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Caribbean and Atlantic weather
forecast including winds, currents and sea state. |
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Dedicated
Marine
Weather site |
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NOAA's
Current Surface Analysis |
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Weather
Channel forecasts |
| Marine
Resources |
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USA's
largest
Marine Supply store |
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Caribbean's
largest
Marine Supply store |
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The
best resource for
nautical books and charts. |
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Registry
of
Florida Yacht Clubs |
| Communications |
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Direct
link to login page for Earthlink email subscribers |
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Satellite
phones and voice/data througout
the Caribbean. |
| News |
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News
and Commentary |
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News
and Commentary |
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Stock
Updates for
Charles Schwab customers. |
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West
Retail Consulting International working with Home Furnishings Retailers. |
| Vacation
Villas |
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White Sands is a lovely home in the Florida Keys with a private beach and boat
dock to four feet of water
on Florida Bay. |
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Angels' Roost is a new and spacious home on St. John in the USVIs with breathtaking views of Coral Bay and Bordeaux Mountain. |
| Travel
Planning |
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State
Department updates on foreign travel, where it's
safe and where to avoid. |
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Pet
friendly places to travel and updates on how to bring pets to foreign
countries. |
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Delta
Airlines reservations
and information. |
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American
Airlines
reservations and information |
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Avis
Car Rental is available on most Caribbean islands. |
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Thrifty
Car Rental is conveniently located at Puerto Del Rey Marina but
requires an affidavit from your insurance company for
local coverage. |
| Catamaran-Friendly
Marinas - Florida and Georgia |
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Las
Olas City Docks and New River at Riverwalk can both accomodate catamarans.
Both have dockside pumpouts, restaurants nearby and great boater
facilities. |
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Right off of Climatis Street in
West Palm Beach, Palm Harbor Marina requires one bridge opening
(Flagler) within Lake Worth Inlet. |
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No
bridges to open
from Lake Worth Inlet. |
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Easy
access through Government Cut and
walking distance to
South Beach restaurants. |
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Titusville
City Marina is a great place to watch manatees. Not much
within walking distance. |
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Nice harbor, no tides. Two restaurants
on site. |
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Marina
is just off the Intracoastal and is part of a resort with a couple
of restaurants on site. Lots of restaurants and shopping within
minutes. |
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Within
minutes of downtown St. Augustine. Nice facilities, no bridges to
open,
restaurant and convenience store on site. |
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Pleasant
marina near Islamorada with new
city park adjacent. |
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Luxury
accomodations within walking distance of
Key West attractions. |
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Reasonable,
protected and quiet marina off the ICW adjacent to picturesque
and fun St. Simons Island, GA. |
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| Catamaran-Friendly
Marinas - Bahamas and Turks & Caicos |
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Nice
new resort just across the Stream from West Palm Beach. Two restaurants
and 30 minutes from Freeport. |
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Upscale cay at the top of the
Abacos. Two restaurants, lots of quiet strolls, airstrip. |
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Popular
resort in Marsh Harbour, Abacos. Restaurants, beach
and water sports. |
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Tucked
in the back of Marsh Harbour, Abacos with the popular Jib Room on
site. |
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Conveniently
located in downtown Nassau with the popular Poop Deck on site. |
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Nice
and accessible in Spanish Wells, Eleuthera. |
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Best
eating in the Far Islands of the Bahamas. Dining worthy of Manhattan. |
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No marina, no moorings but a wonderful
place to stay and dine with anchorage in Alabaster Bay, Eleuthera. |
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Great
new marina in Clarence Town, Long Island with dining within walking
distance. |
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Great marina on Provo, T&C, with
restaurants, customs and everything nearby. |
| Catamaran-Friendly
Marinas - Caribbean |
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Great
and modern marina near Charlotte Amalie,
St. Thomas, with
restaurants and shopping. |
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Full-service
marina in the heart of Spanish Town, Virgin Gorda, with everything
on-site or nearby. |
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Right
in the heart of Road Town, Tortola, BVI. Restaurant on-site. |
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Marina
in the midst of a renovation right in
Basseterre, St. Kitts. |
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Share
space with the finest (and largest) megayachts making their home
on Antigua. |
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Great
marina near Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, with everything on-site
and wonderful place for
dog walking as well. |
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Shopping and Entertainment |
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Everything
you ever wanted to know about movies and the people who make them. |
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Books,
movies and
lots of other stuff. |
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This
link is for fellow boaters with DirecTV satellite dishes. |
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E-cards
are nice and a lot easier to send from afar. |
| Great
Reading |
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The
master of them all, John D. MacDonald, and his addictive 21 volume
series about Travis McGee, boat bum and slayer of dragons. |
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Doc
Ford may seem harmless but he'll conjure up visions of T. McGee
as he drags the reader deeper into intrigue
and adventure. |
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Love the Florida Keys, the Everglades,
the crazies that live there? Then you'll love these local adventures. |
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You'll
never look at Florida
the same again as Hiassen makes you angry and laugh at the same
time. Another tale from another charter member of the MacDonald/McGee
fan club. |
