SBA * Consulting LTDThe Internet: a boater's resource
©1995 Wayne Spivak
The Ensign Official Magazine of the United States Power Squadrons, August 1995
For the serious boater, the Internet provides resources spanning the sprectrum of marine studies. Her's a starter list of sites that may be of special interst to USPS members. Many fo these resources can supplement work in such diverse courses as Weathe r, Cruise Planning, Marine Electronics, as well as Supplemental Programs like Loran, Radar and Astronomy. Some sites can be used to learn more about celestial navigation or what's happening in other squadrons.
How do you get on the Internet? Major Internet providers include America On-line, CompuServe, Delphi, Netcom and Prodigy, to name a few. To find out more about these and other providers, consult personal computer magazines, local newspapers, libraries a nd computer stores. Not all providers charge the same money and offer the same services, so check around before you sign on.
For peak enjoyment, use the fastest modem you can. Grahpics contained in the World Wide Web will be very slow if ou use a slow modem. Typically , a 14,400 bps modem is around $125.
Also, when keying an address, pay close attention to upper-and lowercase letters. For example, if you ype usps instead of USPS, you will not find the USPS Web Page.
E-Mail and Mailing Lists:
The Power Squadron Mailing List -- send e-mail to waynes@netcom.com in the following format: subscribe power-squadrons e-mail address USPS squadron Rank Grade
The Navigation Mailing List --send e-mail to majordomo@ronin.com in the following format: subscribe navigation e-mail address
The Cursing Mailing List -- send e-mail to majordomo@ronin.com in the following format: subscribe cruising e-mail address
The Multihulls Mailing List -- send e-mail to majordomo@ronin.com in the following format: subscribe Multihulls e-mail address
The Yachting Mailing List -- send e-mail to listserv@hearn.bitnet in the following format: subscribe yacht-l e-mail address
Earth and Sky Mailing List -- send e-mail to majordomo@lists.utexas.edu in the following format: subscribe earthandsky e-mail address
The UseNet
Rec.Boats -- General Boating issuesRec.Boats.Building -- Boat building issues
Rec.Boats.Racing -- Boat Racing
Sci.Geo.Meteorology -- Weather and Meteorology
Sci..Geo.Satellite-Nav -- GPS and Loran Discussions
FTP Sites
Unless stated otherwise, all these sites are anonymous logins (i.e., the login name is anonymous and the password is your e-mail address).
Power Squadrons -
ftp.netcom.com in the /pub/Po/Power-Squadrons directory
Navigation-
ftp.ronin.com in the /navigation/navex directory
Cursing & Multihulls --
are also in the ftp.ronin.com
WEB Sites
USPS Home Page -
http://www.ronin.com/USPS
Weather @ U of IL -
http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/
UK Maritime Museums -
http://nisp.ncl.ac.uk/11/lists-fj/history-sources/maritime-museums
Weather @ Purdue University -
http:// thunder.atms.purdue.edu/index.html
National Science Foundation -
http://atm.go.nsf.gov/
Coast Guard Online -
http://opim.wharton.upenn.edu/oliver27/cg
Coast Guard 13th District -
http://www.webcom.com/~d13www
Internet Boating WWW Server -
http://www.recreation.com/boating/
Sailing Gear -
http://www.cybermalls.com./cywharf/cywhamall.html
NOAA -
http:// ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/
Ohio State Weather -
http://www.cis.ohio=state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/weather/top.html
The Sailing Page -
http://community.bellcore.com/mbr/sailing-page.html
Tall Ships Pictures -
http://www.cnam.fr/Images/Armada
Wind Data North Atlantic -
http://cac.psu.edu/~reh113/northeast.html
Boating Catalog (Info & Classifieds) -
http://www.cybermalls.com
Global Shopping Network -
http://www.gsn.com/bin/fishing.exe?/sports/fishnet.htm?graphics?guestl
Boatnet -
http://www.boatnet.com/boatnet/index.html
Waterskiing WWW page -
http://www.primenet.com/~jodell
Sail Source Internet Resources -
http://www.paw.com/sail/InternetResources
HoloHolo Hawii Marine News -
http://www.aloha.com/~lektrode
Ronin House -
http://www.ronin.com
Interactive Weather Page from FSU & NWS -
http://www.thunder.met.fsu.edu/~nws/buoy/
