Links are provided as a general information resource to help promote fun, safe boating and related activities. The links include governmental agencies, non-profit organizations and commercial sites. Their presence on this page does not consitute an endorsement of any kind. Please see the USPS Disclaimer for the complete disclaimer statement.

Educational Links

• USPS Courses and Seminars on-line at University of West Florida
• Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety
• Guide to Boating in the Boston Area
• Boston Harbor Sailing Club
• Coummunity Boating Boston
• Courageous Sailing Center – Boston
• Sea Tow Foundation - Boating Safety Resources
• The Nautical Almanac
• Massachusetts Boating License Overview
• Rhode Island Boating Regulations
• Boater Safety Course for New Hampshire

• Right whale Listening Network – Massachusetts Bay

 

Government Links

• America's Waterway Watch
• Notices to Mariners
• Maritime Safety Information including:
  Notices to Mariners, Chart 1,American Practical Navigator and nautical calculators
• Massachusetts Public Boat Ramps
• Environment
  • Massachusetts No Discharge Areas
  • New England No Discharge Areas
  • EPA New England's Marinas
  • Northeast Right Whale Sightings
  • MWRA's Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay page
• Cape Cod Canal
• Massachusetts Harbormasters
  • North Shore Harbormasters
    
  • Boston Police Harbor Patrol
  • Cape Cod & the Islands
    
  • Plymouth
    
  • Quincy Harbormaster
    
  • Scituate
    
• Stellwagen Bank Marine Sanctuary
• U.S. Coast Guard First District, Boston MA
• Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety

 

Weather & Tides

• Regional Tide Charts
• Regional Weather Information
• NOAA Marine Forecasts Home
• NOAA Marine Weather Forecast
• Current Weather at Boston Buoy
• National Hurricane Center

 

Charts & Charting

• NOAA Office of Coast Survey
• Free NOAA Charts
• raster
• vector
• chart reader
• OceanGrafix - NOAA Charts printed on demand
• USPS Cooperative Charting Program
• Maritime Safety Information including:
  Notices to Mariners, Chart 1,American Practical Navigator and nautical calculators

 

Cruise Planning

• USPS Port Captains Directory (USPS members only)
• USPS Cruises and Rendezvous List (USPS members only)
• Float Plan
• Marinas
  • Find a Marina
  • Beverly Port Marina - Beverly
  • Constitution Marina - Boston
    
  • Spectacle Island Marina - Boston Harbor Islands
    
  • Boston Waterboat Marina- Long Wharf, Boston
  • Hawthorne Cove Marina - Salem
• Local Destinations
• Boston Harbor Islands, National Park Area
• Isles of Shoals
• The Maine Coast Internet Guide
• Stellwagen Bank Marine Sanctuary
• Massachusetts Yacht Clubs
• Massachusetts Boating and Yacht Clubs Association

 

General Interest

• Nautical Flags
• Flag Etiquette
• GPS Tutorial – Trimble.com
• On-line Forums
• ReelBoating.com - Fishing and Boating Forum
• SailNet sailing community
• SailAngle.com on-line boating community

 

Historical Links

• USPS History
• Boston Light
• Shipwrecks of Massachusetts
• Mystic Seaport Museum
• U.S.S. Constitution and Museum
• Battleship Cove
• United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum, Quincy, MA
• Herreshoff Marine Museum
• Maine Maritime Museum
• Peabody Essex Museum
• Friendship - a reconstruction of a 171-foot three-masted Salem East Indiaman
• Salem Maritime National Historic Site
• NavSource – Photographic History Of The U.S. Navy
• Hull Lifesaving Museum
• U.S. Coast Guard Historic Photos

 

Services

• Boat U.S.
• TowBoat U.S.
• Sea Tow Boston
• On-line MMSI Registration
  • U.S. Power Squadrons
  • Boat U.S.
  • Sea Tow
• Boat Insurance Guide - United Marine Underwriters, Inc.

 

Organizations

• U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
• U.S. Power Squadrons
• Blue Water Sailing Club
• US Sailing
• Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons