Useful links to other sites

Weather
There are dozens of websites offering weather forecasts. Among the best for sailing in this area are the following.

Inshore forecasts for UK waters
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/marine/inshore_forecast.html

Shipping forecast for sea areas surrounding UK
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/marine/shipping_forecast.html

Worldwide forecasts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/

Forecasts for France (French only)
http://www.meteofrance.com/FR/mer/selectCote.jsp

Forecasts for Belgium (mainly Dutch)
http://www.kustweerbericht.be

Forecasts for the Netherlands (Dutch only)
http://www.knmi.nl

Tides
Tidal predictions for the next seven days.
http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/EasyTide/EasyTide/index.aspx
UK Hydrographic Office. Covers 7000 ports worldwide.

Tidal predictions for some UK standard ports for the next 28 days
http://www.pol.ac.uk/ntslf/tidalp.html
Produced by an arm of the UK National Environment Research Council

Tidal predictions for Dutch waters.
http://www.getij.nl
Dutch Ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat. From this site for any chosen port you can download a whole year of predictions in advance.

Tidal prediction software
http://www.wxtide32.com
Free tidal prediction program for Windows. Comes with no guarantees.

Charts
Admiralty
http://www.ukho.gov.uk
Charts covering the whole world including the Small Craft series for sea areas around UK.
Notices to Mariners
http://www.ukho.gov.uk/amd/noticeToMariners.asp#NtM
Chart updates

Imray
http://www.imray.com
Charts for selected areas convenient for yachtsmen. Imray also sells Stanford charts and is UK agent for Dutch and other foreign charts.
Imray Corrections and Supplements
http://www.imray.com/corrections.cfm

SHOM
http://www.shom.fr/
French Defence Ministry charts.
Navicarte
http://www.navicarte.fr/fr/index.php
French coastal charts.

Distances
Distances between ports worldwide
http://www.distances.com

Training
Royal Yachting Association courses
http://www.ryatraining.org/

 

Associations
Cruising Association
http://www.cruising.org.uk

Boat Shows
London Boat Show
http://www.londonboatshow.com/

Southampton Boat Show
http://www.southamptonboatshow.com/

Paris Boat Show
http://www.salonnautiqueparis.com/

Hamburg Boat Show
http://www.hamburg-messe.de/hanseboot/bo_en/start_main.php

Yachting Press
Practical Boat Owner
http://www.pbo.co.uk

Yachting Monthly
http://www.yachtingmonthly.co.uk

Yachting and Boating World
http://www.ybw.com

Sailing Today
http://www.sailingtoday.co.uk

Marina guides
Marina Guide developed by EU
http://www.marina-guide.eu
Limited information on a selection of marinas in the Netherlands, Belgium, the French Channel ports and the UK.

Reeds marina database
http://www.reedsonline.com/marina-guide.htm
One of the better UK marina databases

Noble Marine database
http://www.noblemarine.co.uk/marinas.php3
Also UK only

Knots
Dynamic demo of basic knots
http://www.tollesburysc.co.uk/Knots/Knots_gallery.htm
The best simple explanation we’ve come across. Bravo Tollesbury SC!

Comprehensive information on knots
http://animatedknots.com

Flags
Flag gallery
http://www.flags.net/
Note the difference between French and Dutch flags! Also Belgian and German.

Maps
Google Maps
http://maps.google.co.uk
Use these to get around, find restaurants, chandlers etc.

Restaurants
Michelin recommendations
http://www.viamichelin.com/web/Restaurants
From the satisfactory to the gourmet

Getting there by land
UK train timetable
http://nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/