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Useful Links

Over the years, we have been collecting information on various sites regarding sailing. The weblinks list will grow over the years. If you have any suggestions, do not hesitate to email the links suggestions to the Webmaster.

Weather

The sites that the club members are often looking for weather information are:
BBC weather forecast (Tide information can also be found on this site)
Acuweather for the weather.
Accuweather for tides table.
The met office page
Wind Guru
XC weather for wind direction and strength

Sailing Links

Although the Club members' sailing knowledge is pretty good, we cannot know everything regarding sailing. For further information about sailing, one useful website to check is the Royal Yachting Association. This site will also show information about training, insurance, etc.
Some members have kept very good links with local clubs such as:
Baltic Wharf
Bristol Corinthians Yacht Club
Bristol Sailing Association
Chew Valley Sailing Club
Portishead Yatching and Sailing Club
Thornbury Sailing Club

Alternatively, you can click on UK sailing index that shows information about clubs, sailing schools, etc.

The Club members use various boats. We have tried to show all the boats in the photo gallery. However, it has not always been possible. The class association links, below, will show also useful information about the various boats at the club:
GP14
Lark
Laser class association
Laser 5000
Lightning class association. Some pictures taken at the show and some comments about the new Lightning can be found on the attached link.
Mirror class association
RS class association (RS200 and RS400 sailed at Shirehampton)
Scorpion class association
Solo class association
Wanderer class association
Wayfarer class association

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Sailing Clubs

List of the Sailing Clubs in the area can be found at the Royal Yachting Association or UK Sail.

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Sailing Shops

Over the years, we have been dealing with local chandelery shops to repair or improved our boats. The list is not complete as there are a lot of shops that can provide such services:
Wet Windy
Force 4

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Magazines

In the shops, the sailing press covered wide range of sailing activities. It is difficult to list all the magazines. The Sailing Club read the magazines listed below. However, the list should not be considered as a recommendation.
Dinghy sailing magazine
Yacht and Yachting magazine

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Buying boat

If you are interesting to buy a boat, the three links are a good start. Whatever the site you select, it is highly recommended to see the boat prior to make an offer. Although in Ebay for example you can see picture of the boat, the pictures do not show everything. – Ebay
Boat and outboards
Dinghy shops

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Insurance

To sail at the club, an insurance is required as explained on Membership Details. There are many companies that can provide such services. In addition, it is possible through the class association to have deal with insurance companies. The list below is not a recommendation:
Craft Insurnace.
Noble Marine.
Newtoncrum.

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Pub guide

The following pubs are frequented by some club members when the sailing is over
–"The Lampligthers"
–Georges Inn in Shirehamtpon center

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