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Buy or sell used gear or find out what others are saying about various products. Many of these do require membership.
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/
BOOK -
BILINGUAL SAILING GLOSSARIES by Emile Schamp - Have you ever tried to deal with boat repairs in a foreign country? Competency in dealing with a restaurant menu is no qualification for describing - eg - a broken impeller on an engine water pump. These books will help you overcome the language barrier when sailing in foreign waters .... now available in English, French and Dutch, with Italian and Spanish soon to be launched - go to: http://sailing-glossaries.co.uk/index.html
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DOTEN CONSULTING LTD. - Sailboat Cruising Preparation and Navigation Training - based in San Francisco, California - Neal Doten,
Principal Consultant - ConsultND@aol.com - 650.598.0276 - http://dotenconsulting.com/sailboat.html
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
John Guzzwell - Unprecedented circumnavigator - wonderful book of his remarkable story, so well written - in the 50's, long before self steering devices let alone any of our electronic aids - singlehanded his 21 foot Trekka - http://www.johnguzzwell.com

John at the start of the 2002 Transpac Singlehanded Race - steered by his Hydrovane
HAMBLE SCHOOL OF YACHTING - one of the leading RYA power and sailing schools in the UK, specializing in RYA sailing courses - 30 years of experience, unrivalled range of modern yachts - contact Rob Gaffney - tuition@hamble.co.uk - +44(0)23 8045 2668 - www.hamble.co.uk
LATITUDE 38 - magazine based in San Francisco, California
"We Go Where The Wind Blows" - www.latitude38.com
LIZA & Andy Copeland authors of the Just Cruising series http://www.aboutcruising.com

Mactra - Jim has a Hydrovane on his boat - 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
ROBWINK Serious Seatools - Specialist in providing equipment for offshore cruisers - Rob has a Hydrovane on his boat - based in Holland. Contact Rob Wink at info@robwink.nl website www.robwink.nl Kolkweg 22Q, 8243 PN Lelystad, The Netherlands tel: +31(0)647978643
Swan Yacht Charter - Offers bareboat and skippered yachts for charter using Swan yachts made by Nautor's Swan. They have both a Swan 38 and Swan 44 equipped with Hydrovanes - email: info@swanyachtcharter.co.uk website: http://www.swanyachtcharter.co.uk/
Topsail Insurance Ltd. - Robert Stevens, Managing Director +44 (0)1273 573 727 Brighton, UK
enquiries@topsailinsurance.co.uk www.topsailinsurance.co.uk
"...indeed when insuring blue water cruising yachts, it is usually part of our policy conditions that self steering gear is fitted and operational – Hydrovane fits the bill”
Victoria Marina, Guernsey, Channel Islands - PO Box 631, St Julian's Emplacement, St Peter Port, Tel:+44 (0)1481 725987, fax:+44(0)1481 714177, VHF Channel 37, 80 (summer), email: guernsey.harbour@gov.gg - Opening Hours: HW +/- 3hrs - Visitor berthing and facilities with all-tide access to outer pontoons and controlled access to marina. 300 visiting yachts here. All facilities available in blocks at either side of the marina. Right in centre of the town. Shops, markets, banks and restaurants all close by. Completely sheltered. (courtesy of www.noonsite.com)
