OTHER USEFUL LINKS

Ocean Youth Trust South is an adventure sail training charity which takes young people aged 12-25 to sea in the 72 foot yacht John Laing.

Moonfleet Sailing School - Poole based Moonfleet can offer you a taster weekend break, a full 5 or 7 day RYA course, or one of our 7 day adventure sailing holidays taking in the Brittany Coast and Channel Islands.

Plain Sailing UK - Brixham based yacht charter and sail training.

Southern Sailing School - The complete seamanship centre - based on the Itchen River in Southampton, is probably the least "commercial" sailing school you'll find anywhere in the British Isles. Run as a way of life, the love of the sea is a common denominator for all concerned as the owners, skippers, mates and the many people who have attended the school over the years will testify.

Round Britain Experience - You've done the career, the 9-5, dragging into the office every day and now you've either retired or simply decided that it's time to take a break, maybe have an adventure. Why not sail round Britain?

Plymouth Sailing School - was set up in 1957 & is one of the UK's longest established sea schools, offering yacht charters and a huge range of RYA courses for sail, power and sportsboats as well as all RYA shorebased courses.

Start Point Sailing - is an RYA recognised Sailing School offering a full range of practical and shorebased cruising courses from Dartmouth. Our RYA courses include no hidden extra prices, loyalty and group booking discounts, professional and friendly instructors, good food and generally a great boating and shorebased experience. Individuals, groups and families welcome.

Shell Bay Watersports - has a powerboat school and skippered charter from the edge of Poole Harbour along the Jurassic Coast

INSURANCE

Noble Marine Insurance are specialist insurance brokers dealing with all classes of yacht, dinghy, sailboard and rowing boats.

Boat Insurance UK - Advice and recommended sites where you can find Boat insurance in the UK.

Craftinsure.com - have used the power of the internet to save you both time and money. That means more time and more money to spend on your boat!

Newton Crum Insurance - Dinghy Insurance - Narrowboat Insurance - Motorboat - Sailboard- Yacht - Marine Insurance.

St Margarets Insurance - Specialist Yacht & Motorboat Insurance Brokers with over 30 years experience in arranging personalised cover and schemes for Boat Owners Worldwide.

UK YACHT CHARTER

Yacht Charter UK - Yacht and Powerboat Charter in the Poole/Bournemouth/Solent area and also around the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, British Virgin Islands, Florida and Bahamas.

Swan Yacht Charter - Swan Yacht Charters is a bare-boat and skippered Yacht Charter company that only charters yachts made by Nautor's Swan. Swan UK Yacht Charter is based in The West Country at Falmouth Premier Marina although many of her yachts are chartered out of the Solent from Ocean Village Marina

Christchurch Yachting - is a sailing yacht charter operator and sailing school, based in Christchurch Harbour in Dorset on the south coast of England, offering a wide range of services for corporate customers, private customers, beginners and experienced sailors.

Tiger Moon Sailing Yacht Charter - Tiger Moon is a 1998 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 34.2 that charters from Sutton Harbour Marina. She is DoT Category 2 approved for UK yacht charter, sleeping up to eight in her three double cabins and main saloon.

Sunfish Dive Charters - is based in Brixham on the English Riviera, but can be towed to any suitable destination in Devon, Cornwall or Dorset. As a result calm seas can usually be found.

Sail West offers bareboat and skippered charter from Devon with yachts from 29-41ft and are agent for fleets abroad. Our UK base has been carefully chosen for its superb deep water location, being situated on the edge of an area of outstanding natural beauty, opening up the whole of the South West UK coast, the Scillies, the Channel Islands and France for you to explore.

OVERSEAS YACHT CHARTER

Salty Seas Yacht Charter Ltd - offer yachts at all destinations in the Mediterranean, Turkey, France, Corsica, Croatia, Italy, Sicily, Spain, Greece.

CanarySail.com - offer the full range of RYA practical sailing courses in the tidal waters of the Western Canary Islands. Based in La Gomera they also have sailing yachts and power boats available for bare boat or skippered charter.

Add to Life Yachting - All inclusive Caribbean sailing vacations - Yacht charters and cruises in the British Virgin Islands and other Caribbean islands - Adventure travel on crewed sailing charters... better than bareboats.

Almi Yachts - based in Corfu, Greece, they offer Yacht Charter around the Greek Islands.

