News, Education and Reference

News, Education and Reference¶

News¶

• Actisense Media - Vendor blog, with self-help and industry news.
• Marine Electronics Journal - Digital magazine published by NMEA.
• Panbo - Marine tech news.
• SmartBoats - Vendor directory and reviews.

Education¶

• Actisense Hub - Free tutorials, online books and reference from Actisense.
• AllThingzSailing - Catalog of sailing related websites, blogs, videos and apps.
• Attainable Adventure Cruising - Articles on electronics and software and Navigation and Marine Electronics on-line book.
• Boat HowTo - Online courses and articles for marine electrics, NMEA networking and engines.
• GPS NMEA 0183 Messaging Protocol 101 - Arduino tutorial with general applicability.
• Meco Training - On-line marine electrics and electronics courses.
• Mr Lopez - Books and online classes on marine electrics, Spanish and English.
• NMEA Certification and Training - Official NMEA organization courses.
• NMEA Conference and Expo - Annual vendor event in USA.
• Ocean Science Technology - NMEA 0183 and 2000 tutorials.
• Seably - Electronics courses, including Actisense accreditation.

Reference¶

• NMEA FAQ - 2006 vintage, latest and remains relevant.
• NMEA Revealed - Detailed technical reference for NMEA0183, part of the gpsd project.
• Seatalk Technical Reference - Unofficial documentation of Seatalk 1 protocol.

Checklists¶

These are openly shared lists, specific to boats, however useful as a starting point, reference or cross-check for your own. See also the World Cruising Wiki examples.

• Caladh - 1990 Victoria 34, British flagged. Pre and post sailing checklists.
• Lille Ø - 1979 Amigo 40, German Flagged. Anchoring, before/after sailing, mast stepping etc plus boat documentation.
• Salty Lass - 2002 Bavaria 36, British flagged. Sailing, laying up, buying a boat checklists plus logbook template.
• Sea Jade - 2011 Bavaria Cruiser 36, British flagged. Before/after sailing, storm prep etc plus navigation templates.