LINKS
SPONSORSHIPS/SUPPORTER
HYDROVANE is the 'exclusive sponsor for self steering' to:
World Cruising Club of Cowes, Isle Of Wight, UK - organizers of the:
ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers) - Gran Canaria to St Lucia
World ARC - Circumnavigation from the Caribbean
ARC Europe - Antigua and Florida starts via Bermuda to Azores and Portugal
Rally Portugal
Hydrovane, by invitation, is the World Cruising Corporate Member for 'Self Steering'
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- Cruising Rally Association of Hampton, Virginia, USA - Organizers of:
Lucky 13
CRUISERS RALLY
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We encourage HYDROVANE owners who know of skilled trasdesman or boatyards with experience with HYDROVANES to provide the co-ordinates to us and we will include them on this page. Contact Will will@hydrovane.com or John john@hydrovane.com .
BOATYARDS & INSTALLERS - see separate tab
CIRCUMNAVIGATORS ATTEMPTING 'FIRSTS' - BOTH WITH HYDROVANES
Adrian Flanagan - Adrian plans to set sail from Mehamn, Norway for home tomorrow, May 1. Adrian’s book ‘Over The Top’ will be published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson on the 9th October. There is a link to pre-order the book from Amazon on the front page of our web site www.alphaglobalex.com.
GENERAL
BAJA HA-HA - The Baja Ha-Ha is the cruiser rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas, with stops at Turtle Bay and Bahia Santa Maria. The legs are approximately 360 miles, 240 miles, and 180 miles. When you sign up for the Ha-Ha, you get the opportunity to have an adventure - not a guarantee of happiness. www.baja-haha.com
Blue Water Supplies (our neighbours at the London Boat Show) - Bluewater equipment specialists located on Jersey, Channel Islands (NO VAT!!) - Specialize in marine medical and first aid kits right up to circumnavigator level. http://www.bluewatersupplies.com/
Broadly Boats - http://www.broadlyboats.com/
Cruise News - WINDVANE FORUM - ideal for finding used Hydrovanes - or listing yours for sale http://www.cruisenews.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=62
DUOGEN - A wind generator, trawling generator combo - perfectly compatible with a Hydrovane - contact Pete at peter.anderson@duogen.co.uk - see their website at http://www.duogen.co.uk/index.html
Latitude 38 "We Go Where The Wind Blows" http://www.latitude38.com
Liza and Andy Copeland authors of the Just Cruising series http://www.aboutcruising.com
Mactra - Jim has a Hydrovane on his boat - often has used Hydrovanes for re-sale - Mactra Marine, 20, Worle industrial Centre, Worle, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, UK BS22 6BX - 01934 517288 fax 01934 520684 email: mactrashop@lineone.net website: www.mactrashop.co.uk
MailASail - One-stop shop for all your onboard communications needs. Whether you need an internet connection via mobile (cell) phone for cruising around Europe or a satellite phone connection for crossing oceans, MailASail can advise, supply, fit and commission everything you need to be up and running. Ed Wildgoose, 105 Dupomnt Road, Raynes Park, London, UK SW20 8EH email: ed@mailasail.com website: http://www.mailasail.com/
Manfred Rausch in Travemunde, Germany - see his award winning website - installation of a Hydrovane on his Moody 35 - http://www.mynetcologne.de/~nc-rauschma2/ look for:
Michael Briant - The best cruiser website I have seen - only stories and so well written - topics like PIRATES, HELICOPTER RESCUE and LIGHTNING STRIKE are all great reads. He circumnavigated on a Moody 36 that had a Hydrovane, of course, - 'brilliant' he says of it. http://www.michaelbriant.com/sailing.htm
Multihull Maven - With profiles of hundreds of multihull models, their designers and boat yards, this resource provides easy-to-browse and objective information on multihull craft. Multihull Maven, P.O. Box 143, Valletta CMR01, Malta, Tel +356 2122 0270; email: brian@multihull-maven.com ; website: http://www.multihull-maven.com/
Nauticat 40 - Owner Ronald Hiemann - see his complete Hydrovane installation project: "I should have bought it sooner." http://www.bremerspeck.com/windvane.htm
Onpassage.com is an essential resource for cruising yachts worldwide; it provides information for the experienced blue water sailor as well as for those who are planning their first passage http://www.onpassage.com/
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