Useful (Free) On-Line Publications.


I suggest you consider downloading these, burning them to a CD, and printing those that are critical.  Did I mention that these are free?  If you want, you can pay the Dashews $79 to get some of these and other free materials on 2 CD's. 

Official Navigation Rules (COLREGS). 

These make for somewhat interesting reading, and are the ultimate authority on such items as whether the seaplane has right of way over the submarine.  Interesting other tidbits are the rules which say that bigger boats get deeper horns.  One MB pdf file.

Chart-related Materials

Chart Number 1.  Explains ALL the symbols.
Chart Users Manual.  Download all or just some.
Light Lists:  The descriptions and lat/lon of all the marks the Coast Guard knows about.  It comes in several volumes.  The Pacific Coast and Islands one is here.  And here are the corrections!  Pacific Island Corrections are here.  If you want to save space, you could probably delete Washington and Oregon.  Heck, that's not a heck of a lot of electoral votes.

American Practical Navigator and other navigational stuff

The classic and comprehensive reference on navigation.  Updated.  I think the best thing to do is to download the whole thing.
Sight Reduction Tables are available here.

HF Communications

Coast Guard Watchkeeping schedule.  It's good to know who is listening when. 
Complete list of HF Channels.  More of a reference document.
Pacific Cup Radio Guide.  My own contribution.  Feel free to use and modify.

Watch Bill.  An Excel Spreadsheet with Cayenne's "Lucky 13" watch scheme.

Ripping Great Yarns of the Sea

The 1800s and early 1900s constituted a golden age of recreational exploration by sail.  Jack London, for example, wrote many books based on his experiences.  Guess what?  Their copyrights have expired.  Project Gutenberg makes them available.  Here you go:

Utilities
You'll need Acrobat if you don't got it.  Get it here.