Besides gCaptain I spend way too much time at
thousands and thousands of ship photos from around the world at Shipspotting.com
any of a hundred websites for shipbrokers but my favorite is Marcon International
where are your weaknesses?
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I enjoy Shipspotting also. When I find a boat that peaks my interest, I like to find its current location using a file from www.vesseltracker.com in Google Earth. I also like to see how many boats are tied-up in Fourchon.
Shipspotting is a great resource! We have been working on a partnership for many months just can’t find ideas that will be mutually beneficial.
I forgot all about searching for ships in port on Google Earth! That is a great time waster. Ever look at the beach in Alang India or all the yard in Koje? Wow!
I pity the poor sods who don’t have internet at sea yet…I would go through withdrawl if I ever have to go back to an old timey ship without being able to go online like in the old daze!
On a new vessel. But, don’t have internet on it. 
Just the little things that would help moral on the vessel.
Flickr and Stumble Upon can certainly suck down some time, just enter a maritime related word in their search engine. For example… I recently stumbled upon this site and lost an hour: Concept Illustration and Design.
[B]Here is a link to a neat interactive with the cool Voith-Schneider propeller with a couple different views and you can use joystick or steering wheel with lever… http://www.voithturbo.de/vt_en_pua_marine_vspropeller.htm[/B]
[B]and this link has a neat (really cool 
) screensaver ( 6th one down ) it’s labeled [U]Voith Schneider Propeller[/U]. http://www.voithturbo.de/vt_en_current_orddown_scsav.htm[/B]
[B]let me know what you think on the screensaver :rolleyes:[/B]
The one that wastes the most of my time is http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/ - I especially enjoy the Art section because an artist can often show you things that no photographer ever can.
I even get daily emails summarizing new posts - but I think that saves me some time because it helps me avoid going to the site too often.
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This is by far the best android app out that i have found, and has the most current positions. Pay the 5 bucks to get rid of ads. You can also get up to 30 day tracks of vessels and chart overlays and some other stuff. I think they now have an app out for iphone too.
Yeah. Great site, although with a very strong British bias. I go through the photos every so often. Even have a few posts myself. Same with Flickr that I see mentioned. Besides my day job, I am a motorsports photographer and I use Flickr for that, as well as any maritime photos that I shoot or scan.