We have interesting articles to look at, useful websites, websites of individual vessels, and a tool to query your USCG registration.
| Links to Articles & White Papers | Description |
| The Green Wire Controversy | AC grounding. ABYC electrical standards. |
| RF Interference | Technical notes on solving RF interference problems by Jim Corenman, revised 10/14/99 |
| Comparing Marine Battery Technologies - a Brief Introduction | Here is an impartial resource to help you decide what lead acid battery technology is best for you: Flooded, Gel, or AGM. It is a bit dated now. |
| Anchor Tests 2006 | West Marine and Sail Magazine conducted these tests of some major modern anchors. |
| The Sailing Foundation Anchor Tests, Puget Sound, 1995 | On June 17 and 18, 1995 the Safety at Sea Committee of the Sailing Foundation conducted anchor tests on five selected sites on Puget Sound. This is a good review of some of the older major anchors and their performance (including the Bruce, my favorite) |
| Jeff's Sailing Articles | Articles written by your webmaster on Beatrix. |
| Links to Important or Interesting Websites | Description |
| Blue Sea Systems Technical Briefs | Lots of important articles on boat wiring. Blue Seas also makes excellent equipment and have great product support. |
| Brion Toss Rigging | Brion is the rigger's rigger. This website if full of great information and a terrific forum called Spartalk. He also has rigging tools, information, books and his own services for sale. |
| Yacht Survey Online. | Yacht surveyor D.H. Pascoe & Co. has dozens of good articles on yacht surveys. |
| OnlineMetals.com | This is THE place to purchase small quantities of stainless or bronze plate or tubing. They cut it to the size you want, ship it wherever, and the prices are very low. Located in Seattle. |
| LeFiell Masts | Most of the KP44's have LeFiell masts. It is interesting that the KP44 mast height was apparently an option and varies from boat to boat. LeFiell is now out of the marine business and their remaining inventory is being sold to www.forespar.com. |
| Zephyrwerks — The Sheave Factory | Custom Black Acetal (Delrin) sheaves for replacing masthead sheaves. |
| Parts4Engines.com | Manufacturer of replacement parts for Perkins Engines |
| Marine SSB Single Sideband Simplified | Gordon West's complete book online. From ICOM. |
| Boatkeeper | University of Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory agent Terry Johnson in Homer, offers suggestions in this series called Boatkeepers. Aimed at fishing boats, but there are some great articles of interest to sailing vessel owners. |
| The Ultimate Guide to Boat Preservation & Repair | This page has a lot of boat repair videos. |
| BucValue | What's your boat really worth? Try this site for used boat prices and evaluations. The results may not be very valid anymore -- (see The Inside Scoop on Boat Prices by Richard Meeks, F46 owner). |
| Peterson Cutter Web Sites | Description |
| Tainui | #1 F46 Tainui's logs of cruising from Australia to Russia by legendary skipper John Vallentine. John has sold Tainui and is on to new adventures. |
| Tulum III | KP44 Tulum III's new website of the adventures of Rudolph and Elisa Andrae. |
| Weta | Weta's is a Wallis-Peterson 44 (formerly a KP44) being totally rebuilt in Auckland, NZ |
| Emerald | KP44 Emerald's blog. Colin 'Skip' Wright and Nichola Wright are sailing in the UK |
| Odyssey | KP44 Odyssey's blog. |
| Beatrix Refit | Jeff Stander's online documentation of the voyaging and refitting refitting of his KP44. |
| Log of the Moira | Research Expedition to the South Pacific aboard the KP44 Moira |
| Redwings Website | Aaron Henderson and Colleen Duggan are owners of a Formosa 46 and have extensively documented their boat and sailing adventures. |
| Magnum | Follow the sea adventures of Magnum as they navigate along the coast, including their memorable journey approaching the Golden Gate Bridge and exploring San Francisco. |
| San Dollar | Chronicles of a Kelly-Peterson 44 undergoing a long-term refit in the Pacific Northwest. The blog has moved to an independent host at www.svsanddollar.com. |
| Wasatch | Adventures of The Wasatch including detailed tracks and logs of their worldwide sailing journey. Note that their website is now at the .net domain rather than the original .com. |
| Official Links | Description |
| DTOPS (Decal and Transponder Online Procurement System | DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY USER FEE DECALS |
| EPIRB Registration Online | UNITED STATES 406 MHz BEACON REGISTRATION DATABASE SYSTEM |
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