Useful Sites for Sailors
Racing Rules, etc.
 Racing Rules
ISAF Racing Rules
US Sailing Race Signals
1 Postponed/abandoned 
Race Signals
2 All other racing signals 
Race Start
Sequence with flags and sounds, by AutoHoot (UK). Different flags, same
sequence.
The pdf files require Adobe Acrobat Reader. See the link at bottom of this
page if you're so far back in the stone age that you still don't have it.
Governing bodies for sailboat racing
US Sailing International Sailing Federation
Class Associations for GMSC fleets
Flying Scot Flying Scot Sailing Association
Hobie
International Hobie Class Association
North American Hobie Class Association Hobie
Fleet 241 Local GMSC fleet
MC Scow
MC
Scow Class Association Y-Flyer
American
Y-Flyer Yacht Racing Association
Laser
International Laser Class Association
International Laser Class Association – North
American Region
Thistle Thistle Class Association
Sites with links
to various other resources
Bowman's
Union Burgees.com
Coastal Sailing
Rope, splices, knots
Brian
Toss has lots of information about rigging, knots, etc. Toss wrote the knot
book in the Chapman Nautical Guides series.
Marlow Ropes in
the UK
New England Ropes
Samson Rope
Each manufacturer recommends slightly different splicing techniques for its
own rope. Most of the variations are fairly subtle.
Marlow's splicing
instructions are all in
a single document.
New England splicing instructions need no reader.
Samson splicing instructions
for various types of rope, especially braids. As of Spring 2003, these are
the clearest I've seen.
Watch your step on shore (Arkansas hazards)
Poison ivy is
ubiquitious in this state. This is a good site for identifying both the real
thing and the many imposters.
Pictures of both venemous and non-venemous snakes
common to Arkansas.
Feed your habit
American Sailing Association is mostly
educational and cruiser oriented. Annapolis Performance Sailing has
some
of the lowest prices for cordage. Aqua Books for books
on sailing and other water sports. Boat
Books Nautical books (and charts, but only for New Zealand) Bullet
Sails Arkansas's best, from David Sample J-Boats
needs no introduction around GMSC Layline Racing
and performance gear North
Sails Sailing
Resources is another page with a variety of sailing links. UK Sails West
Marine
America's Cup links
vs. 
The toughest competition of the Cup turned out to be ESPN. We were
reminded what U.S. viewers really want. Let's face it, hip-hop dancing, street basketball, and brutes pulverizing each
other are all way more popular than our sport – heck, we actually penalize
contact.
"Official" America's
Cup The official site is broken. I'm guessing that's not a good omen. "Unofficial"
America's Cup A New Zealand view of the Cup. I know the flags are out
of date, but they sure look cool, no?
Download the Acrobat Reader
The reader is free. You'll need it for PDF documents if you don't already
have it.
Acrobat Reader (for .pdf files)
| 