General
Sailing
Royal
Yachting Association
Sailing
Resources (includes a large number of links to clubs associations
and chandlery
Charles
Stock's site on East Coast Cruising. Charles is a regular speaker
at
GXSA
MMSI
numbers. ITU lists of boat names, nationalities and MMSIs
Weather
& Navigation
Vessels
currently at sea in UK waters
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.
Synoptic
Charts German
met site with an archive of north atlantic synoptic charts.
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
Sailing
Schools
Westview
Sailing is a locally based RYA approved school offering
day skipper and yachtmaster courses.
Tides
Easy
Tide Tidal height predictions for 5 or more days ahead
Routing
Charts
Routing
Charts Full size Atlantic, Mediterranean and Gulf of Mexico charts
by month for downloading (needs broadband)
Other
Yateley
Offshore A
club based in Hampshire with very similar profile to GXSA
Upper
Thames Sailing Club
A very active dinghy club based at Bourne End.
Broadwater
Sailing Club - local dinghy sailing
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
Boat
Trips a directory of boat trips round the country. Enjoy the events
and let your skipper have a stress free afternoon!
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.
Tall
Ships Youth Trust
Gerrards
Cross Community Association
Gerrards
Cross Parish Council The link page is a reference to local clubs
and societies
Netrino
UK Web hosting (and hosts for this site)