Sea Sail Yachts - Sea Sail Yachts are pleased to offer yacht charter in Greece, an idylle country for yachting and adventure. The Greek islands are unique and offer excitement, exploration and gentle cruising with spectacular scenery.

Ionian Templecraft Yacht Charters - Discover the Ionian Islands sailing from Corfu, Preveza and Levkas on either flotilla and bareboat yachts from 28-51ft.

Nisos Yacht Charter - Bareboat and Skippered yacht charter in the Ionian n Dufour, Elan, Bavaria, Beneteau and Gibsea yachts.

OVERSEAS SAILING HOLIDAYS

Sailing Issues - a free and personal website providing unique information on marine navigation and holidays in Greece. This website continuously grows and has already become one of the leading Internet resources on Greek sailing holidays, ahead of the commercial travel sites.

YACHT DELIVERY

Hamble Yacht Delivery - Reliable sea delivery of sail and motor yachts by long established company based at Hamble England.

YACHT BROKERS

Fast-Net for Yacht Brokers - This site lists many boats that are offered for sale by yacht brokers who use the fast-net system.

2Hulls - 2Hulls has 100s of pages and 1000s of images dedicated to the catamaran and trimaran multihull afficionado. Buying, selling, chartering, fixing or refitting, experts - it's all there!

AboarD Boat Finder - Boats and Yachts Market.

Boats To Go - Private Online Boats for Sale.

BOAT AND YACHT SURVEYORS

EuroSurv - a small flexible survey practice operating in the UK and throughout the Mediterranean, run by boaters for boaters.

David Greening Naval Architect - offers a range of services including Yacht Surveys, Yacht Design, Naval Architecture and Recreational Craft Directive (RCD) consultancy.

Robin Feloy Yacht Surveys - yacht surveying services in Devon.

ORGANISATIONS HELPING DISABLED PEOPLE ON THE WATER

Sailing for the Disabled - teach the rudiments of sailing to both disabled and able bodied, particularly the younger generation and can arrange sail training and RYA sailing qualifications with a RYA Training School. They have the support of RYA Disability.

Lymington Sailability - an independent Registered Charity providing facilities for all those who have a disability and wish to go sailing.

BDWSA - The British Disabled Water Ski Association help people of all disabilites, both physical and mental, to enjoy the thrill of water skiing. We support the local centre at Ellingham Lake in Ringwood.

Jubilee Sailing Trust - promote the integration of able-bodied and physically disabled people through tall ship sailing adventure holidays and associated activities.

YACHT CLUBS

Parkstone Yacht Club

Poole Yacht Club

Guernsey Yacht Club - Castle Emplacement, St Peter Port , Guernsey GY1 1AU

Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club - St Brelade, Jersey

YACHT MAINTENANCE

Compass Gas and Marine Heating and Plumbing - Corgi and Calor registered LPG installer. When was the last time your boat had a Corgi ACS Approved Marine Gas Safety Check ? Have you an Insurance Approved Gas Alarm ? It is a requirement for all Charter, School and Commercial Boats to have Gas Safety Checks All Inland Waterways and Hire Craft are required to have regular Gas Safety Checks
Most Insurance Companies , the R N L I , the R Y A , the M A I B and the M C A suggest you do
Would you not want the same Peace of Mind for You, Your Family and your Boat ?

CREWING OPPORTUNITIES

SailingNow - The internet yacht crewlist that puts skippers and crew together

Crewseekers - is the premier international yacht crew agency introducing yacht owners and crew for cruising racing sea miles deliveries and professional sailing.

ADVENTURE ORGANISATIONS

Flying Fish - International adventures for career-breakers, gap-year students and watersports professionals.

AdventureDirectory.Com - Site with resources for all kinds of adventure activities.

USEFUL MARINE PRODUCTS

Mobilarm - Alarm your boat for theft and bilge water level with notification direct to your mobile phone. GPS tracking also avaiable.

MISCELLANEOUS MARINE LINKS

UK Sailing Index - the consummate list of UK and Eire based sailing related web sites.

The Mother of All Maritime Links - if you can't find something you've looked hard for - you'll probably find it here.

Sailinks - Advertise your sailing or marine website. Other website services also available.

AboarD Boats and Yacht Market - International boat marketplace and a comprehensive directory of marine Web sites.

Boats and Outboards for Sale

GetAfloat.com - the on-line resource for boating enthusiasts.