Sad to see a boat and all that craftsmanship being ripped up. Check the article for more details and pictures. read more »

Billed as the "Home of Online Marine Trip Planning" this is an interesting site with various boating, scuba and even user uploaded videos and photos. They have lots of navigation "stuff" with interactive charts and other resources that are worth a look. Its not a full navigation suite, but for some route planning and dreaming, it might be just the thing.

The Panbo blog pointed me to this nifty web mashup between NOAA charts and Google satellite maps.

You can use the sliders at the top right to change the opacity of the different displays, so that you can have one "show through" the other. Really slick.

A nifty web site from "down under", The Coastal Passage is a nice combination of web page, build log and online magazine. News stories, information and all manner of links are available.

Of special interest to me is the build log of the editor. He's building a composite catamaran. A different building style than what I'm doing, but very interesting.

Brian Lowe made a recent comment pointing out that he has started a Mundoo mailing list on Yahoo. If you are interested in these interesting boats, or other similar designs, you might want to join up!
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Very interesting article on a group of "cowboy" salvers and their efforts to save a sinking ship.

An interesting collection of pictures and links to various houseboats. These are NOT your average houseboat. They range from the extreme, futuristic designs that seem more science fiction than fact down to the various shanty styles that you might see on the local lake or backwater. Check out the pictures and who knows, you might just get an idea :-)

Our friend Benjy over at WoodenWidget has scored another good writeup about his Origami Dinghy. George Delozier, a regular blogger on InventorSpot.com has provided details on the Dinghy along with several pictures. InventorSpot.com is a neat site covering "the latest inventions, innovations and interesting ideas?"
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Another online retailer that looks to be interesting... lots of electronics and GPS stuff, but other marine related goods also.

Yes, they have an ad on this page - not affiliated in any other way.