Overview

• Learning to Sail From Sale Net; articles, tools and resources to get you started on the right tack
• Know the wind direction -chart
• Is Sailing for you ? from About Sailing, and other useful; sections eg Tips for beginners and sailing glossary
• Learn the basics
• Boating Definitions and Mnemonics A collection of boating terms and definitions
• Glossary of Sailing terms
• Sailing Dictionary From Marinas
• Boating Information Centre New Zealand Sailing, has many useful articles and resources for the yachtsman, including preparation tactics and strategies for racing;
• Boats History of sailing, courses, merchandise and good UK links A to Z
• Boats resources From BoatsDepot.org, including types of boat, boating tips, used boats, new boats, buying advice, extensive links......
• Euroweather Essential weather and meteorological resources for Europe and the Mediterranean
• Farr 40 One Design Class Created for amateur helmsmen racing at top level international regattas; the boat, class info, Calendar of events
• Marinas Directory of marinas throughout the United States and abroad with services for boaters and marinas owners.
• Around the World of Sailing From Torrensen Marine; a unique view on sailing. Beginning with unique coverage of Muskegon Lake and Lake Michigan and moving outwards to cover sailing's reach around the globe all while answering questions and providing practical advice; email newsletter, stories, weather, boats....
• Scuttlebutt Read he latest sailing news; archived newsletter, event calendar sortable by date and country, photo gallery
• Sailing World Racing news From Yachting World; features, Americas Cup, calendar, rules, tactics and techniques
• International Optimist The dinghy in which the young people of the world learn to sail. A low ciost dinghy, sailed in over 110 countries by over 150,000 young people - the ONLY dinghy approved by the International Sailing Federation exclusively for sailors under 16 years of age; about, calendar
• Oceanroutes Provide great marine information resources, including real time weather, satellite radar images, text bulletins, forecasts tropical storm warnings, sea surface temperature, etc
• Multihull overview Of the class
• Mission America Open 60 design
• Sailnet Articles, expert advice, a sailing community and a complete marine store
• Sailing resources.
• Student Yachting World Cup Organised since 1979 by students of the Ecole Polytechnique, a French engineers' school. Every year, about 15 nations are represented by a crew of a University, selected in its country during the year. During one week, all these teams compete for one ultimate goal: become the new World Champion !
• Swedish Match Tour 'The world's leading professional sailing series featuring America's Cup teams and skippers in the ultimate one-on-one battles, the "race of truth"';8 events; profiles, gallery
• Wayfarer Association USA
• Wayfarer Association Canada
• Wayfarer links From Mountain Wayfarer
• LaserInternational
• Laser North America
• Laser Sailing
• UK Laser
• International Vaurien Class
• International Sailing Federation Rules, World Competitions including Olympics, Calendar, training, sailing clubs and National Associations, team racing, events, calendar search, rankings, disabled sailing, Sailor of the year 2003 This is the source of information for all the International classes: Olympic, Centre Board, Keelboat, Multihull, Clsssic Yacht and the 15 "Recognised" class that included the open 60's and 50's, with links to all the Association websites.
• Asian Yachting News and views, clubs, events calendar, ranking system, archives linkscovering eg Darwin to Bali, Sandeq Race, Borneo Cup 2003, Asean Regatta, China Coast Race Week, Raja Muda Int Regatta, Phuket King's Cup , Andaman Sea Rally and many more events
• weather in Australia
• Short-handed Sailing Association of Australia The national sporting body for double-handed and single-handed sailing.
• Sail Melbourne International Regatta 2004; events, classes, news, results
• Fremantle
• Sailing In South Australia Classes and associations, clubs, links
• Boating from New Zealand Articles and information on all aspects of boating and sailing. Live weather forecasts, free classifieds and forums.
• Blind Sailing New Zealand "to involve more blind and sighted volunteers, in all New Zealand centres, in all types of sailing experience"
• New Zealand Marine industry Events, directory, boat shows, race-log, boating industry training organisation (BITO), NZ Marinas (map-based); boat industry association (BIA)
• Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Americas Cup, racing, cruising
• Yachting New Zealand New Zealand's national bodyfor competitive and recreational sailing; latest news, briefings, events, racing rules, safety, high-performance sailing
• Scuttlebutt Europe Produced by boats.com Europe and Seahorse magazine, Scuttlebutt Europe is a digest of sailing news and opinions, regatta results, new boat and gear information and letters from sailors -- with a European emphasis
• Cowes Week UK annual regatta on the Isle of Wight
• National School of Sailing "promotes sailing as part of the educational experience of young people, working with the RYA"; events, news links, articles
• Royal Yachting Association (RYA) -UK News, training, affiliated clubs, classes, events for water-based activities including racing, cruising, windsurfing, motor-boating etc;
• UK Dinghy Racing Hints, Tips and links on sailing high performance dinghies, together with a huge Free Ads section to sell or buy secondhand gear and boats.; comprehensive listing of clubs, bookstore and much more.
