Whilst there are many sailing websites and resources. The links below are chosen for having possible interest to GXSA members. The links are provided in good faith. GXSA cannot be held responsible for their integrity or content. Please contact the webmaster if your favourite sites are absent.
General Sailing Links
RYA, Royal Yachting Association
Sailing Resources (includes a large number of links to clubs associations and chandlery
Speakers Sites
Charles Stock's site on East Coast Cruising. Charles has been a regular speaker at GXSA
Kathy Mansfield Photography A regular contributor to Classic Boat and Watercraft magazines. Superb annual calendar.
Weather, Navigation and Pilotage
Weather at Chichester Entrance
Mail a Sail Global Weather Portal This site is currently under development and will include links to well known forecasters, their web sites and other weather related information sources. (including Frank Singleton - see below)
Frank Singleton's weather site (A comprehensive source of where to get weather information)
XC weather A favourite site for several GXSA members. Nice graphical presentation of observations and five day UK forecasts for wind, temperature and precipitation.
Metcheck (provides a 1 to 7 day forecast and 8-14 day forecast of wind speed and direction.
Weather.co.uk provides 9 day forecasts with day and night details and including wind speed and direction.
Grib Weather files and Software Desktop wind and weather forecasts for all over the world using small downloadable files: free data, software and instructions - a must for all ocean sailors
Synoptic Charts German met site with an archive of north atlantic synoptic charts.
Passage Weather Site designed for long distance cruising with worldwide actuals and forecasts. Forecasts can be downloaded using zip files to save bandwidth at sea.
Weather for Fishermen. Fishing site which provides free synoptic charts and forecasts. Also some fascinating pages on fishing boats and gear.
East Coast Rivers A sponsored site with up-to-date charts of the changing river entrances on the East Coast
East Coast Pilot A sponsored site to support the East Coast Pilot Book. Comprises up to date charts (of wind farms, changing sandbanks etc), weather information and a comprehensive information source to support East Coast Sailors.
Sail Europe A site by Jim Baerselman which summarises the attractiveness of European cruising areas. Useful to drool over during those long winter evenings
Easy Tide Tidal height predictions for up to 5 days ahead
Ocean Sailing and Astro Navigation
National Geospacial Intelligence Agency (US) A large and excellent site with lots of useful free downloads including sight reduction tables, pilot (routing) charts, sailing directions and calculators as pdf or html(javascript) files
Sight reduction program in javascript. Save page to your PC.
Another sight reduction program
Pangolin A New Zealand site with all you need for astro including software and almanac downloads
Astronomical Algorithms Jean Meeus' definitive guide - mathematical and useful if you fancy writing your own code
Lots of short navigation programs in javascript that you can run in your browser.
Other
MMSI numbers. ITU lists of boat names, nationalities and MMSIs
Vessels currently at sea in UK waters
Boat Trips a directory of boat trips round the country. Enjoy the events and let your skipper have a stress free afternoon!
Sailing Community
Ellen MacArthur Trust Inspiring young people's cancer recovery through sailing. See the work of the trust and "lend a hand". Ellen MacArthur is an honorary member of GXSA.
Sailing Schools
Westview Sailing is a locally based RYA approved school offering day skipper and yachtmaster courses.
Sailing Clubs
Yateley Offshore A club based in Hampshire with very similar profile to GXSA
Henley Offshore A local club with similar profile to GXSA
Upper Thames Sailing Club A very active dinghy club based at Bourne End.
Broadwater Sailing Club A local dinghy sailing club based in the Colne Valley
Datchet Water Sailing Club National level dinghy sailing club. Several DWSC members are also members of GXSA
Cookham Reach Sailing Club is a family friendly club that offers social dinghy sailing and racing on the Thames at Cookham
Community
Gerrards Cross Community Association
Gerrards Cross Parish Council The link page is a reference to local clubs and societies
Web Hosting
Netrino UK Web hosting (and hosts for this site)
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