Useful website for checking out prevailing wind at different times of the year

http://www.windfinder.com/windstats/windstatistic_map_europe_4.htm

I've been looking at this to see what the wind might be doing when we sail from Sweden to the UK in a couple of months.

Excellent Article on the Raymarine AIS500

Just discovered this great article on the AIS500, which is Raymarine's AIS Class B transciever. One of these little boxes will help you see big ships at night and in fog, and possibly more importantly be seen by those vessels.

http://doublereef.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/raymarine-ais500-reboot/

Race Crew

This is an excellent article on who does what on a yacht in racing mode:

http://www.sea-dreamer.com/page.asp?pagename=racing