime Museum www.lamaritimemuseum.org/
  • San Diego Maritime Museum www.sdmaritime.com
  • Schooner Man www.schoonerman.com/tall.htm
  • Tall Ships FAQ www.apparent-wind.com/tall-ships-faq.html
  • Tall Ships Friends www.tallship-friends.de/
  • Rosenstein Sailing Links www.apparent-wind.com/sailing-page.html
  • Tall Ships Books www.tallshipsbooks.com
  • Tall Ship Aerial Photography www.aerialsonly.com/ships.htm
  • Sail Maine Coast www.sailmainecoast.com/fleet.html
  • Peabody Museum Maritime Art www.pem.org/col_maritime.html

• Youth Sailing Programs (Separate Page)

• Sailing Instruction & Curriculum (Separate Page)

  
  

  
  

• National Marine Electronics Association
• Marine Computer Systems
  • The Open-Ended World of Computerized Charting By Daniel Piltch (article)
  • Connecting your GPS to your computer By Daniel Piltch (article)
• globenav.com/ [Producer of NavPak & MapSetup]
• Electronic Cartography Update (Practical Sailor)

• North American Cruiser Association [NACA] [http://www.predictedlog.org]
• "Enjoy Predicted Log / Cruiser Navigation" By Tom Collins (1978)
• US Power Squadron
• Navigation:
  • Marine Converters and Calculators

• Heavy Weather in the SUN (2003)
• P/C Mike Henry in the Spotlight (Sun, 2003)
• "Rewarding Obsessive Compulsive Behavior at Sea". [Report by Conrad Evarts on Solmar with Silvernail & Gorski] Norwesting, April 2003, pp.36-38.
• Queen City YC Report (2001)

• www.sv-Carina.org (since 2004)
• Ed's & Candice' Travels on "Stillpoint" (2003-2006)
• Fish Report
• Canada - British Columbia:
  • CANPASS - Private Boats Program The CANPASS - Private Boats program is a co-operative effort between the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) and Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) to streamline customs and immigration clearance of low-risk travellers.
  • Canada Customs and Revenue Agency announces CANPASS - Private Boats program available for boating season
  • Tim Whelan: Adventures in the Charlottes [Online Book, October 1999] "... is a story about sailing from Seattle, Washington to the Queen Charlottes Islands in northwestern British Columbia... I've tried to make Adventures part cruising guide, part adventure story. The story is filled with useful information on remote parts of the British Columbia coast—both from our own personal experience and from the history I have read or heard."
    • Other Publications, Photos and Presentations by Tim Whelan
  • Sunshine Coast (B.C.) Provincial Parks
• NORTHWEST BOATER'S NET: LINKS TO OTHER SITES OF INTEREST TO BOATERS (Bill Whitney)
• Northwest Boat Travel (with many links!)
• Crusing (Sailing) Guide to the San Juans (online) [Roger and Marlene Van Dyken]
• Waggoner Cruising Guide ["The Bible for Northwest Boating" (with links)]
• Washington State Boat Launching Facilities
• Washington State Parks: Boating
• Washington State Saltwater Parks

• Slide Shows of Local Waters and Destinations
• Air Photos (Department of Ecology)
  • Dyes Inlet & BYC [See for itemized BYC shots]
  • Bremerton Yachtclub
  • Windy Point/ Tracyton
  • Mud Bay
  • Sinclair Inlet [West End]
  • From Sinclair Inlet to Blake Island
  • Illahee State Park
  • East Bremerton, Illahee, Brownsville, Rich Passage
  • Keyport, Post Madison
  • Poulsbo
  • Blake Island
    • Blake Island Marina
    • Blake Island -- NW Corner
• Anderson Island
  • BYC's Oro Bay/ Anderson Island Page

