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| Abersoch, North Wales |
| About 10 webcams showing views around Abersoch, a well known sailing centre |
| AIS-live |
| Provides "live" data on shipping in the Solent area. Interesting to look at even if you don't sail there. |
| Alaska Boating Safety Program |
| Powerboat predeparture check list. Also useful for sailboats. |
| Andrei Fedorov's Drascombe Page |
| Fascinating account of Andrei's project to homebuild a wooden lugger |
| Anglia Yacht Brokerage |
| Spares & Accessories for Drascombe and Devon boats. |
| Australian Yacht & Boat Safety Tips |
| Boating safety rules and tips. |
| Baltimore Yacht Charters |
| Drascombe Lugger Sailboat Hire in Baltimore, West Cork, Ireland. The boat can also be hired with a four star holiday home. |
| Beale Park Thams Boat Show |
| There's a wide variety of boats for you to try and buy at this June held Boat Show. Fun for all the family from boat trips to crafts and displays plus so much more.......so why not get afloat and have a go! |
| Big Salty |
| Aimed primarily at windsurfers, Big Salty is a hybrid weather service that aims to identify which locations will provide the best conditions for a given forecast. It has some really useful charts for the wind at specific locations when using the "Beach forecasts" section. |
| Blue Box Sailing Gifts |
| Blue Box Sailing's online gift shop offers sailing and powerboat experiences, direct from the supplier, all gift boxed and delivered to your door - ideal Christmas or birthday presents! |
| Boating Team |
| A specialist directory of boating-related websites. |
| boatlaunch.co.uk |
| Detailed information about boating facilities and activities including marinas, slipways, chandleries and tidal information for the next seven days. The listings are continuously updated by boating enthusiasts which keeps it up to date. |
| Book Harbour |
| Kelvin Hughes charts & books. |
| Bosun's Locker |
| Chandlery, boat maintenance products, hardware, clothing and lots more. |
| Bramber Trailers |
| Website for the manufacturers of the object that more than likely resides under your boat. |
| BrambleMet |
| Bramblemet is a comprehensive weather information system, recording weather conditions in the Central Solent , both in real-time and historically. It also has links to similar sites for Southampton and Chichester Bar and Harbour. |
| Brest, France |
| If you are heading to the Brest festival, then this is the webcam to look at. (Though not currently reliable) |
| Canadian Marine Safety |
| Before you go check list. |
| Canadian Marine Safety Equipment |
| Safety equipment list. |
| CFS fibreglass Supplies |
| Based in Cornwall, this is also a mail order fibre glass supplier. |
| Charles Hussey |
| Marine carpenter, wooden boat builder and restorer. Holds a licence for building wooden Drascombes. |
| Churchouse Boats Ltd |
| The Drascombe Specialists - new boats, refurbished boats, brokerage, repairs, spares, accessories, trailers, advice, anecdotes... Essential. |
| Classic Marine |
| Fittings for classic boats, including Tufnol blocks. |
| Club de Voile dans le Var |
| Gigs at a Sailing School in the South of France - gorgeous pictures! |
| CreekSailor |
| Tony Smith's blog of sailing on the River Blackwater Estuary, Essex. |
| Cruising Dinghies and Trailer Sailers page |
| A new site run by Bill Serjeant dedicated to cruising and camping in small boats. |
| Dabbles With A Drascombe |
| Isobel Brown's (Dabber Girl) blog. Based in Monmouthshire, Wales |
| Daisy II |
| Julian Merson's blog for his Coaster Daisy II. |
| Dinghy Cruising Association |
| The Dinghy Cruising Association was formed in 1955 to encourage all forms of small boat sailing other than racing. The membership comprises people from all walks of life, sharing the same love of messing about in boats. |
| Don't Play Misty for Me |
| Peter Duggan's account of a single-handed cruise to the Outer Hebrides |
| Dorset iCoast |
| If you want to be out and about on Dorset's spectacular coast doing your favourite sport or trying out something new then you can find everything you need to plan your day here. Covers everything coastal. |
| Dragon Marine Services |
| The Drascombe Woodwork Specialists & Marine services (see our ad in Dan) |
| Drascombe Association in Ireland |
| Our members in Ireland have their own website with news and reports of activities in the Emerald Isle. |
| Drascombe Boats Insurance Scheme |
| The Drascombe Boats Insurance scheme has been specially negotiated for Drascombe Owners. It is operated by the Padstow office of Aston Scott Ltd. |
| Drascombe Coaster "Aquarius" Renovation Project |
