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YOSC SAILING LINKS
This page is designed to provide links to topics of general interest to our Members - please give us your suggestions for other sites to be included.
  UK General Sailing Topics
US General Sailing Topics
French General Sailing Topics
Tidal Information
Weather Information
Navigation
Newsgroups
Links to Other Clubs and Owners Associations
Yateley and Hampshire Local Links
Some Indispensable and Useful Websites
UK General Sailing Topics
- Batteries - all your car and deep cycle battery questions answered
- BMF The British Marine Federation - the trade association for the UK marine liesure industry
- Boatjumble Association - Fixture list
- Boatlaunch has locations of sites to launch your boats inland and around the coast
- British Seagull Sheridan Marine supply spares for this reliable old workhorse
- Buying a Boat with Blisters?? An expert throws some light on this over hyped problem
- Classic Marine - belay pins, brass, lamp glasses, oakum, red lead, stockholm tar and everything for the classic boat
- Clive Williams - Marine Artist and Graphic Designer - a selection of his original artwork in various media
- Dinghy Cruising Association - for long distance dinghy sailors
- Far Horizons Sailing Search Engine.
- Flags of the World Everything you will ever need about the fascinating subject of flags, flagmanship and vexillolgy.
- H M Coastguard Home Page.
- Jubilee Sailing Trust is supported by YOSC - find out more on how they help disabled young people to go sailing.
- Madforsailing for all the sailing news, lots of pictures, a holiday finder and a UK regatta map.
- Marine Accident Investigating Branch (MAIB) examines and investigates all types of marine accidents to or on board UK ships worldwide and other ships in UK territorial waters. Reports can be downloaded from the Website and valuable safety lessons learned by reference to actual incidents.
- Marine Diesel Engine and Boat Maintenance by Tony Brooks - Reading College’s engine Guru training course notes with lots of detail about engines, electrics, welding and other technical stuff.
- National Coastwatch Institution - find out how these volunteers keep watch around our coasts.
- Navy Nicknames - “Nobby” Clark, “Bandy” Evans, “Smudger” Smith”, Dusty” Rhodes Bunny” Warren etc. - are you listed?
- Navy Slang - Many terms now in use in the English language around the world owe their beginnings to slang originated by sailors of the Royal Navy
- Nautical Links to lots of UK and other nautical sites.
- Notices to Mariners gives all the detailed information to keep your charts up-to-date from the official Hydrographers Web Site.
- Portsmouth Harbour - QHM and the Port Management System
- OFCOM - formerly the Radio Communication agency has everything you need to use your VHF correctly and legally.
- Port of London Authority - lots of useful information about this busy port including a list of marinas and moorings
- RNLI - find out more on how you can support the Lifeboats and buy on-line from their Watermark Gift Catalogue.
- Ropers Knot Page - how to tie your Boat (or Granny) up in knots - including some animated demos of those hard-to-do knots.
- Royal Navy AKA The Andrew - or Grey Funnel Line
- RYA Royal Yachting Association Home Page.
- Safety on the Sea safety advice from the RNLI.
- SaiLinks Marine Internet - lots of links to UK sailing and commercial sites.
- Sailing Source A Glossy Magazine with lots of new boat reviews and one-design info.
- Solent Protection Society - formed in 1956 to safeguard the amenities of the Solent area and do everything possible to preserve their beauty for our own and future generations
- Solent Shallows - 42 aerial photos of Solent shallows for navigators, racing sailors and cruising
- Southampton - Port Management and VTS information
- Southern Sailing School Home Page - Yes! it's YOSC's old friend John Goode.
- Stanfords for Nautical books and charts - buy them on-line here.
- Tilley & Primus - hard-to-get spares, mantles, jets etc. for your old Tilley lamps, Primus stoves and Aladdin heaters
- Trinity House The Brethren who maintain our lighthouses and buoyage
- Wooden Ships Traditional wooden boat brokers based in Dartmouth
- Yachting and Boating World- sailing pages from the leading British yachting magazines - Practical Boat Owner, Yachting Monthly and Yachting World
- Yachts and Yachting Web site of the fortnightly yachting magazine
US General Sailing Topics
French General Sailing Topics
- Annonces Bateaux French Yachts for sale
- Cherbourg Tourist Information, useful addresses and what to do in the Town
- Cherbourg Cité de la Mer opened in 2000 - underwater exploration and submarines housed in the transformed old Gare Maritime
- Cherbourg List of restaurants in Cherbourg and the Cotentin
- Dictionary French/English and English/French dictionary of nautical terms
- Guide Goldschmidt A Cruising Guide to Normandy, Channel Islands and Brittany - in French
- Sail-the-World French Site with lots of help and information for Blue Water sailors - in French
- SHOM French Naval Hydrographic & Oceanographic Service with lots of links for charts & things
- St. Vaast-la Hougue Tourist Information including the Fuschias, Maison Gosselin and other local attractions
- St. Vaast-la Hougue Information on the port facilities, lock openings, tide times and coefficients, navigation, Yacht Club, lifeboat and other useful stuff
Tidal Information
Cherbourg Tide Table - Gives times and heights of high water Cherbourg for 2008 - useful if you are using Reeve-Fowkes Tidal Atlases.
