Useful Links to other Sailing and Boating Related Websites
River Deben Entrance
chartlet and navigational details
Link to "DebenEntrance.com" website
Royal Yachting Association
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI
)
Boating Organisations:
Cruising and Navigational:
Racing:
International Sailing Federation (ISAF)
Includes the latest news on the world of racing,
plus you can download the full Racing Rules of Sailing
Cruiser Class Associations:
Leisure Owners Association
Westerly Owners Association
Dinghy Sailing:
Hammond Drysuits
(Good for drysuit repairs and seal replacements).
Moody Class Association
Rooster Sailing
(Specialising mainly in Laser and Topper bits)
LDC Racing Sail Boats
(General Dinghy Chandlery, plus "RS" range of boats)
Pinnell and Bax
(General Dinghy Chandlery)
Sailing Solutions
Specialising in Topper bits and low cost "training" sails
Laser Class Assciation
(Laser Class Dinghies -- UK)
Cruiser Sailing:
Chandlers
TCS Chandlery
(Grays - Thurrock and Southend on Sea)
Manuals For Popular Inboard Yacht Engines
(Downloadable engine service / repair manuals)
General
Force 4 Chandlery
Compass 24 Marine
Chandlers
General
Class Associations
Topper Class Association
News and Media:
Weather:
Yachts and Yachting Magazine
BBC Sailing News
BBC Weather -- General Town Forecast
Shipping Forecast (UK Met Office)
Inshore Waters Forecast (UK Met Office)
AccuWeather.Com
Port of London Authority
(containing news and navigational details for the London River and Thames Estuary)
Cruising Association
Practical Boat Owner Magazine
Yachting and Boating World
Sonata Class Owners Association
Seal Class Owners Association
Local Yacht Clubs:
Leigh Sailing Club
Essex Yacht Club
Thames Estuary Yacht Club
Orford River entrance
chartlet and navigational details
Link to "DebenEntrance.com" website
Thorpe Bay Yacht Club
Dehler Owners Association (UK)
Island Yacht Club
Conyer Cruising Club
where visiting yachtsmen are welcome. Their website contains navigational details & aerial photographs of the intricate creeks leading to Conyer.
Queenborough Yacht Club
Miscellaneous:
Stolen Boats
- a website to view boats that have been stolen, or report a stolen boat
Roach Sailing Association
contains details and photographs of the Havengore Route
Boat Insurance Services:
GJW Direct:
The UK's Largest Direct Pleasure Craft Insurer.
This company offer a discount of 10% to Benfleet Yacht Club members
East Coast Pilot Book - covering the area Wash to Ramsgate
Alexandra Yacht Club
Benfleet Bridge Construction
Chapman Sands lighthouse
Sinking of HMS Bulwark River Medway
Sinking of Princess Alice River Thames
Wantsum Channel (Isle of Thanet)
History of the River Medway
Historical Interest:
Thames Medway Canal
Queenborough history
Harbour defences- Isle of Sheppey
Prout Catamaran
Nore Race 1963
Prout Brothers
Another company for dry-suit repairs (no website):-
Bel Air Sub Aqua Supplies - 82 Fairfax Drive, Westcliff on Sea, SS0 9AF. Tel: 01702 353205
