"There is nothing- absolutely nothing-
half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard ©
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"Messing About In Boats" shirts, tote bags & more...Adventures | Associations | Boats
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Adventures . . . 
Magnum Opus CruisesInformation for Ontario's North Channel, Georgian Bay, Ontario's historic canal waterways and Vermont's Lake Champlain. Cruise Info Bahamas Adventure Expeditions Sail a Sea Pearl 21 or paddle a sea kayak on an expedition style adventure of the unspoiled Exuma Cays. Truly unique small boat vacations with Starfish Adventures. Raid Finland A yearly, week long, distance adventure race for 4.5 - 7.5 meter traditional and classic open craft powered by sail and oar (rental boats available). Raid Finland is fully catered and sails a new route every year.  Sail Caledonia is an annual expedition or 'raid' for boats powered by sail and oars in the Highlands of Scotland. Using the three major lochs of the Great Glen and the 200 year old Caledonian Canal, the fleet of up to 25 boats races, explores and ceilidhies their way up the Glen from Fort William through Fort Augustus and Loch Ness before finishing in the Highland Capital Inverness. Shipyard School Raid The Shipyard School Raid is an international sailing and rowing race from the Silva Bay Shipyard School on Gabriola Island, B.C., Canada to the Wooden Boat Festival at Port Townsend, Washington, USA. Associations . . .  The
Shallow Water Sailors AssociationTrailer sailors who enjoy sailing on water so thin it can be termed a "heavy dew." www.shallowwatersailor.us 
The Traditional Small Craft AssociationA nonprofit, tax-exempt educational organization which works to preserve and continue the living traditions, skills, lore, and legends surrounding working and pleasure watercraft whose origins predate the marine gasoline engine. It encourages the design, construction, and use of these boats, and it embraces contemporary variants and adaptations of traditional designs. www.tsca.net  The Wooden Canoe Heritage Association, Ltd.WCHA is a non-profit membership organization devoted to preserving, studying, building, restoring, and using wood canoes, and to disseminating information about canoeing heritage throughout the world. www.wcha.org Boats & Boat Builders . . . 
Adirondack Guide-BoatsGuide-Boat history, design, building, books, magazine articles, web links, and more. www.secretwater.com  Adirondack
Guideboat, Inc."A Stradivarius of a boat" Author/commentator Willem Lange www.adirondack-guide-boat.com Books . . . 
 Browse the nautical book aisles at Powells.com Hundreds of titles, well organized in more than 40 sections of nautical interests. 
Hundreds of nautical books at great markdowns.
Events. . . Historic St. Mary's City Maritime Heritage Festival Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Held first full weekend of October. Magazines & Info. . . 
The sailing magazine uniting owners and sailors of old
sailboats, wonderful sailboats, well-loved Sailboats. www.goodoldboat.com
"In an age of information superhighways, Messing About
In Boats is a dirt road linking backyard Noahs, would-be circumnavigators,
steamboat restorers and weekend racers. It embraces virtually anything
that floats!" (Boston Globe Magazine, August 27, 1995) www.messingaboutinboats.comThe Mother of All Maritime Links Comprehensive listing of nautical web sites. If it's not here you probably don't need it. www.boat-links.com  If you are a rower who is going someplace (not just up and down between racing buoys), Open Water Rowing is the information resource for you. They help rowers keep in touch with people, boats, and events in the sport, and try to attract other outdoor-lovers to recreational rowing. www.openwater.com  sail-the-net.com Your internet resource for messing about on the water.
This web site is built upon several databases allowing sailors and boaters to access, post and share information. www.sail-the-net.com |