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Looking for more information relating to cruising the tropics?
Try the links below. Many additional information sources are listed in
the Resources section of Tropical Cruising Handbook. Send us an
email
if you have suggestions for more, or if a link no longer works.
Seamanship, route planning and navigation
NIMA: free online
publications
(Including pilot charts, light lists and sight reduction tables)
Bellingham Chart Printers
(Reliable source for inexpensive high-quality paper chart copies)
Bowditch
(The classic reference, now available online)
Landfall Navigation
(Offshore safety and navigation equipment)
Ocean Navigator
(Our pick of the yachting magazines -- No fluff, but lots of serious,
in-depth articles on ocean voyaging. Click
here for their review
of Tropical Cruising Handbook)
Tropical Weather and Cyclones/Hurricanes
NWS Tropical Prediction Center
(All NWS forecast products are available here online)
Mariner's
Guide for Hurricane awareness in the North Atlantic Basin
(An excellent NOAA publication. Useful even if you're nowhere near
the North Atlantic)
Hurricane Haven Handbook for the North Atlantic Ocean
, and
Hurricane Haven Handbook for the West Pacific and Indian Oceans
(Both from the US Navy. Contain very detailed potential hurricane/cyclone
tracks, based on historical data.)
Cyclone outlook: Atlantic
Cyclone
outlook: Indian Ocean
Cyclone
Outlook: Darwin (Australia)
Cyclone
Outlook: Coral Sea
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Joint Typhoon
Warning Center
(Cyclone and weather info for the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans)
Central Pacific Hurricane Cente
r (Hurricane and weather info for the Eastern and Central North Pacific
Ocean )
National Hurricane Center
(Hurricane info for the Caribbean and East Pacific)
Strike Probabilities for Tropical Cyclones
Cyclone
Links
(A US Navy site with many cyclone links)
Tropical Cruising Destinations
Noonsite
(Jimmy Cornell's website, with updates for World Cruising Routes
and other helpful planning info)
Travel
warnings and information
(US State Department)
Travel reports
(Canadian Dept of Foreign Affairs)
Library
of Congress Country Studies
South Pacific Oranizer
(Books and other resources for travel in the Pacific from David Stanley,
author of South Pacific Handbook)
Visa requirements worldwide
Coral Reefs
Global Coral Reef
Monitoring Network
(Status of coral reefs, and global coral reef conservation efforts)
Reefs at Risk
(Publication for download from World Resources Institute)
Boats and Boat Designs
Good Old Boat Magazine
(Honest info about good boats; very helpful for those searching for
an inexpensive cruising yacht)
James Wharram Designs
(Multihull designs that are attractive, inexpensive and ideal for the
tropics)
Mark Smaalders Yacht
Designs
(Plans for wooden cruising monohulls)
Yacht Clubs and Associations for Cruising Sailors
Seven Seas Cruising Association
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