Maritime Knowledge
Historically Interesting
Questions for young officers
as
(PDF file)
General principles of working a ship (circa 1814)
as
(PDF file)
Hints
on crewing a square rigger
Beauforts original wind scale
as
(PDF file)
Glossary of nautical terms (circa. 1814)
as
(PDF file)
The Martime History Virtual Archives
Jottings on Celestial and Great Circle Navigation
Rescue and Safe Boating
Australian Marine Safety Authority (
Marine Orders
)
National Marine Safety Committee (Australia)
Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol (Australia)
Australian Volunteer Coast Guard
NSW Maritime Authority (Australia)
Royal New Zealand Coastguard Federation
Royal National Life Boat Institution
US Coast Guard Auxiliary
US Coast Guard Safe Boating Page
Firenet Marine Web page (British)
GPS and Navigation
GPS Overview from the University of Texas
Joe's GPS Information
Sam's GPS Resources
Curt Archer's GPS Resources (technical, DGPS)
NMEA-0183 and GPS Information
Good Tutorial on RADAR and how it works
World Time Server
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Lots of publications available including Bowditch and sight reduction tables
Weather Web Sites
Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
Weather for NSW (Australia)
Weather Radar Images (Australia)
CSIRO
BlueLink
Ocean Forcasts
University of Hawaii Weather Server
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Wave height predictions using WW3 (was WAM) model (US Navy)
Japan Meteorological Agency
Roger 'Clouds' Badham Weather Page
Charles Sturt University Weather Page (Australia)
Realtime Wave Heights in NSW (Australia)
provided by
Manly Hydraulics Laboratory
Wave, Wind and Tides
at Kurnel (NSW, Australia) from Sydney Ports
Wave, Wind and Tide Graphs
for Australia by
SeaBreeze
Tides (Australia)
Australian Oceanographic Services
Predict tides with
Xtide
(requires PNG image support, Netscape V4 or IE 5)
Tides for Sydney
UK Hyrographic Office
Easytide
Web page
Tides and Tide Prediction
Sailing
Mark Rosenstein's Sailing Page
- lots of links
Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
- Home of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
Computer Software
xephem
- X windows ephemeride program (with source)
High Precision Ephemerides
- Lots of pointers to software sites
phoonclock
- X windows source, gives phase of the moon and sun shadows
XTide
- Harmonic tide clock and tide predictor
GMT
- Generic Mapping Tools
Other Sites
Australian National Maritime Museum
Australian Oceanographic Data Centre
CSIRO Marine Research (Australia)
Australian Hydrographic Office
Sydney Heritage Fleet
National Ocean Data Centre (US)
National Ocean Service - Centre for Operational Oceanography (US)
The U.S. Naval Observatory
Astronomical Applications Department (USNO)
- Generate Astronomical Data
IMO
(International Maritime Organisation)
Please address comments to John Holden at:-
johnh@psych.usyd.edu.au
Last Modified 24th July 2009
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