Useful Reference Websites

Bowditch Online: The complete text of The American Practical Navigator by the United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency in downloadable PDF files.

Canadian Power & Sail Squadrons

Government of Canada

• Canadian Coast Guard: General Website
• Canadian Coast Guard: Licensing, registration, and identification markings
• Canadian Coast Guard: Safe Boating Guide
• Canadian Hydrographic Service: General Website
• Department of Fisheries and Oceans: Notices to Mariners
• Canadian Hydrographic Service: Publications (nautical charts, tide & current tables, Sailing Directions, List of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signals)
• Department of the Environment: General Website
• Department of Fisheries and Oceans: General Website
• Department of Fisheries and Oceans: Office of Boating Safety
  
• Department of Industry: Restricted Operator Certificate for Maritime VHF Radio
• Department of Transport: Canada Shipping Act
• Department of Transport: Canada Shipping Act -Pleasure Craft Sewage Pollution Prevention Regulations
• Department of Transport: Marine Affairs
• Department of Transport: Marine Safety Publications
• Meteorological Service of Canada

Government of the United States

• Department Of Homeland Security
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: General Website
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Publications (nautical charts, tide and current tables)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Weather Forecasts

Tide and Current Predictions for the US and Canada

United States Power Squadrons

United States Sailing Association: Videos showing how to tie basic knots.