| General |
| Boating Industry Association
of Victoria |
| Provides information on safety, boating laws and regulations,
boat shows and employment opportunities. |
| Boat Plans Online |
| This is an online shop where you can buy boat plans and kits. It
also has information on how to build a boat using techniques such as
stitch and glue, fibreglass and wooden boats. Free plans and
shareware are also available. |
| Boat Building
Community |
| This is a site where boat builders and designers, (amateur or
professional) can communicate with each other and share their
passion for watercraft. It has links to homepages of boat builders,
a download area for plans and details on how to receive free design
software. |
| Compumarine |
| Provides information on boat plans. |
| Professional Boat Builder
Magazine |
| This is the electronic edition of the magazine. Boat builders
produce it for boat builders, repairers and designers. The emphasis
is on materials, design, construction techniques as well as repair
advice and solutions. There are also technical articles that detail
actual examples to improve the quality and efficiency of your
work. |
| Boat Design Net |
| Contains a lively forum on the design and construction of
various types of boats, as well as a gallery of photographs of boats
built by professionals and students. |
| Glen-L marine
designs |
Includes information on Boat plans, patterns,
and kits
for the amateur boat builder. |
| Forest World - Timber
Information |
|
Information relating to wood for construction. This site includes
a "Woods of the World" database, which contains detailed information
on wood species and products for specific uses. Also details
specific country information covering statistics, forestry resource
data, maps and geography. |
| Marine
Waypoints |
|
A directory of marine related web sites. Covers boating, diving,
fishing, gear, sailing, weather and almost everything else!
Guaranteed to whet you appetite for anything maritime! A great place
to start looking for just about anything related to the
water. |
| Marine
Timbers |
| A Melbourne based site where you can gain an idea of modern
wooden boat building methods. They also stock a variety of good
books on boat building. The site also describes products
used to seal and stabilise timbers and the most appropriate
glues. |
| Australia's Maritime
World |
| Provides information on maritime history and culture of
Australia, maritime destinations, attractions, events, adventures,
products, services, careers, training, education, travel &
tourism. |
| Boat Books
Australia |
Boat Books Australia offers more than 5000 titles, including
books, videos and computer software. They offer a wide range of
resources to professional sailors and recreational boating
enthusiasts. Topics from boat building to Australian waters cruising
guides and navigation charts. They also stock the latest computer
software for charting and GPS.
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| Clark Craft |
| Information about boat kits, plans, patterns and building
supplies |
| Wooden Boat Magazine |
| Provides web site links, catalogue, features the latest issue of
the magazine, subscriptions and book information. |
| WageNet |
| provides information about of employment in Australia for work that is
covered by federal
awards and agreements. |
|
WorkSafe Victoria |
WorkSafe Victoria is the manager of Victoria's
workplace safety system. Broadly, the
responsibilities of WorkSafe are to:
- help avoid workplace injuries occurring
- enforce Victoria's occupational health & safety laws
- provide reasonably priced workplace injury insurance for
employers
- help injured workers back into the workforce
- manage the workers' compensation scheme by ensuring the
prompt delivery of appropriate services and adopting prudent
financial practices.
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| Water Safety |
| Bureau of
Meteorology |
| Australian Bureau of Meteorology weather information for all
marine activities. Provides warnings, forecasts, satellite and radar
pictures and observation for all inland and coastal waters. |
| Australian Maritime Safety
Authority |
| The Australian Maritime Safety Authority is a government agency
with the charter of enhancing efficiency in the delivery of safety
and other services to the Australian maritime industry. Their goal
is to achieve world's best practice in providing services to
Australia in maritime safety, aviation and marine search and rescue,
and protection of the marine environment from ship sourced
pollution. |
| Marine Safety
Victoria |
| Marine Safety Victoria is the State's marine safety agency and
is responsible for the administration of the Marine Act 1988 and the
Marine Regulations 1999. A vital resource before hitting the
water. |
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| Surfboard
Building |
| How to
Build Your First Surfboard |
| Online Book by Stephen Pirsch on building your
first Surfboard. |
| How to
Shape a Surfboard |
| A short guide to building a Surfboard for amateurs. |
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