Links to web sites of interest

accessories almanac associations attractions brokerage chandlery
charter clubs electronics events fun harbours
learn to sail local towns TS Mercury millennium marinas magazines
newsgroups online publications societies sea conditions scouting
services software spending sails others  

Weather Forecast

For the latest Met Office offshore shipping weather forecast and gale warnings.

For the latest Met Office inshore shipping weather forecast

Solent Forecast & Tides from the Portsmouth News
Fax images +48 hours from the institute for meteorology and climate research (IMK) at Karlsruhe University. +72 hrs +96 hrs +120 hrs
North Atlantic weather from HALO Iceland
9 day forecast for Europe, very colourful
Current UK weather choose your location beware - times in EDT, UTC in brackets
General UK weather links charts, satellite pictures etc
Sources of UK weather data
North Sea weather Dutch site with lots of info
Weather at Worthing, Sussex WebCam pictures updated every hour.

Sea conditions

Around the UK and global
Sea temperature around Great Britain

TS Mercury (HMS Gannet)

Mercury Old Boy's Association
Restoration of the HMS Gannet

Scouting Sites

ScoutBase UK - The UK Scout Associations web Site
http://www.scoutbase.org.uk

Hampshire Scout web Site
web http://www.scouts-hants.org.uk/
 

RN Recognised Sea Scouts (Navy Site)


All scouts should be able to tie knots, so this site should be of interest! Knots

Seascout Ring

Bit of fun

Darwin Awards

Yachting Organisations

RYA home page: Press releases, cruising notes, addresses and lots of other details.
Southampton Water Sailing Association
Marine Safety Agency
UK Coastguard site
RNLI official site and another from the Isle of Wight College
Association of Sea Training Organisations
The Jubilee Sailing Trust

Navigation Almanac

UK Hydrographic Office
Simpson - Lawrence
Navigation calculators
conversions, dipping ranges, celestial...
World (inc UK) Coast Radio Stations
Calendar calculate dates for years in advance

Local Harbours
       
Solent and Southern Harbours Portland to Littlehampton

Local Marinas
        Moody's Swanwick Marina
         MDL Mercury Marina
         Cowes Yacht Haven site under construction
         Yacht Havens around the coast
         Southsea Marina

Local Towns with a sailing interest

        Hamble an tour of the Village
        Portsmouth Welcome to Portsmouth - Portsmouth Resort Guide
         Flagship Portsmouth
         Cowes Resort Guide
         Poole tourism
         SouthWest Web
         Isle of Wight Tourism - Official Guide 1997
         Netguides Isle of Wight Guide and Directory

Attractions

        Naval and Maritime Museums of Great Britain
        South West Coast Path
        Lulworth Cove

Learn To Sail

Guide to sailing

Sailing Magazines and Publications

Practical Boat Owner
YBW PBO, Yachting World, Yachting Monthly

Spending Money

MarineData are a storehouse of data of interest to sailors.
Crew Seekers International index

Electronics
Raytheon Home Page manufacturers of GREAT equipment, they donated some for Stonechat
Sartech Engineering Ltd
Navico - Marine Electronics and Navigational Equipment
Marine.net General Marine Information
Sailing
Telesonic Marine Electronics also at this site
UK Sailing Index
 
Brokerage
Dale Sailing Brokerage Ltd Boats, Powerboats, Yachts, Sailing, all in the UK
Ancasta Boat Sales International Yacht Brokers

Charter
Mumbles Sailing School
Welcome to Sunworld Sailing
Conwy Yacht Charter North Wales
 
Chandlery, sails and accessories
Aladdin's Cave chandlers on the Hamble River have most boating gear and useful advice.
Shamrock chandlery Southampton
Cruisermart marine mail order
Pumpkin Marine Leisure
Russell Simpson Marine
MarineStore Yacht and Boat Chandlery East Coast Chandlery Specialists
Tinker Inflatables
Whale water systems, pumps etc
Spinlock deck hardware
Crusader sails

Yacht Services
Kiss Marine specialist boat and yacht repairs and service
Hamble Yacht Services the UKs largest performace boatyard

Clubs and Societies
National

Sail Training Association Tall ships adventure
Westerly Owners Association
Cruising Association
Conference of Yacht Cruising Clubs
Lighthouse Society of Great Britain
Royal Institute of Navigation

Regional
Hamwic Cruising Association based in Southampton
Warsash Sailing Club based on the Hamble River, Southampton Water
Weston Sailing Club based on Southampton Water
Netley Sailing Club based on Southampton Water
Island Sailing Club based in Cowes

Software

GPS Software, software to decode and map GPS messages

Events

Tall Ships 2000
Cowes week
Portsmouth International Festival of the Sea 1998
BT Global Challenge The Official Web Site
Whitbread 1997-8

Newsgroups

news:uk.rec.sailing UK sailing based
news:rec.boats.cruising

Online

sailsail.com The best site for up to the minute boating news and info
dinghysailing.com The coolest site for all of a web wise dinghy sailor's needs
The Minisail Site a meeting point for all Minisail class racing dinghy owners

Others
 
Mark Rosenstein's Sailing Pages have links to almost everywhere 
Steve Jones' nautical links to almost everywhere (mostly American)
Transouth Translators Ltd. specialist marine technical & commercial linguists