Mad Mariner™ has done a poll and article on how much fuel prices have changed people's boating plans. A bunch.

Check the article for details and some links to a variety of builders who are beginning to build more economical boats.

A trial subscription to the site is available which gives you full access to try it out, or you can purchase a yearly subscription for a modest fee. read more »

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.

A French language boating magazine from Quebec... billed as:

Le leader de la presse nautique au Quebec

If you don't read French (I don't), one of the online translation tools such as Babelfish might be useful.

To make sure that my relationship is obvious, I am a paid contributor to Mad Mariner™. I value my relationship with them, but I will do my best to maintain editorial integrity with any dealings. The management at Mad Mariner™ seems to have similar goals. My opinions are my own, not the editors' or advertisers' of this site or Mad Mariner™.

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Billed as "The Best of Powerboat Cruising" this is a publication that has both an online and paper version. Their online site has quite a few articles of interest and is worth checking out.

With only two issues released, this is a new online publication dealing with (obviously) "classic yachts". This seems to be mostly wooden, slightly older boats. They have destination reviews, rebuild articles, production boat articles... an entire range.

Their magazine is offered for free (registration required) in an interesting "turn the page" format. This appears as if its a real, paper magazine, not a collection of web pages. You click the corner to turn the page.

Note that when you subscribe, you get a welcome page where you are offered the opportunity to download the issue as an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file, or read it online. You are also told to bookmark the page.

Oddly enough, there seems to be no way back to that issue without resubscribing if you don't save the bookmark. This was even the subject of a "letter to the editor" in the second issue and the response was pretty much "save the bookmark".

Anyhow, it (both issues) were an interesting read to me, and I look forward to see what they come up with next.

Another "paper" magazine covering the boating world... sailing this time. They also have a monthly newsletter and links to various other resources.

Good Old Boat magazine is about...

Creating a community of sailors - Through our directory of sailing organizations and contacts, we're developing links between sailors.

Offering a resource - By pooling the knowledge of our readers, we're creating the directory we all need: the suppliers of parts and services for our boats.

Keeping our boats afloat - Our technical articles focus on maintenance and upgrade issues and give them the space they deserve.

Celebrating older-model sailboats - We emphasize pride of ownership.