Club Documents: Club documents are on a password protected page. If you are a current member please contact the club for the password. Link to the page is here. 

Current info – navigation and weather

• Burlington Lift Bridge – A reference for what the wind is doing right now and the past 24 hours. It’s also great if you have just had an awesome sail and want to lie to your friends about how much wind there was.
• Hamilton airport – The weather network’s take on the forecast.
• Government of Canada official marine forecast – Just that, what’s happening on the water.
• Official weather alerts – Check here if in doubt.
• Live wind speed at Burlington Canal
• Live wind speed, water/air temps, and waves at Grimsby
• Magnetic variation (“declination”)
• Navigational Warnings (NAVWARNs) advising of temporary hazards

Boating safety

• TP511E Safe Boating Guide (safety equipment & boating regulations)

Navigation – publications

• Canadian Hydrographic Service chart catalogue (central region)
• Canadian Hydrographic Service Chart 1 (list of all chart symbols>
• Notices to Mariners (updates to charts & nautical publications)
• List of Lights, Buoys, and Fog Signals (details of all navigational aids maintained by CCG)
• Sailing Directions (describes navigational considerations for an area including shipping traffic, ports, local hazards, weather tendencies, etc)
• Radio Aids to Marine Navigation (describes radio traffic monitoring, channels, and RADAR aids to navigation)
• Canadian Aids to Navigation System 2011 (CANS) quick reference map (shows appearance and use of all common Canadian navaids)
• Canadian Aids to Navigation System 2011 (CANS) book (describes Canadian navaids system in detail)
• Canadian Tide & Current Tables

Chart dealers – local

• Brewers Marine
• Dowsar Marine

Chart dealers – online

• The Binnacle (Halifax)
• Nautical Mind (Toronto)

Navigation – general interest

• NOAA/GLERL Great Lakes Dashboard (historical Great Lakes water levels)

Live wind feed below. Click on ‘Legend’ for wind speeds.