Glossaries & Dictionaries
Alan Hartley's Maritime Language
Page
As They Say On the River (A
Dictionary of Western Rivers towing)
Chris Morrison's Small Maritime Lexicon
and Dictionaries from 18th & 19th Century Maritime Textbooks
Definitions and Mnemonics for Sailors
and Powerboaters
A Dictionary of Sea Terms, 1841/1851
(From Richard Henry Dana's The Seaman's Friend )
An English - German Nautical Dictionary
(At Mehrrumpfboote Aktuell)
A Glossary of Nautical Terms (Circa
1814)
A Guide for the Perplexed (Translations
of all "non-English" phrases in Patrick O'Brian's sea-tales)
Igor Votava's Shipmodeling Vocabulary
An Illustrated Glossary of Square
Rigger Terminology
An International Bibliography of
Nautical Dictionaries (In French)
A Jerriais-English Maritime Vocabulary
A Jerriais-French-English Fishermen's
Vocabulary
Jim Stein's Nautical Dictionary
Julian Dixon's Polylingual Translating
Dictionary and Glossary for Viking Ships and Other Ancient Sailing
Craft (To and from English and various languages, dead and living)
Ken Turner's English-French Dictionary
of Sailing Terms
Links to Online Nautical Dictionaries(Compiled
by the International Conference on Maritime Terminology)
A List of Commonly Used US Coast Guard
Acronyms
Maritime Etymology (Online Dutch,
German, French, Swedish and English glossaries and dictionaries)
A
Model Boat Glossary
The Modern Mariner Glossary (Also
the Classic Sea Terms and Shipping Terms glossaries)
A Nautical European Dictionary (Common nautical terms in English,
Turkish, German, French & Spanish)
Nautical Phrases and the Origins
of Some Present Day Expressions
A New Universal Dictionary of the
Marine (The 1815 edition of Falconer's marine Dictionary, scanned
images online)
Old Salt Talk (Links to glossaries
and dictionaries)
Parliamo Scots? Ships and the Sea
(Colloquial Scots terms)
Peter D. Green's Nautical Words and
Terminology Page
A Portuguese-Spanish-English-French
Nautical Dictionary
SchoonerMan's Schooner Vocabulary
Sea Wake's Spanish Dictionary of
Sea Terms
Ship-Masonry from Betina: Etymological
Vocabulary of Traditional Terminology (Croatian shipbuilding
voc.)
Ships' Measurements
(Definitions for the most common measurements used in navigation)
TerraX.org's Glossary of Boating Terms
A United States Merchant Marine Glossary of Maritime Terms and Definitions
(Circa 1944)
William Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine (1780 edition)
Wisconsin Sea Grant's Glossary of Nautical Terms
A Yachting Dictionary of General Information(From
the 1913 edition of Dixon Kemp's Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing
and Architecture )
Maritime Classified Ads
Apollo Duck Australia
(Free classified ads for boats, equipment, services and property)
Apollo Duck Canada (Free classified ads for boats, equipment,
services and property)
Apollo Duck Ireland (Free classified
ads for boats, equipment, services and property)
Apollo Duck
New Zealand (Free classified ads for boats, equipment, services
and property)
Apollo Duck South Africa (Free
classified ads for boats, equipment, services and property)
Apollo Duck UK (Free classified
ads for boats, equipment, services and property)
Apollo
Duck US (Free classified ads for boats, equipment, services
and property)
Boatdealers.ca (A directory of
boat dealers and service centres, boats for sale & wanted listings)
Boat Estate Online Boating &
Marine Classifieds (Australia)
BoatJunkie.com (Free classifieds)
Boat Owners World (Free classifieds)
Boat Parts Network (New and used
boat parts)
The Boatreference (Second-hand
& new, boats, sailing boats, motorboats, boat charters)
Boats and Outboards (UK based
site offering free ads for boats, outboards and marine equipment)
Boatsville
(Ads for new and used boats)
BoatXchange - Used Boats - Sell a
boat (Used boats for sale, boat auctions, boat classifieds)
CaptainsNow.com (Free boating classifieds)
Fish
4 Fun (Fishing gear classified ads)
Great Lakes Sail for Sale (Free
classifieds)
MarineEngine.com (Free photo classified
ads for marine engines of all kinds)
OldBoat.com
(Free photo classified ads for any pre-1970 powerboat or parts,
antique, historic, classic, or old boat)
Puget Sounder ("The online boating
rag" free classifieds)
Restore-Online (Ads for project
boats and parts for sale and wanted)
Rocky Mountain Boat & RV Net
(Boat and RV classified ads)
Small Boat Forum Free Classified
Ads
Thinkswapmeet.com (Classified
ads for all things old: boats, tools, boat hardware, and more)
USBoatAds
(Boat and watercraft classifieds, free photos in ads)
Watercraft.gs (Free classified ads)
Auctions
Admiralty Ship Sales (Ship auctioneers,
Durban, South Africa)
Advance Auctions (Marine auctions,
Sydney, Australia)
AuctionSail.com (Boats and boating accessories auctions)
BigBoats.com Auction (Accessories, collectibles, etc.)
