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Sandpiper 565 Sailboat Links:
Sandpiper 565 Sailboat Supplies:
 | Rigging Shop,
416-752-1711, $160.00 appx. quote for main sail cover. (2008) |
| Sandpiper 565 Parts List
from CL Sailboats |
| Marine Cradle
Shop Inc, Markham Ontario |
| Sobstad Sails, Barrie
Ontario, Custom Built Sandpiper Sails, Sailing Store, Sailing Loft and
Repairs. Harken, Spinlock, Profurl, Wiley Nautical. Topper
Sailboat Distributor, 
March 2009 |
| Sail
Rite Sails, Sew your own Sandpiper sails, some measurements here. |
SailFish 19/25/525 Sailboat Links:
CL16 / Wayfarer Sailboats Links:
Sailing on the Ottawa River
Jan. 2010
Other Sailing Links:
Sailing Books / Magazines / Online websites:
Boating and Sailing: Live Broadcasts/TV
Sailing & Yacht Clubs: Ontario
| Algoma
Sailing Club, Sault Ste Marie. |
| Sudbury Yacht Club,
Lake Ramsay, Sudbury |
| Little Current Yacht Club,
Manitoulin Island. |
| North Channel Yacht Club,
Elliot Lake. |
| Thunder Bay
Yacht Club, Thunder Bay. |
| Duluth Yacht Club,
Duluth. |
| Ottawa New Edinburgh Club |
| Nepean Sailing Club,
Ottawa. |
| Fanshawe Yacht Club and
Sailing School, London. |
| Frenchman's Bay Yacht Club
and Sailing School, Pickering. |
| Wildwood
Sailing Club, Stratford |
| Trident
Yacht Club, Gananoque, near the thousand Islands |
| Sail
Georgina, Lake Simcoe, |
| Barrie Yacht Club, |
| Cook Bay Yachtclub,
Lake Simcoe. |
| Hawkestone
Yacht Club, Lake Simcoe. |
| Kempenfelt Bay Yacht Club,
|
| Lagoon City Yacht Club,
Lake Simcoe. |
Sailing & Yacht Clubs: Quebec
Sailing & Yacht Clubs: USA
| Mackinac Island Yacht
Club, MI |
| The Great Lakes
Singlehanded Society, MI |
| Pike's Creek
Keel Club, WI |
| Apostle
Islands Yacht Club, WI |
| Wayzata
Yacht Club, MN |
| Lake Superior Yachting
Association, MN |
| Duluth
Yacht Club, MN |
| Onigaming
Yacht Club, NC |
| Grand River Sailing Club,
Grand Haven, MI |
Racing: Great Lakes
Racing Ocean Online: Race with thousands of other players.
Racing: Ocean
Cruising Ontario:
Learn To: Sail
Learn To: Sail Simulation/Game Software
Learn To: Tie Knots
| Action
Donation, Complete-guide-to-knots
| Animated Knots,
Shows you how to tie your lines full of knots, fully animated.
|
| Net
Knots, More knots that you can use. |
| Highwayman's
Knot - my favorite quick release knot to drop a
stern ladder from below! Also to release a 'temporary' mooring from on deck. |
| Animated
Knots - for cleat hitch, bowline, reef knot, round turn and 2 half
hitches, clove hitch. |
| Ropers
Rope Page has instruction pages for various types of knots. |
| Animated
knots (Google.com) - look for bowline, clove hitch, figure 8, reef knot,
rolling hitchs
|
| 42nd
Brighton (Saltdean) Scout Group, Animated Knots pages, England. |
| SacDelta
Knots, Sacramento California |
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Marina's: Lake Huron / North Shore
| Sault
Ste Marie, ON (Reberta Bonder)
| Sault
Ste Marie, ON (Bellevue Pine Streeet)
| Sault
Ste Marie, MI (Charles T. Harvey)
| Sault
Ste Marine, MI (Kemp Marina)
| Drummond
Island, MI
| Detour,
MI
| Gore
Bay, MII
| Little
Current, Manitoulin Island, ON |
| Desbarats, Holders Marine, ON
| Richards
Landing, St Joseph Island, ON
| Hilton
Beach, St Joseph Island, ON
| Blind
River, ON
| Bruce
Mines, ON
| Spanish,ON
| Spragge
| Thessalon,
ON |
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Coast Guards / Boat Information and Registration:
Identify Large Ships, Lighthouses, and Sailboats:
Photos / Picture Tours:
Lighthouses:
Maps and Charts:
| NOAA
Marine Charts: Great Lakes, Chart #'s for each area
| NOAA
Online Chart Viewer:, View marine charts online. |
| TopoZone,
Topographic USA Maps of Land and Water. The online free demo maps are a bit
older in date but good for area like St Mary's River, Detour Passage or
Drummond Island.
|
| Fishweb,
Michigan Interactive with maps and photos of the detour
passage, and drummond Island.
| Google Maps,
with road maps, satellite images, and hybrid maps (satellite images with
roads). |
| Visit
Muskoka Lakes, for the Sandpiper Rendezvous
Rosseau Raid |
| NOS
US Bathymetric and Fishing Maps |
| NOAA
Marine Geology & Geophysics Products |
| Waterproof
Charts |
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Marine Stores Supplies:
| The Mason's Chandlery,
Mississauga, Ontario. |
| Pride Marine,
Toronto, Ontario. |
| The Rigging Shop,
Toronto, Ontario. |
| Stright
Mackay Marine, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. |
| IMPgroup,
Marine Products, Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
| Binnacle |
| Binnacle
Online, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Boathouse Dorval |
| Boat
US, Alexandria, VA |
| Dream Time Gypsy,
|
| Hern Marine.com, in
OH and KY |
| Mauri Pro Sailing |
| Marine Mail Order
Supplies (MMOS), Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
| Nautical
World |
| Overton's,
Greenvill, NC |
| Performance
Yacht Systems, Annapolis, MD |
| Shop Sailnet |
| Torresen
Marine, Inc. and Sailing School, Muskegon, MI |
| The Chandlery Online, Ottawa Ontario. |
| Viadana, Bellano (LC)
- Italy |
| West
Marine, Barrie Ontario, Traverse City and Petoskey Michigan. |
Sail Shops:
Sailboat Sales:
Shipping Companies:
| Shiply,
is UK’s online transport marketplace where users can list goods they want
to transport and then receive very low cost quotes from over 6,300 transport
providers. |
Inflatable Boats:
| Kodiak
Outback, Low cost, inflatable fishing boats, also great for trailer
sailors. |
Web Cams (# of Cameras):
| City
of Sault Ste Marie, ON (1) |
| Soo
Locks Cameras, Michigan, (Click Yes Security Button), (4) |
| St.
Clair River/Blue Water Bridge Camera from 9AM / 5PM daily (1) |
| TV 9
& 10 News, MI, Dopler Skycams, (9), Sault Ste Marie, Cadillac, Emmet
Country, Straits Area, Traverse City, Mt. Pleasant, Osceola Country,
Petoskey, and Ludington. |
| Mackinac
Island Harbor, MI, (1) |
| Mackinac
Bridge, MI, Linking Lower Michigan With The Upper
Peninsula (1) |
| Lake Michigan,
Grand Haven, MI (1) |
| Alpena,
MI, |
| Muskegon,
MI, NOAA weather and Web Cam (4) |
| Duluth,
MN Superior, Harbor Entry, (1) |
Weather: Canadian Forecasts
Weather: American Forecasts
Weather: Lake Superior (Trans-Superior International
Races)
Movies and Photo Albums:
Signaling:
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