Grand Traverse Bay

Sail and Power Squadron

A Unit of the United States Power Squadron®

 

 

 

 

Revised 11/1/07

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Vessel Safety Checks

Boat & Equipment Ads

Coop Charting

Links of Interest

Web Sites of Interest

United States Power Squadron Sites

 

USPS FLOAT PLAN TEMPLATE

Army Core of Engineers Sites

Army Core of Engineers Lake Level forecasts

Boat Equipment & Shopping Sites

Boat US

Boaters World

Defender

 

Garelick Marine Products

Garhauer Marine

Commodore Uniform and Nautical Supplies

Lighthouse Uniform Company

New Found Metals

Seaworthy Publications

Starpath School of Navigation

 

The Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors

West Marine

FCC Related Sites

FCC Marine VHF Channels

FCC Forms and Fees

Grand Traverse Bay Sites of Interest

America’s Great Loop Cruiser’ Association

Grand Traverse Bay Underwater Preserve

 

Grand Traverse Canvas

Great Lakes Maritime Academy

Great Lakes Scuttlebutt

Handbook of Michigan Boating Laws & Responsibilities

Inland Seas Education Association

Maritime Heritage Alliance

U.S. Customs Pleasure Boats Reporting Requirements

West Grand Traverse Bay Costal Monitoring Buoy

Helpful Navigation sites

Bowditch – The American Practical Navigator

Data on Sun, Moon, Planets, Navigational Stars

Includes times of sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, and civil twilight for any date and time. Also information on meridian transits, eclipses, moon phases, etc., plus GHA, Dec, Hc, Zn, and altitude corrections for the Sun, Moon, Planets and all 57 navigational stars.

View the Sky from any Lat/Long, any Date/Time

Includes RA, Dec, Altitude & Azimuth of Sun, Moon and Planets.

Magnetic Declination Calculator

Navigation Rules

Official U.S. Time

NOAA and Weather-Related Links

Current Weather Conditions, Grand Traverse Area (NWS/NOAA)

Radar for Northern Michigan (NWS/NOAA)

Satellite Image – Visible (NASA)

National Data Buoy Center 

 

Great Lakes Water Levels (Great Lakes Hydraulics and Hydrology)

Weather Watches and Warnings (NOAA Storm Prediction Center)

NWS/NOAA Gaylord Office

NOAA COAST PILOT, note: Great Lakes Pilot is  #6

NOAA RASTER CHARTS DOWNLOADS

NOAA CHART UPDATES

11 X 17” NOAA CHARTS(Pocket Charts)

Wind Forecast for the State of Michigan

Surface Temperatures for Lake Michigan

State of Michigan Sites of Interest

MICHIGAN HARBORS FOR RESERVATIONS

State of Michigan DNR

United States Coast Guard Sites

Coast Guard Boating Safety

Coast Guard Boating Accidents

 

Coast Guard Recalls and Safety Defects

 

Coast Guard Rescue 21, DSC Status and registration of MMSI

 Light List for Great Lakes

NOTICES TO MARINERS NINTH DISTRICT

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary National Web Site

Flotilla 16-02 Charlevoix, MI

Flotilla 16-10 Elk Rapids, MI

Sites of General Interest

 Boating Maintenance Tips

 BoatUS Directory of Marine Surveyors, Great Lakes

Classic Yacht Magazine FREE online magazine Wooden Boats old and new

 

Line Splicing Instructions from New England Rope

 

 Marlinespike Knowing Your Knots

 

 Marlinespike Grog’s Boating Knots

 

 National Boating Safety Advisory Council (NBSAC)

 

 Rope Information from Samson

 Rope Information from Yale Cordage

 Ship Handling Simulator Software New!

 The Marine Do-It-Yourselfer

 

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