BoatXchange - Used Boats - Sell a boat (Used boats for sale,
boat auctions, boat classifieds)
MarineBid.com, Inc. ("Auctioning everything marine including
boats and yachts")
My Boat Link (Collaborative marketplace for buying, selling,
and trading boats, gear and accessories)
Sailbay (Marine online auctions)
US Auctions (Specializing in the sale of insurance salvage and
storm damaged boats)
Maritime Webcams
Seaport Web Cams for pictures of various
ports and docks.
Allette Energy's Lake Cam (Duluth, Minnesota)
The Block Island New Harbor Webcam
The Copper Harbor Webcam (Copper
Harbor, Michigan)
EagleHarborcam.com (Eagle Harbor,
Michigan)
The Friday Harbor WebCam
The Great Lakes Aquarium Web Cam
(A view of the harbor and lift bridge at Duluth)
Great Lakes Maritime Institute Live Detroit River Cam(From the
Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle)
Harbor Vista Park WebCam and Weather
Conditions (Overlooking the Siuslaw River entrance)
The Kennebunkport WebCam
The Lakeland Cam (Different photos
of the English Lake District daily)
The Maine Webcams Network
The Mystic Seaport WebCam
National Weather Service, Portland's
Coastal Cams Collective
The Newport, Oregon Skycam (Shots
of Yaquina Bay and the port of Newport)
Ocean Cams Around the World
Oregon Coast Web Cameras
Oregon/Washington Coast Weather Cams
Panama Canal Live Cameras (Miraflores
Locks, Gatun Locks, Centennial Bridge)
SchoonerCam (Watching the building
of the schooner Virginia in Norfolk, Virginia)
The Scilly Webcam (Scilly Isles,
UK)
US Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions
Webcams
Electronics, Instruments &
Communications
Anchor Express (Online retailer
of marine electronics and GPS equipment, Quincy, Massachusetts)
Aqua-Vu
(Tiny remote underwater video cameras)
At Sea Electronics, Inc. (US and international distributor for
marine radio/tv entertainment antenna systems manufactured by Naval
Electronics AB of Malmo, Sweden)
AutoNav Marine Systems Inc. (Marine computers, network instruments,
autopilots)
Bethel Marine Electronics Inc.
(A Florida based retail and wholesale marine electronics dealer
for all major brands of equipment)
BlackWatch Marine (Online sales of gauges and instruments)
BlueRay Marine Boating Security Systems Bluewater Books & Charts (Navigation
instruments)
Brunei Bay Radio (HF radio & HF e-mail services for recreation
vessels in Asia, & Indian Ocean)
Canadian Marine Wavespeedometer Ltd. (Electronic speed measurement
instruments)
Celestaire Marine and Air Navigation Instruments (Navigation
computers)
Centroid Products (Maker of computerized
tank gauges)
- Coast to Coast Marine (Marine
and fishing electronics sales)
CruzPro Electronic Boat Instruments,
Alarms and Monitors Dockyard Electrics (Sales of electronics
and accessories, Chaguaramas, Trinidad)
exoMarine (Online sales of gauges and instruments)
Faria Instruments (Engine monitoring
gauges and meters)
FindAnyManual.com (PDF copies of manuals for marine electronics)
Furuno USA, Inc. (Radar, fish finders, radios, etc.)
