RYA http://www.rya.org.uk/

The Royal Yachting Association is the master association for all sailing, windsurfing and boating in the UK. The RYA provides enormous resources to the sailing world, including legal help, training (inc. coaching our very successful Olympic Team), the Portsmouth handicap scheme & the racing rules (which we use) and loads more. WGCSC is affiliated to the RYA.

RYA East http://www.ryaeast.org/new_site/home.shtml

The Royal Yachting Association Eastern Region

NSSA http://www.nssa.org.uk/

The National School Sailing Association is a registered charity which promotes sailing as part of the educational experience of young people.

HYDRS http://blym.org.uk/hydrs/index.php

The Hertfordshire Youth Dinghy Racing Squad began in 2001 to provide race coaching and experience to sailors under the age of 19.

ISAF http://www.sailing.org/

International Sailing Federation. The international authority for the sport.

UKSA http://www.uksa.org/

The United Kingdom Sailing Academy is a registered charity and a non profit making organisation. It was set up with the specific aim of providing top quality seamanship and sailing training.

Sailability http://www.rya.org.uk/programmes/ryasailability/Pages/RYASailability.aspx

RYA Sailability is the leading UK charity for disabled sailing and is the official charity of the RYA.

Agencies

RNLI http://www.rnli.org.uk/

Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Volunteer crews funded by voluntary donations provide a 24-hour rescue service around the coast of the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Trinity House http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/

Trinity House provides nearly 600 Aids to navigation ranging from storm lashed lighthouses like Bishop Rock off the Isles of Scilly to lightvessels and buoys in the English Channel.

Maritime & Coastguard Agency http://www.dft.gov.uk/mca/

Promotion of maritime safety and protection of the marine environment.

UK Hydrographic Office http://www.ukho.gov.uk/Pages/Home.aspx

Providing navigational services to the Royal Navy and the merchant marine.

Museums

National Maritime Museum http://www.rmg.co.uk/

The Museum has the most important holdings in the world on the history of Britain at sea, including maritime art (both British and 17th-century Dutch), cartography, manuscripts including official public records, ship models and plans, scientific and navigational instruments, time-keeping and astronomy (based at the Observatory), and in many other categories.

National Maritime Museum Cornwall http://www.nmmc.co.uk/

Unique displays of boats and their place in people's lives. Home to the majority of the NMM small-boat collection.

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard http://www.historicdockyard.co.uk/

Live and breathe our nation's naval heritage through three of the most important warships ever built - Mary Rose, HMS Victory and HMS Warrior 1860.

Historic Dockyard Chatham http://www.thedockyard.co.uk/

The Historic Dockyard Chatham contains 47 scheduled ancient moments and is the most complete dockyard from the age of sail in the world.

HMS Trincomalee http://www.hms-trincomalee.co.uk/

HMS Trincomalee 1817 is berthed afloat at Hartlepool Historic Quay in North East England, where a major award-winning restoration and interpretation of the ship was completed in the early summer of 2001.

The Cutty Sark http://www.cuttysark.org.uk/

Most famous of the elegant clipper ships, now restored and on display at Greenwich.

RSS Discovery http://www.rrsdiscovery.com/index.php?pageID=129

Royal Research Ship Discovery. Exhibition and ship on display at Dundee.

HM Frigate Unicorn http://www.frigateunicorn.org/

The World’s most original Wooden Warship”. His Majesty’s Frigate Unicorn, of 46 guns, was built in Chatham and launched in 1824. On display at Victoria Dock, Dundee.

Hints, tips and articles

Telltales http://www.wb-sails.fi/news/95_11_Tellingtales/Tellingtales.html

How to read telltales. All you need to know from this Finnish sailmaker's site.

General sailing sites

UK Dinghy Racing http://www.ukdinghyracing.com/

A comprehensive site listing clubs, classes, sailing tips, books, weather,, coaching, results and many other dinghy racing things.

Yachts and Yachting http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/

Another very good site covering all aspects of sailing.

Apollo Duck http://sailingdinghies.apolloduck.co.uk/

New and used sailing dinghies for sale.

Dinghy Shop http://www.dinghyshop.co.uk/

The online site for buying and selling dinghies.

Boats and Outboards http://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/

Welcome to boatsandoutboards the site to buy and sell boats and outboards!

AutoHoot http://www.autohoot.com/

Information on race signals, starting sequences, running races, the international code flags, the new racing rules, the Beaufort wind scale,wind chill, heat index, links to clubs and also their AutoHoot product.

boatlaunch.co.uk http://www.boatlaunch.co.uk/default.aspx

Information on marinas, slipway and tidal data.

Go Sail http://www.go-sail.co.uk/

Site concerned with everything that sails.

Boat repair

Brett Dingwall The complete boat repair service in GRP or wood. Close to M25 and M1. Telephone Radlett 01923 854670 or email BRETTDINGWALL@aol.com.

Noble Marine https://www.noblemarine.co.uk/repairers.php3

Noble Marine Insurance repairers and suppliers database.