As you can see I have links all over this website, hopefully appropriate to the topics addressed. Some of the listed below I hope can be of use to you.This is the U.S. Coast Guard’s national site. If you want to learn what you are mandated to have with you on your vessel for recreational use. Scroll down on the "Table of Contents" to the right and you can print a checklist.These are minimum life saving regulations.

http://www.uscgboating.org/safety/fedreqs/equipment.htm

Also, a copy of the Examiner's checklist for the Vessel Safety Decal from USCG District 14 here in Honolulu. Get the decal, it may save you time and aggrevation the next time your out there! 

http://www.uscgaux.org/~140/vessel_safety_checks.htm

or if that's not working try

http://www.safetyseal.net/what_is_vsc.asp    

Weather websites… How about this, the U.S. Navy worldwide!

Now this is not your average weather site, you may need a PHD to understand all this information. Just scroll down to Tropical Eastern Pacific and click and you can click on sea surface/streamlines or

 if you click on MyWXMap on the left hand side of the page, then click "public charts no login required", then move across the top to CHARTS, then scroll to sfc istch/wind.slp you can get surface wind info. Hey, play around in this site, I'm still discovering helpful stuff for when I'm out there. 

https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/PUBLIC/

Or, maybe you just want the Pacific, from the University of Hawaii.

http://weather.hawaii.edu/current/hawwx.cgi?banner=uhmet

Or maybe that old weather fax machine finally died and you wired that modem into your SSB. Here's the NOAA website for weather fax, this page is the Pacific but look around and get any area you want.

How about a link to find out what's old and what's new, and just about everything you want to know when it comes to boat building! 

http://boatdesign.net

And of course, a worldwide manufactures and dealer network site for every electronic gadget you can install.  Yes, all these items can increase value, somewhat, but they sure make it easier. Captains Megelland and Cook took every possible new gadget they could find!  Before when we ran DR's in the fog, it was run a little then turn off the engine and listen for breaking surf or freighters and hold your breath, now you turn on the radar linked to your GPS and sip coffee . Yes, I still have an $800 sextant, but it went obsolete almost overnight, yippee. Those were the good old days? Go to the products page here. 

http://marine-electronics.net

And a new to me site, "Sail the net" at

http://www.sail-the-net.com/marine-electronics/marine-electronics-intro.html

Associations 

Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors 

http://www.marinesurvey.org/

American Boat and Yacht Council 

Move down to Educational Programs on the ABYC home page, then click, then see Standards Accredited Directory, click on Hawaii and you will find that I am the only Standards Accredited in the State of Hawaii(2005) Ta-da! Hey, (2206) someone else got accredited, works for NOAA. Great! 

http://www.abycinc.org/

International Association of Marine Investigators