Maritime Contact Info

• US Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound (uscg.mil)

Safe Boating Education

• Float Plan Form (Corinthian Yacht Club of Bellingham)

• US Coast Guard Local Notice to Mariners
  Document that gets published weekly by the U.S. Coast Guard, informing us on changes in charts, giving advanced notice of local events (like draw bridge closures) and other marine information that affects the safety of navigation in our local waters.

•  Boat Owner's Association of The United States (BoatUS)
  

• Water Safety (American Red Cross) 
  Water competency to prevent drowning

• Online Boating Courses (BoatUS Foundation)

• Recreational Boaters (uscgboating.org) 
  The official website of the U.S. Coast Guard's Boating Safety Division

• The American Sailing Association - Online Classes (asa.com) 
  Classes include docking, sail trim and Inside Sailing with Peter Isler

• America's Boating Club - Online Boating Education (americasboatingclub.org)
  Offers 28 online classes around boating
  

• Online Courses - Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission 
  Washington State Parks Boater Education - Courses, Card, Study Guide

• Sailing Schools who use NauticEd Certification Program 
  NauticEd - Online Sailing School

• Home - Seattle Boat Show

VHF Radio

• VHF Radio Protocol (BoatUS) 
  BoatUS VHF Radio - Get Ready for the Season

• Weather Reports on the VHF 
  A review of how to get weather reports on the radio (Mike Huston)

• Sound Communications 
  An overview of VHF use here in NW waters. (Mike Huston, Please note there is an error in the article, the Seattle traffic channels for the south and north Sound areas are switched)