• BLAKE ISLAND • Blake Island - Also known as High Island and Smugglers' Island. Named by Wilkes in 1841 for George Smith Blake, who was in charge of the U.S. Coast Survey from 1837 to 1848. Changed to Trimble Island in August 1918. [ Source]
  • Washington.HistoryLink.org [Detailed historical account of Blake Island and the Trimble family]
  • Blake Island State Park
  • Blake Island state park [kirotv] with map
  • Tillicum Village

• Port Gamble*

• Bremerton [Northwest Boating]
• Gig Harbor
• Longbranch
• Phinney Bay
• Port Washington Narrows (w/BYC)
• Silverdale

• Fishing
  • Fish Report
  • BassBoard -- Links

• Seattle
  • Bell Harbor Marina
  • Bridge Openings in Seattle
  • Hiram M. Chittenden Locks
  • Conquer the Locks!
  • Ferry Schedules
  • SeaView Boatyards
  • Shilshole Bay Marina
  • Waterfront Attractions

Marine Facilities

• Local Marinas & Ports
  • Bremerton Marina
  • Port of Bremerton
  • Port of Brownsville
  • Port of Everett
  • Port of Kingston
  • Port Ludlow Marina
  • Port Orchard Marina
  • Shilshole Bay Marina

• Locations of Pumpout Facilities

  
  

• 48^o North
• Northwest Yachting
• practical-sailor.com/
• SEA: America's Western Boating Magazine
• Yachting & Boating World (UK)
• Professional Boatbuilder

• www.cruisersforum.com/forums/
• threesheetsnw.com/
• Sailing Anarchy (PNW)
• http://www.seattlesail.info/
• evolutionofasailor.blogspot.com/
• paradiseconnections.blogspot.com/
• www.sailing-the-northwest.com/
• Bitter End

• See: Boating Safety Resources [Separate BYC Page]

• RBAW/Coast Guard (Seattle): 8 February 2003 (Ferries)
• RBAW/Coast Guard (Seattle): 15 October 2002
• Coast Guard expands ferry security zones to 500 yards [PI 14 Feb]
• Seattle Times]
• USCG Security Zone Warning (pdf)

• Puget Sound Tsunami Inundation Modeling Preliminary Report : Phase 2 (2005) (with maps of simulated floods)

Health and First Aid / BYC Fleet Surgeon

Environment*

• Yacht Surveys
  • Hull Blisters
  • Cores & Structural Issues
  • Marine Engines
  • Maintenance & Repairs
• Osmotic Blister Repair (Nor'Westing)

  
  

• Our Favorite Sources*
• Bremerton-Kitsap Community Links
• Senior Resources for Puget Sound Area
• Care Needs for Parents or Grandparents (Jennifer Hardgrove)
• Bookstore (Boat Washington)
• Marine Directory & Classifieds
• Marine YellowPages
• NW Boating Calendar (Events)
• NW Boating Reviews (submitted reviews of products and services)
• People for Puget Sound
• West Marine
  • Weekly Specials
• Other Boating Links:
  ***USCG Auxiliary Links

  
  

• Advertisers & BYC Sponsors (past & present)
  • Stay Tuned for More
  • Real Estate: Mark Danielsen (Windermere, Silverdale)
  • Port Orchard Yacht Sales
  • Suldan's Boat Works
  • Dave Barcelon's Truck Town

• Internet Service Providers
  • Telebyte N.W.

• Video & Photo Sharing, Photographers, Potential Web Technologies for BYC Web Site
  • Registration for (Sailing etc.) Events
  • T&C Photo Studio, Poulsbo (Tom Brooke)
  • PhotoDex Corp. [Award-winning slideshow software used in BYC presentation, Commodore's Ball 2006]
  • Wet Paint
    [free click-and-type websites you can share with like-minded people, possibly link to BYC Web Page]
  • StashSpace.com VHS to DVD Conversion Service

  
  

• Marine Electrical Systems [www.pkys.com/FAQ.htm]
• Marine Pollution ["Ask a Scientist"]