LINKS

WEB FORUMS

Buy or sell used gear or find out what others are saying about various products. Many of these do require membership.

• http://cruisenews.net - strictly a website for cruisers
• http://ssca.org - Florida based but global in scope - "Ask any group about their fantasies and someone will tell you of a vision of tropical blue skies, balmy breezes, ever-gentle waves and sailing to exotic ports. Those who are living the dream, as well as those who are planning for the day that they can release the ties to the workaday world and sail off to seek paradise, and those who only dream of such adventure, all join together in an organization called the Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA)."
• http://www.ybw.com/forums - A UK site of Yachting World and Boating World
• http://www.cruising.org.uk/ - Founded in 1908, the Cruising Association represents the interests of cruising sailors worldwide and makes available up-to-date cruising information.
• http://www.oceancruisingclub.org - Requires qualifying offshore experience - "The Ocean Cruising Club is an international club administered from the UK for cruisers."
• http://www.onpassage.com/ - strictly a website for cruisers - "Whether you are an experienced cruiser or just starting out in the cruising life, we hope you will find something here of help and interest."

 

GENERAL

Blue Water Supplies - 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/

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

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/

Michael Briant - "Sailing has been a big influence in my life and worked very well with my career as a film and television producer/director. My circumnavigation in Bambola a Moody 36, has been one of the best things I ever did." a very comprehensive website - 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

Nauticat 40 - Owner Ronald Hiemann - see his complete Hydrovane installation project: "I should have bought it sooner."  http://www.bremerspeck.com/windvane.htm

PASSPORT YACHTS -Shepherds Wharf Marina, Medina Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK PO31 7HT  +44 (0)1983 290 777 - info@passportyachts.eu - www.passportyachts.eu – contact Stuart Gough