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Site Description of these Yahoo groups |
| Microcruising | A great place to talk about cruising in little boats, and moderated by the founder of Microcruising.com. |
| Paradoxboatbuilders | This group is dedicated to the construction of Matt Layden's Paradox design. Unfortunately, the owner/moderator of this group passed away; therefore, much of the energy and drive within this forum has waned. |
| Paradox Builders | A really fantastic group for those contemplating or building a Paradox. The moderator, Glen, is an experienced boat builder, and he has one of the finest examples of the Paradox design, Zoe, to his credit. |
| Aroundinten |
This group is no longer active, but the members now meet at http://www.aroundinten.com/ . |
| Boat Design | Not only for the technical minded. |
| A group dedicated to microcruising, especially in the Canadian built 17' Siren sailboat. | |
| Bolger forum | The place for fans of Bolger boats. |
| Smallsailboats | A great group moderated by Bill Serjeant, who has a website by the same name . |
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Site Description |
| Sophia Boat | An excellent site mostly in Swedish about the Sophia type boats inspired by Sven Yrvind. |
| Furledsails.com | The worlds first and finist sailing podcasts! |
| Microyahts in Tasman | A site whose primarily emphasis is on small boats that have crossed the Tasman sea. |
| 70.8% | Nice blog site with information on macro/microcruising. |
| Webb Chiles | A great site by Webb Chiles himself about his sailing adventures and his life. He even has generously provide full pdf files of most of his books and articles! |
| Mcgowanmarine | Some nice small boat designs and new green designs in the works. |
| God's Tear | A site dedicated to Wayne Dickinson and his beautiful transatlanctic record breaking 8' 11" sailboat. |
| Shoal Waters | Charles Stock's new website about his adventures aboard his 16 1/2 foot gaff rigged sailboat, Shoal Waters. Believe it or not, he has sailed over 70,000 miles in this little micro-cruiser since he built it in 1963. A must read site! |
| Little Jim | Excellent website with lots of pictures on how to build Paradox. |
| Voyage of the Aegre | This is a wonderful account of Nick Grainger and his girl friend's amazing 12,000 mile voyage across the Atlantic and the Pacific in their 21 foot Shetland fishing boat, Aegre. Also don't forget to check out Nick's main site on the Caledonia Yawl, Crazybird. |
| Yrvind | Sven Lundin/Yrvind site about his Bris boats. It is in Swedish. |
| Openboat | Neat site about cruising in open boats. |
| Openboatcruising | Another nice site about open boat cruising. |
| Pere Peinard | 18' sailboat that voyaged from Canada to Australia |
| Shortypen's Pocket Cruiser | Shortypen's site with a comprehensive list of sailboats |
| Pocket Cruiser Guide | Large list of boats and equipment. |
| Jack's NIS 18 Site | Jack did a beautiful job building EGIA. Lots of construction photos. |
| Egoist | Free plans for this wonderful 5.5 meter coastal cruiser. |
| Bill Serjeant's Blog | Bill Serjeants wonderful blog about not only his Paradox but all things boating. |
| John's Nautical And Boatbuilding | Excellent site to find ALL nautical related links |
| Bolger Site | A guide to lots of links to Bolger's boats on the web |
| Juneau boatbuilder | Amateur boat building way up north |
| Jim Michalak | Lots of small boat designs |
| Flicka Home Page | Great update site on this incredible boat. |
| LewisBoatWorks | Neat little site about Lewis' projects |
| Bruceboats | Bruce Hector's boating site-home of the "infinite modular sharpie." |
| Micro Site | Site on Bolger's Micro |
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Site Description |
| Small Crafts Advisor | Great little magazine. We did an in depth interview for them in their May/June 2000 |
| Messing About in Boats | Another great magazine published twice a month. |
| Duckswork Magazine | Web based magazine with articles, columns, and home building guides. |
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Site Description |
| Sweet Composites | Excellent source for fiberglass, kevlar, graphite and other boatbuilding supplies. We bought much of our supplies from here. Exceptional customer support. |
| Raka | Another wonderful supplier of boatbuilding fabrics, fillers and custom epoxy. |
| Ebay | Check out Ebay for some deals on white LEDs, fiberglass fabric and more. |
| Oudoor Wilderness Fabrics | Source for all types of fabrics. Great prices on closeouts. |
| Seattle Fabrics | A good source for all types of fabrics. |
| Sailrite | The place to get materials to make your own sails. |
| Jamestown Distributors | One of the best places to get fasteners, epoxy, paint etc.. |
| Sailmaker's Supply | A good source for dacron sailcloth, sunbrella and many other sailmaking related items at reasonable prices. |
| Defender Industries | Huge inventory of marine related item. We've bought gear from them since 1985. Now that we don't live nearby, we order on the internet. |
| Miscellaneous | Site Description |
| Marine Portraits | Small Craft Advisor illustrator, Joseph Buchanan, has some fine samples of his works here. |
| Snorkelbox | How to make a really inexpensive waterproof housing for your video camera. This enclosure should be perfect for those who want to protect their camera from spray and even submersion while cruising aboard their boat. You can see more of Robb's interesting inventions here. |