Links
Some Favorite Links
- The Bitter End -- Blog of a San Juan's Vessel Assist boat operator.
- Three Sheets NW -- Local Maritime News
- Classic Yacht Association -- Classic motoryachts.
- Live AIS Display Another AIS Display
- Metal Boat Society
- Youth Maritime Training Association -- Opening the doors to the maritime world.
Some Client Sites
- M.V. Olympus -- 92' Fantail Motoryacht (Captain Rick Etsell)
Olympus Charter Itineraries - Five Star Whale Blog -- Victoria BC Canada (Armstrong Marine design by Rick Etsell)
- Kayak Transport Co. -- MV Abyssinia (designed by Rick Etsell)
- Steamer Virginia V -- Last of the Puget Sound passenger steamers. (Refit Engineering by Rick Etsell)
- Yacht Dorothea -- 107' Bill Garden wooden motoryacht. (Tragically lost to fire, October 2007)
Small Passenger Vessel Regulations:
- Marine Safety Center -- Center for plan reviews & info. Wash. DC
- Sector Puget Sound (MSO) -- Covers 13th District
- Vessel Search -- USCG Port State Control
- Vessel Search -- NOAA database (gives owner names & addresses too.)
- USCG Forms
- 46 CFR Online
- NVIC's Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circulars.
- Vessel Documentation
- Passenger Vessel Safety Program (USCG)
Books & References:
- Classic Yacht Books -- My Amazon recommendations for books about classic yachts.
- Guidance on Inspection, Repair, and Maintenance of Wooden Hulls -- USCG NVIC 7-95. An excellent booklet available for free download from the US Coast Guard.
- Navigation Rules (Colregs)
- Free NOAA Booklet Charts
- Websites by PMBD
- My info page About chartering Classic Yachts
- My info page About Obtaining a Masters License
- Why is Net Tonnage carved into my boat?
- Alliance for Safe Navigation -- Keep your charts up to date.
- ORBA -- Lake Union Dreamboat that was in our family for many years. (Article in Classic Yacht e-magazine.)
In Defense of Reason & Individual Rights:
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Voices of Reason -- In defense of Reason.
- Capitalism Magazine -- The only moral economic system and the only one compatible with freedom. Capitalism Tour
- Freedom and Individual Rights in Medicine
- Exploit the Earth or Die! (It's not a threat. It's a fact.)