Note: The times shown in the table are shown in Time Zone -0100 which is one hour ahead of UTC (Coordinated Universal Time - formerly known as GMT). British Summer Time (BST) is also one hour ahead of UTC. When cruising in home waters during the period 30 March to 26 October 2008 the time read from this table will be the same as clock time in the UK. Outside these dates the times read from this table will need to have one hour subtracted to equal UTC.
Portsmouth Tide Table - Gives times and heights of high water Portsmouth for 2006 and differences for other Solent and South Coast ports and harbours
Note: Tide times are corrected for UTC/BST
Admiralty EasyTide is a FREE service run by the UK Hydrographic Office providing tidal data up to 6 days ahead for over 6000 ports in UK, Europe and the World
The ones you may find most useful are:-
- Portsmouth
- Dover
- Cherbourg
The Tide Times for UK are in UTC and must be corrected for daylight saving time. See note above for Cherbourg
XTide32 Version 4.6 FREE - download this programme to predict tidal heights, streams etc. UK, Europe and Worldwide.
Weather Information
Bramble Bank Weather reports current and historic weather conditions including wind speed, air & sea temperature, atmospheric pressure, height of tide and visibility the Central Solent at the Bramble Bank and Chicester Bar automatic weather stations Frank Singleton's Weather Page This Ex Met. Office Weather Guru’s site tells sailors about weather and forecasts, how to get them and how to use them. Frosted Earth weather website by Ian Currie with lots of weather facts, data and photographs - plus the current forecast for South East England GRIB US - A freeware application allowing instant and fully customizable access to global weather data which can be downloaded and viewed on your PC. Marine Interest - A useful Weather Site by Martin Stubbs - another Ex Met Office expert in meteorological matters Météo France Neptune - French weather information (in French - naturellement) Met Office provides weather information for almost anywhere you are ever likely to want to go Mobile Weather - text message weather forecast direct to your mobile phone - register here for this new service from the Met Office
The Met Office Metfax Marine Service provides faxed weather summaries and synoptic charts for various areas and periods and costs 1 pound per minute at all times. For the full index call 09060 100 401
The numbers for the areas of most interest to YOSC Members are:-
09060 100 441 - 24H Shipping Forecast 09060 100 457 - 2 day mid-channel coast forecast 09060 100 450 - 3 to 5 day national inshore waters forecast 09060 100 471 - 3 to 5 day channel waters forecast
You will need to engage the Polling Option on your Fax machine
Navigation
Newsgroups
Read the latest from the US Sailing Newsgroups
Links to Other Clubs and Owners Associations
Yateley & Hampshire Local Links
Some Indispensable and Useful Websites
- Car & Deep Cycle Battery FAQ - everything you ever wanted to know about batteries
Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit - Parents Online - UK government website to inform parents of the educational potential of the internet
- Science Photo Library - superb and astonishing pictures of all sorts of scientific phenomena
- UpMyStreet - find out about your neighbourhood
- Streetmap - find the location of any street in the UK from address or Post Code
- Car Survey - 23,000 car owners review all models on British roads - see how yours compares
- Honest John- The Daily Telegraph car expert gives unbiased advice on motoring matters
- Digital Photography Review - time to throw away the Box Brownie and get into the 21st Century?
- Ebay Online Auctioneers - get rid of all your unwanted junk or buy a bargain?
- The Motley Fool - gives sound investment advice
- Money Supermarket - best-buy mortgages, savings accounts, loans, credit cards etc.
- The Money Saving Expert - Martin Lewis gives useful advice on how to save lots of money on anything and everything
- HowStuffWorks - deciphering mankind's world and is complexities
- NASA - information on Man's exploration of the universe
- The American Museum of Natural History - all human life is here
- Dotmusic - news, reviews and access to music downloads
- Play - buy your CDs, DVDs and computer games at bargain prices
- Movie Database - summary of the story and details of the performers in 250,000 films
- The Human Internet - an information gateway by experts in all areas of knowledge
- AskOxford - about correct use of the English language
- The CIA - America's intelligence agency has information on almost everyone, everywhere
- Hotcourses - learn new skills
- What's On? - don't miss that important event
- Railway Timetable - times of trains to anywhere in UK and Europe
John Weale - Past Commodore is keeping these pages up to date.
Please e-mail him with any comments to: webmaster@yosc.org.uk
- Last update: 12 August 2008
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