Below are what we hope are useful links…

Weather

MetBob – Bob McDavitt has been doing an incredible job of weather routing for us for about four years now. Can’t recommend him highly enough. Also see his weekly WeatherGram
Windyty.com – Our current favorite weather data viewer (when we have good internet)
Nullschool Earth – A great weather data visualization
Nullschool Earth Zone of Misery – where it’s too hot or too cold to exist
PredictWind – A paid weather routing program – amazing service!
Tropical Tidbits – current storm info
MetVuw – human-moderated weather charts from Victoria University, Wellington
SailDocs – Bandwidth optimized weather info via email

Weather Tools

qtVLM Free Weather Router Software
Viewfax PC program to download and view GRIB files (part of Airmail but you should be able to download and install it separately here)

Navigation Tools

OpenCPN Free Navigation Software
VentureFarther.com An incredible website to make satellite images and more – see our post here about it… VentureFarther for Satellite Images (and More)
GE2KAP A free program to make satellite charts (KAP files)
ChartAid A great paid program to make KAP files
SAS Planet A free program useful for making/downloading/storing satellite images (Russian site – may need to use Google Translate to read)
Insight Map Creator A free program that will create AT5 files that can be displayed on Simrad and B&G chartplotters.
NZMariner – free raster charts of the Pacific

Communications

ZoneAlarm – a free firewall that can save $$$ on satellite connections – and here’s our post on setting it up.
St. Brendan’s Isle – reliable mail forwarding service but kind of expensive.

Boat Info, Cruising Info and Forums

CruisersForum – probably everything you could want to know about boats and boating
Panbo – marine electronics
Noonsite – if there’s one master repository of cruising info, this is it
Soggy Paws – Great cruising info – check out their compendiums

Miscellaneous