17 sailing sites you need to visit in 2017

If you are anything like me, you are constantly browsing the web for marine related content. I consume text, images, video, and audio on a regular basis as forms of entertainment as well as education. Here are 17 websites, blogs, and videos you need to check out in 2017!

  1. S/V Delos: Slip away from your winter cocoon and follow along through inspiring videos and blogs as the crew of Delos sails around the world.
  2. Sailing La Vagabonde: A young Australian couple films their adventures around the world sailing, fishing, and playing music.
  3. Skip Novak’s Storm Sailing Techniques: This is a fantastic multi-part series explaining the techniques and tools needed for exploratory cruising in rough weather.
  4. Cruising World: The go-to magazine for cruising destinations, gear reviews, and fascinating stories.

    Visit remote islands with the click of a mouse!

    Visit remote islands with the click of a mouse!

  5. Cruiser’s Forum: A useful forum for everything from DIY projects to classifieds and gear reviews. An excellent peer-to-peer resource.
  6. Sailing Anarchy: An alternative sailing site for all types of sailing, geared towards the fun, the different, and the exciting.
  7. Sailing Totem: A family of 5 sailing around the world. They literally wrote the book on Voyaging with Kids!
  8. Sailing Simplicity is a fantastic and popular blog by voyagers, liveaboards, and offshore sailing instructors Teresa and Benjamin Carey. For a glimpse into the voyaging world I highly recommend their movie One Simple Question!
  9. Chasing Bubbles: “A documentary about the journey and spirit of Alex Rust, a farm boy turned day trader from Indiana who, at 25, abandoned his yuppie life in Chicago, bought a modest sailboat and set out to sail around the world, learning as he journeyed.”[Tweet “17 sailing websites, blogs, and videos you need to check out in 2017!”]
  10. Turf to Surf: Meet Tasha, a writer, sailor, adventurer, and filmmaker sharing stories from around the world.

    Live vicariously through the best sailing content on the web!

    Live vicariously through the best sailing content on the web!

  11. Marine How-To: A basic website with thoroughly detailed descriptions of projects for the DIY sailor.
  12. gCaptain: The go-to source for all marine news. Oriented to the commercial sector.
  13. Tall Ships America: Check here often for job postings and volunteer opportunities on tall ships!
  14. Yacht World: This is where you go to dream about your next boat. I visit here way too often.
  15. The Boat Galley: What started as a resource for cooking on a sailboat has grown into so much more. Excellent resource for DIY boaters, liveaboards, and cooks at sea.
  16. Maine Boats, Homes, and Harbors: A Magazine and online resource for boating and coastal living in Maine.
  17. Around Cape Horn: The tall ship Peking sails around Cape Horn in 1929 in this documentary narrated by Irving Johnson. A must see!

 

Also, for a peak at life aboard on the coast of Maine be sure to return to A Life Aboard and to join the community in the Maine Sailing and Cruising Facebook group!

Matt Garand

About Matt Garand

Lifelong Mainer, and professional mariner, Matt Garand is the creator of A Life Aboard, a look at year-round living on a sailboat in Maine. Matt and his wife, Skye, live aboard in South Portland and use every available chance to throw off the lines and explore the coast.