• UK Laser Association
• UK Sailing Index Many links for finding all about sailing
• Sailing in Kent Berthing, harbour guides, navigation. weather, yacht clubs, links
• Yachts and Yachting UK magazine for the racing fraternity, with map-based Club database, classes events, calendar, tips and boat tests, articles on techniques etc
• Welsh Yachting Association National Governing Body for sailing and boating in Wales; news, club events, affiliated clubs diary dates, results...
• Scottish Sailing Institute "being developed to provide Scotland with the resources capable of holding the best European and World sailing events, for all Olympic and Youth Classes and across all disciplines"; latest news, facilities available, events, results, training,
• RYA Scotland A forum for Scottish Sailing with representation from all styles of sailing - from Optimists to OAPs, from dinghies to motor cruisers, from schools to clubs, from ocean racers to windsurfers
• USA Sailing Association National Governing Body; training, safety, youth sailing; racing rules, events and results; Olympic Sailing, Calendar of events- Championships and cups
• North East Boating Magazine Comprehensive magazine for this area
• Laser Class North America
• Aruba Catamaran Regatta Eight races, two races per day, plus a semi long distance and a long distance race along the white beaches and through the mighty lagoons than surround the island.
• Americas Cup Official site History
• America's Cup News - an independent source history, archives, articles, news
• America's Cup Changes Comments from the Sports Telegraph, Nov 03
• Team Prada
• Stars and Stripes 2003
• Americas Cup Museum Only complete set offine art illustrations of all of the yachts that have sailed for the America's Cup through its history;
• Cup in Europe A non commercial site which carry news about all America's Cup related subjects
• Where to stage the next defense
• Th Martinez Provides images for potential venues for the 2007 race
• Antarctica Cup "World cup of Yachting" - the first non-stop circumnavigation (see course)of Antarctica in identical 85-foot, high performance maxi-yachts; 14.600 nautical miles, starting Aukland, Feb 2005.
• Rolex Fastnet 2003 from the Royal Ocean Racing Club: latest news, entry list; entry experience and training qualifications; history Challenge Business the background, route, training, news update
• Cowes Online
• ISAF Racing Team World Championship Team details along with travel, accommodation etc
• Swedish Match Tour 'The world's leading professional sailing series featuring America's Cup teams and skippers in the ultimate one-on-one battles, the "race of truth"'; match racing, 8 events; profiles, gallery
• Nippon Cup
• Jaques Vabre news article From Torrensen Marine sailing;
• Rolex Sydney to Hobart The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2003 starts on 26 December and will be conducted on the waters of Sydney Harbour, the Tasman Sea, Storm Bay and the Derwent River. Competing will be a classy international fleet of more than 60 ocean racers, crewed by some 800 sailors, representing all Australian states, Britain, Sweden, New Zealand and the United States of America;
• Rolex Middle Sea Race 607mile round the islands, offshore classic founded by The Royal Malta Yacht Club and the Royal Ocean Racing Club 1968. 25-30 high-profile boats compete, including the extreme Open 60s, Riviera di Rimini and Shining; the maxis, Mistress Quickly, Zephyrus IV and Sagamore; and the pocket rockets such as the 41-foot Strait Dealer.
• The Discovery Route Cadiz - San Salvador - the same as that taken in 1492 by Christopher Columbus as he set off to discover the New World; record attempt by Cap Gemini/Schneider Electric trimaran
• Vendee Globe Background and history from Wikipedia
• Official Site (in French). Follow the race around the globe
• Vendee-Globe From Angela Bird; an overview of the 2004-2005 race covering the boats and the skippers
• Nick Moloney Sailing Team
• Previous Race Results From Severn Oceans
• Sail Challenge.net The Race background, route, yachts, training, funding
• Ricky Chalmers Global Challenge 2004 Countdown to 3rd October 2004, map, backgound, Why take part, newsletter, contacts
• Challenge Business The official website of the company that organises the Global Challenge races;
• Volvo Ocean Race Round the World 2005-2006, started in Spain, Nov 12 2005; New boat design, news, the course, and much more.
• The background From Wikipedia, with an emphasis on past results
• ISF
• Sailing News
• World Record Broken "24-hour distance record broken as ABN Amro Two logged 558 nautical miles on leg two of the Volvo Ocean Race to Melbourne." from BBC Sport
• Around Vancouver Island Coverage of the June 200 race; Next race June 9th to 24th 2001
• Sail Training Association Is on-line, with information on the the operating tall ships
• American Sail TrainingAdssociation
• Canadian Sail Training Association
• Australian Sail Training Association
• Soren Larsen An authentic "Cape Horner", based in Auckland, New Zealand; sail training adventures;
• boater's guidebook To Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands of Washington.
• Yacht Charter Urk Yacht Charter company near the IJSselmeer in the Netherlands
• BoatShow on the Internet "Sailboats - mono-hulls, catamarans, trimarans - yacht charter companies, power boats, Digital Chandlery, sailing schools, and more for the recreational sailor.