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NEW ADDITIONS AND UPDATES
As StarboardBeam.com is for the eclectic minded individuals with broad horizons of interest, we constantly are adding new information to the site. Below are new portholes and links to a variety of information sources to provide you a means to learn more. Newest links and portholes will appear at the bottom of the table lists.
If you have links or information you would like to see, send us those to captainbill@starboardbeam.com - subject: New Website Information
| NEW PORTHOLES On Starboardbeam.com | NEW LINKS | STARBOARDBEAM PORTHOLE New Links |
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| Places To Stay - Places to Eat - Places to Visit | ||
| Sailing Games | The Astronomical Almanac Online A joint publication of the U. S. Nautical Almanac Office, United States Naval Observatory (USNO), in the United States and Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office (HMNAO), United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO), in the United Kingdom. The printed version contains precise ephemerides of the Sun, Moon, planets, and satellites, data for eclipses and other astronomical phenomena for a given year, and serves as a world-wide standard for such information. The online version extends the printed version by providing data best presented in machine-readable form. |
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New links to the other boating gear you may need for whatever you are doing. |
Beaver Bay Agate Shop & Jewelry - The place togo when sailing on Lake Superior to get the best Lake Superior Agates and jewelry. |
SEE: Navigation Porthole |
Sailor's Information Center - Formerly the Sailor's Communcation Center Porthole |
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office - The British have been on the Ocean a long time. Check out some of the knowledge of the sea they have acquired. |
SEE: Navigation Porthole |
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U.S. Naval Observatory - Astronomical Applications |
SEE: Navigation Porthole |
World Time Zone Map - Did your watch break and you need to know what time it is where you are now finding yoursel??? Well, check out the U.S. Naval Observatory for a map of the World's Time Zones. |
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Out Island Inter.Net - An Island Guide to the Internet. |
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TownDock - Your local hometown News and Views from Oriental, North Carolina. |
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Marine Traffic.com - Find those large ships before they find you. Provides information on shipping traffic throughout the world. |
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Cruiser's Net - for Cruisers helping Cruisers |
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| Corals and Coral Reefs | See: Critters in the Sea Porthole | |
| Changes in Magnetic Declination over Time | SEE: Navigation Porthole | |
| Myway -Science in the News | ||
| Storm Pulse - Provides information on storms and strom trqacks for both the Atlantic and the Pacific | SEE: Weather 2 Porthole | |
| NASA Eclipse Web Site - Excellant past, current and future information on lunar and solar eclipses | ||
| Magnetic Declination - A link to NOAA's webpage for computing the magnetic declination in any local area. | SEE: Navigation Porthole | |
| Marine Geology and Geophysics -A link to NOAA's webpage for information on marine Geology and marine geophysics. | SEE: World of Geology Porthole | |
| Space Weather - A link to NOAA's webpage for space weather information from the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center | SEE: Out-of-This-World-Weather Porthole | |
Bathymetry and Global Relief - A link to NOAA's webpage on seafloor relief. |
SEE: World of Geology Porthole | |
| Paleogeographic Maps of North America | SEE: World of Geology Porthole | |
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SEE: World of Geology Porthole | |
| North American Sailor - This site is for, as they say or the "Nautically Obsessed" | SEE: Sailors Information Center Porthole | |
| Potomac River Charters See Washington D.C. aboard the 59 foot Bluewater Yacht Potomac Belle | SEE: Sailing Charters Porthole | |
| Survival Topics - Online information regarding survival. More than just the end of the world survival. | SEE: Boating Safety Porthole | |
| IPod/IPhone Applications for Boaters & Sailors - Mad Mariner Website | SEE: Navigation Porthole | |
| National Lightning Safety Institute - Lightning- Glossary of Terms and Information | SEE: Weather2/Weather Thunder and Lightning Porthole | |
| Online Education Resources: Geology For Kids - Provided by a now 6th grader soon to be a future Geologis | SEE: World of Geology Porthole | |
| NEW: Oceanography | NEW!! Matthias Tomczak's Oceanography Web Site - Contains lectures and presentations on Oceanography from Flinders University of South Australia | SEE: Oceanography Porthole |
| Goddard Space Flight Center - Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) | SEE: Out-of-This-World-Weather Porthole | |
| NEW: Useful Tools - Provides links to many usefult tools and searches. |
