This section contains Links to many topics of interest. We will use this as a repository for key documents, articles and links to our frequently used web sites. Fleet 5 meeting minutes and our newsletter will be posted in the Fleet 5 section of this web site.

Catalina Catalina Catalina!
Catalina Yachts	Catalina Association Links
Catalina 36 International Association	Mainsheet Magazine
C36 MKII Brochure	Cruising at 80 - Frank Butler of Catalina Yachts is still stacking hours and building boats at the age of 80!
Catalina 36mkII Specifications
The Catalina 36 Arguably the most popular sailboat of this size ever built.	The All-New Catalina 375

Misc Information
Adobe Reader (click to download - it's free)	International Code of Signals for visual, sound, and radio communications - United States edition
Animated Knots by Grog
The DTV Transition and your marine TV antenna	U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
	United States Power Squadron

Weather	Tide Tables / Current Predictor
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	TideTables.com
The Weather Channel	WXTide is a free Windows tide and current prediction program. This program can be used on your laptop so you have tides available while afloat. http://www.wxtide32.com/
Weather Underground
Intellicast.com	WWW Tide and Current Predictor is a site maintained by Dean Pentcheff (tide@crustacea.nhm.org). It runs on a surplus computer in the laboratory of David Wethey (University of South Carolina). You can use this site to generate tabular tide data for trip planning when at home. http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide/

Safety
Coast Guard Auxiliary Safety Check	Digital Selective Calling
Float Plan Form		How Digital Selective Calling Works
		Go to BoatU.S. to register your MMSI