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Navigational Aids Rowing Organizations Education History Environment
Safety Local Interest Products Press Coverage  
 

Rowing Organizations

Hull Lifesaving Museum - http://www.lifesavingmuseum.org/ 

Buzzards Bay Rowing Club  http://www.buzzardsbayrowing.org/

 
Pilot Gigs International - http://www.pilotgigs.info/wpg/index.php
 
Cape Cod Vikings Rowing Club - http://www.c4.net/viking/ 
 
Gloucester Gig Rowers - http://www.gloucestermaritimecenter.org/gig/
 
Saquish Rowing Club - http://www.saquishrowingclub.org/

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum - http://www.familyforests.org/research/rowing-gigs.shtml 

 
Vineyard Voyagers -http://www.vineyardvoyagers.org/
 
Floating the Apple - http://www.floatingtheapple.org/ 
 
The U.S. Lifesaving Service Heritage Association - http://people.maine.com/lights/lssha.htm
 
Blackburn Challenge - http://www.blackburnchallenge.com/

CRASH-B Indoor Rowing Championship - http://www.crash-b.org/

Nantucket Whaleboat Adventure Rowing Club - http://www.eganinstitute.org/Whaleboat.html

Straits of Mare Island Rowing Association (SOMIRA) - http://www.somira.org/

Albany Rowing Center - www.albanyrowingcenter.org


OUTSIDE US ROWING ORGANIZATIONS

Zuyderzee Roeiers - http://www.zuyderzee.nl/index.html

Amsterdamse Roeisloepvereniging 't Juiste Tuig - http://www.juistetuig.nl/begin.html

THE HENLEY WHALERS (click on 'Molly' - Build report & first sail )
http://www.henleywhalers.org.uk/

Swedish whaleboat pic:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/44113755/1044422066030374135mNERhI

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Navigational Aids

MA navigation rules - http://www.boat-ed.com/ma/handbook/nav.htm

Atlantic Coast Nautical Charts - http://www.nauticalcharts.gov/viewer/AtlanticCoastTable.htm

NOAA (Local marine weather forecast) - http://www.crh.noaa.gov/forecasts/MAZ020.php?warncounty=MAC005&city=New+Bedford

New Bedford Harbor tide charts (MA Maritime Assoc, with permission) - http://www.boatma.com/tides/


NOAA water temp charts for New Bedford area -
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/dsdt/cwtg/natl.html

Chart of the Acushnet River - http://people.deas.harvard.edu/~leslie/Charts/13229_12.gif
 

Chart of New Bedford & Buzzards Bay - http://people.deas.harvard.edu/~leslie/Charts/13232_1.gif

Historical Map & Chart Project - http://historicals.ncd.noaa.gov/historicals/histmap.asp
 

Sun and Moon Data for One Day - http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.html

National Data Buoy Center - Station BUZM3 - Buzzards Bay, MA - http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=buzm3

Education

Massachusetts Environmental Police "Boat Massachusetts" is both an online boating safety course and source of applicable boating rules, laws and regulations in Massachusetts. - http://www.boat-ed.com/ma/handbook/index.htm 

Foundation For Rowing Education - http://www.rowingeducation.org/

USCC Personal Flotation Devices (PFD's) Requirements - http://www.uscgboating.org/safety/fedreqs/equ_pfd.htm

MA Boating Laws - Nighttime Navigation -  http://www.boat-ed.com/ma/handbook/night.htm

US aids to navigation (ATON) - Buoys, Cans and Nuns, and what they mean - http://www.boat-ed.com/ma/handbook/aids.htm

New Bedford Harbor Commission, function and mandate in New Bedford Harbor - http://www.ci.new-bedford.ma.us/ECONOMIC/HDC/about.htm 

New Bedford Harbor Commission - State and Federal agencies with jurisdiction in the waterways around New Bedford harbor. -
http://www.ci.new-bedford.ma.us/ECONOMIC/HDC/orgstate.htm

US Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 1N-65, New Bedford, MA - http://a0130605.uscgaux.info/
 

THE REAL STORY OF THE WHALER- http://www.du.edu/~ttyler/ploughboy/verrill.htm

Lloyd Center for the Environment - http://www.lloydcenter.org/

The Center for Wooden Boats - http://www.cwb.org/index.htm

Yankee Magazine article: Whaling, Walking & Wildflowers -
http://www.yankeemagazine.com/guide/whaling.php
 
 
Southeastern Environmental Educators Alliance - http://www.cfsema.org/programs_services/seeal.htm

Fall River Maritime Public Charter School - http://www.fallrivermaritimepcs.org

 

History

Historical Map & Chart Project - http://historicals.ncd.noaa.gov/historicals/histmap.asp

 

Environment

Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program - Open Space Planning Initiative - http://www.buzzardsbay.org/openfact.htm

Lloyd Center for the Environment - http://www.lloydcenter.org/

 

 

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Safety

USCC Personal Flotation Devices (PFD's) Requirements - http://www.uscgboating.org/safety/fedreqs/equ_pfd.htm 

MA Boating Safety Laws - Boating Under the Influence (BUI) Regulations - http://www.boat-ed.com/ma/handbook/alcohol.htm

MA Boating Laws - Nighttime Navigation -  http://www.boat-ed.com/ma/handbook/night.htm

US Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 1N-65, New Bedford, MA - http://www.fl1n65.org/

US aids to navigation (ATON) - Buoys, Cans and Nuns, and what they mean - http://www.boat-ed.com/ma/handbook/aids.htm


Local Interest

Edey & Duff Boatbuilders - http://www.edeyandduff.com/
 
Whaling City Harbor Tours - http://www.whalingcityexpeditions.com/services.html

New Bedford Harbor Development Commission -
http://www.ci.new-bedford.ma.us/ECONOMIC/HDC/index.htm

US Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 1N-65, New Bedford, MA - http://www.fl1n65.org/

 

Products

Concept 2 Rowing - http://www.concept2.com/05/training/training_home.asp

RowBike.com - http://www.rowbike.com/

 

Whaling City Rowing Press Coverage

Standard Times article - Whale of a Day in New Bedford harbor
 
Standard Times article - Crew Class

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