Global Wireless (HF radio maritime communications service
provider)
Glomex (Radio, TV & GPS antennas,
cables and accessories, Italy)
GPS Receiver Manufacturers, System
Integrators, Equipment Suppliers, and Service Providers (Listing
provided by the Canadian Space Geodesy Forum and the University
of New Brunswick)
Guardian Instruments (Line tension and payout monitors, crane
load monitoring instruments)
Hamilton
Global Management (Navigation equipment wholesaler, Latvia)
H. F. Radio On Board (Equipment for marine SSB, HAM, satellite,
e-mail)
Humminbird (Manufacturer of fishfinders, GPS, radios and accessories)
Icom America Marine Radios
Information
Management Consultants Ltd.(IMC, maritime data communications,
satellite communications & software, internet connections)
Inmarsat
(Global mobile satellite communications)
John's Cheapo Anemometer (A windsurfer's inexpensive home-brew
anemometer)
Klein Associates Inc. (Manufacturer of side scan sonar systems,
sub-bottom profilers and related instruments and accessories,
Salem, New Hampshire)
Knotstick Sailboat Speedometers (Simple, inexpensive strain
measuring chip logs)
Landfall Navigation (Navigation equipment)
Litton Guidance & Control Systems (G&CS, a developer
and producer of inertial navigation systems for military applications)
Lowrance Electronics, Inc. (Sonar, GPS, and aviation electronics)
Magellan Systems (GPSs)
Marble Marine Electronics (Manufacturer of electronic equipment
for commercial ships, The Netherlands) ? Marine Computing International Ltd.
(Navigation software and hardware)
The Marine Electronics Homepage (A Guide to marine electronics
companies, sites & info around world)
The Marine Electronics Webring MarineNet(Radio to internet high
speed marine messaging services)
MarinersXchange (Marine consignment store, Steveston, British
Columbia)
Marine Sonic Technology, Ltd. (Side scan sonar systems)
Maritime Mobile Service Network (Amateur radio third party
communications network)
The Maritime Radio Historical Society
Message Center Inc. (Marine/maritime
communications, telephone answering services)
Moor Electronics (Sailing & trolling instruments)
National Marine Electronics Association
(NMEA) Naval
Marine TV Antennas (Marine TV antenna systems for Navy, merchant
shipping, work boats and fine yachts)
- NorCross Marine Products (Maker
of portable fish finders and depth sounders)
North Sea Navigator, Inc.(Magnetic
compasses, compass adjusting service, clocks, barometers, sextants,
plotting tools, charts, binoculars, radar reflectors, etc.)
Ockam Instruments (For racing sailboats)
Pinpoint
Systems International (Navigation hardware and software)
Quest Telecom International (Satellite communications systems)
Raytheon Marine Richard Paul Russell Limited (Pocket
anemometers)
SailMail
(Email services for yachts via marine HF SSB radio)
Saint Brendan's Isle (Mail, message and chandlery service
to cruising clients who are living and traveling aboard their
boats)
Scantron Ltd. (Seascan and Echoplus ground discrimination
systems that interface with existing echosounders and plotters)
Servicios Nauticos SRL (Raytheon, Garmin, Shakespeare dealer,
Colonia, Uruguay)
Shakespeare Composites & Electronics (Radios, fiberglass
reinforced composite antennas)
Simrad AS (Manufacturer of Simrad, Shipmate, Robertson and
Navico Marine electronics
Snake River Electronics (Maker of Acugage tank level monitoring
systems)
Speedtech Instruments (Windspeed, waterspeed and depth gauges)
Star Marine Depot (Online sales
of marine electronics)
Stratos
(Marine satellite services, mobile satellite communications)
Telson Communications (GPS navigation equipment)
Thomas Distributing (NiMH batteries, chargers, etc.)
Transas
(Maker of navigation systems)
Trimble Navigation Limited ("The GPS Solution")
Uniden Electronics
The University of Rhode Island Foundation(Marine electronics
and other miscellaneous equipment for sale)
Waterman Services ("Suppliers of computer solutions for the
mariner", Vancouver, BC)
Waypoint (Computers, navigation equipment)
The Wireless Watchman (An onboard monitoring software security
system based on GPS that tracks a boat twenty four hours a day
seven days a week)
www.measureANYTHING.com (Online sales of instruments to measure
anything - flow, temperature, pressure, voltage, gas, more)
Xantic (Satellite communications service provider)
XM Satellite Radio Service
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