Useful Links
Clubs
Chichester Yacht Club
Royal Naval and Royal Albert Yacht Club
Royal Victoria Yacht Club (Wootton)
Island Sailing Club
Royal Solent Yacht Club (Yarmouth)
Royal Southern
Warsash Sailing Club
Royal Southampton Yacht Club
Royal Lymington Yacht Club
Lymington Town Sailing Club
Royal Naval Sailing Association (RNSA)
Cruising Association
Yately Offshore Sailing Club
Hallberg Rassy Owners Association
Sailing Organisations
RNLI
RYA
Sailing.org
Trinity House
Association of South Central Sailing Areas
UK Hydrographic Office
KHM Portsmouth
World Cruising Club (ARC)
Magazines
Marine Quarterly (Writings from Sam Llewelyn, Tom Cunliffe etc)
Sailing Today
Yachting Monthly
Yachting World
Practical Boat Owner
YBW
Sailingmagazine.net
Sailing Links
Mark Rosenstein’s Sailing Page
East Coast Pilot (co-written by our own Dick Holness)
Places
Chichester Harbour Conservancy
Useful information
Marine Traffic (Live AIS Positions)
Solent Shipping movements from VTS
Blue Moment – excellent information site
RYA Day Skipper / YM / Radar shorebased courses – Keith Bater’s site
Official Forms
UK Marine and Coastguard Agency (MCA) – part 1 and part 3 small ships register.
Ofcom – apply for or vary radio licences
Boats leaving or entering UK waters – Home Office on line forms
RYA advice on boats entering or leaving UK
UK yachts entering or leaving Cherbourg – similar rules apply for other EU ports of entery