Boating Links
Here are the best we've found so far. If you have your own boating-related favorites, please share them with us.
Including:
Aburatsubo, Yokosuka, Yokohama, and scores of other Japan coastal areas. You are advised to NOT assume them to be correct ... and prepare to scroll!
Near real-time view and report on waves and winds near Hiratsuka, in Sagami BayEnglish-language page showing just what you need to know if you plan to sail in Sagami Bay. Data is updated hourly, and "live cam" every few minutes.
Opportunity for Sharing a Sailboat coming from Australia
13 mtr steel motor sailor built in 1990 and currently located near Brisbane in Queensland will soon be setting sail for various overseas locations enroute to Fukuoka Japan. The search is now on for suitable Share Partners in this planned adventure.
37' Cruising Sloop "Claymore"Home port in Manatsuru on the east side of the Izu Peninsula. Friendly owner (New Zealander Steve) and crew, nice laid back harbor.
Local Sailing Weather ReportTo check the weather report for the next five days, also sunrise & sunset in Tokyo-area waters (Yokosuka).
TSPS-Designated "Member-Adrift" Starts
5-Year Around the World Cruise
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TSPS burgee proudly flies as Aki Hayashi
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Aki and his crew, all over 60 years
of age, set out on their world cruise from their homeport, Nakoso
Sun Marina..
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TSPS "Member-Adrift" Aki Hayashi, his brother and 2 friends begin a 5-year around-the-world cruise on Aki's 42-foot Catalina sailboat "Liberty" on May 22, when they embark for Hawaii, their first destination.
To keep tabs on "Liberty's" progress, go to their website. (as of June 20, they had made Midway, taken a break, and were off to Hawaii...next stop Pearl Harbor!) Click Here
All The Knots You Need to Know
Click here to see how to tie the main knots we teach in our Under Way class for the Class 2 Japan Boating License... animated and awesomely rendered. Somone went to a lot of trouble to make these high-tech marlinspike aids.
Click here for another website that has good animated illustrations of how to tie common nautical knots.
Sailing SimulatorPut all that theory to a test... what happens when you turn the rudder THIS way. Click here.
Sailing TermsThis site was going around the email circuit, and is too good to let go. Now when someone asks you what "bare boat" means, you know what to tell them. Click here to know all.
Outdoor Japan's Feature on 'Sailing in Japan'
Great resource for finding English-language sailing and recreational resources in Japan (including us).
Musashi Cruising Team
Abuzuri Hayama, Kanagawa
(next to Hayama Marina)
The English language site of a very friendly, outgoing and active Japanese sailing group. Check it out!
Fukuoka Fishing Adventures
Great resource for fishing information and activities in the Fukuoka and general Kyushu area!
Web Links to Sailing in Japan (in English!)So you thought there wasn't much going on, in English, about sailing in Japan. Think again, mates...! Marty, you done good!
Marty Shaw's Personal Sailing-Japan Web Page
Marty, a TSPS member, put the first information about TSPS on his personal web page "Closed Hauled and Eating Raw Fish," and finally WE got around to the idea! Thanks again, Marty...
Some Gorgeous Shots of the Kaisei
We're still searching for the Kaisei's home page, but until we find it, here are a professional photog's shots of this tall-masted schooner, owned and operated by the Sail Training Association of Japan headed by TSPS Honorary Member Kaoru Ogimi.
SAD NEWS:
Kaisei sold, leaves for other waters. We'll try to report more details later...
Great Article in The Japan Times on What It's Like to Sail Hereabouts
Japan's area is less than that of California, though its economic exclusion zone takes in an enormous 4 million sq. km of ocean. The length of the coastline per sq. km of land is second only to Denmark, yet Japan's annual celebration of its partnership with the sea, Umi no Hi (Marine Day), rated hardly a passing mention on Saturday.
Kenichi Horie's Official Web Page
Another historic sail starts in October 2003, by one of Japan's most-famous sailors.