| Adrian Langford's fascinating account of restoring the Coaster "Aquarius". |
| Drascombe Manual |
| A copy of the 1979 Drascombe manual with rigging instructions and an intoduction by John Watkinson. |
| Drascombe Owners Association of North America. |
| An excellent site produced by a band of like-minded souls in the US and Canada. Well worth a visit. Note: this site is now inactive but still available via a web archive site. |
| Drascombe Storm Tactics |
| Excellent photos of Michel Maartens sailing out of Oudeschild to Den Oever in the Drifter Joanna. Photos by Rob Lutke Schipholt, owner of Joanna, from Texel. |
| Dutch Drascombe |
| The NDKE video page |
| ECMRWF |
| European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting charts for up to to 6 days ahead. |
| Ed Winfield's Website |
| Photos, sketch charts, and descriptions of Holy Island, the Farne Islands, Amble, and the Firth of Forth, aimed at the small boat sailor. |
| Eumetsat |
| Click on Meteosat Images for the latest Eumetsat IR & visual imagery and slideshows |
| Drascombe facebook page |
| Falmouth Harbour webcam |
| Sited on top of a harbourfront building, this rotates and updates every 5 seconds. Gives a good idea of conditions inside the harbour. |
| Findafishingboat.com |
| The weather page on this site provides free access to traditional weather charts as well as useful links to other weather websites. |
| Flickr photo group |
| Not a blog or a video but belongs in a 'new technology' group |
| GB Wind Map - XC Weather |
| Current and forecast wind data for the British Isles and Western Europe. |
| Grog's Boating Knots |
| Animated photos showing how to tie common boating knots (and some less common ones too). |
| Holidays Argyll |
| Offers self-catering accommodation in Tighnabruaich, on the Kyles of Bute, all within 1/2 a mile of a free slipway. |
| Honnor Marine |
| Manufacturers of Devon boats and providers of spares for Drascombes and Devons. |
| In the Present Sea |
| Lugger circumnavigator Webb Chiles' personal website, with articles, poems, and photographs about his life and voyages. You can now download his books THE OPEN BOAT and THE OCEAN WAITS about his voyage in the Drascombe Lugger, CHIDIOCK TICHBORNE. |
| InfoMet |
| Spanish site with links to Met Office, Deutsche Wetterdienst, and USAF surface charts for up to 6 days ahead, plus satellite pictures. |
| Inshore Waters Forecast |
| From the Met Office. A good, up-to-the-minute summary available online. |
| Je Navigue Sympa |
| Website for French Drascombe sailors. |
| Jeckells the Sailmakers |
| Manufacturers of sails for over 177 years. They have a selection of sails on the shelf at most times of the year. All sails are manufactured in their purpose built sailloft in the UK and are supplied with a unique 5 Year Guarantee. They also offer a instant sail repair service and can collect/return sails from/to anywhere in the country. |
| Lantis World |
| Drascombe dayboat rental in Greece. |
| LifeJacketExchange.co.uk |
| A free UK-based service which offers to put people wishing to exchange children's lifejackets in touch with each other. |
| Lleyn peninsular, North Wales |
| This webcam is sited on a pub which is on the beach at Porth Dinllaen, a beautiful little natural harbour |
| Lugger repair & maintenance |
| Tim Pettigrew's site based on personal (hard-won!) experience. |
| Magic Seaweed |
| This site is aimed at surfers, but it gives a good wind forecast for 7 days ahead. It has good clear graphics and is free to use. |
| Marina Info |
| Listing of marinas throughout the UK (and some other countries) showing location, contact details, facilities, and local services. |
| Marine Conservation Society |
| The UK Charity dedicated to the protection of the marine environment and its wildlife. The website also gives details of the Basking Shark and Turtle watch sightings scheme. |
| Marine lighting: revolution in progress |
| An interesting article in the archives of the RINA on developments in LED lighting for marine navigation lights. |
| Mariners of Bewl |
| An organisation concentrating on sailing for the disabled. |
| Maritime and Coastguard Agency |
| Information on the various services provided by HMCG. |
| Maritime Safety Queensland |
| Trip preparation checklist. |
| NKDE Nederlandse Kring van Drascombe Eigenaren |
| Website of the Association of Dutch Drascombe Owners. |
| nmwebsearch.com |
| United Kingdom Hydrographic Office Admiralty Charts - Searchable Notices to Mariners. This will enable you to search the Notices to Mariners service for updates to Admiralty Charts by Chart or NM Number. |
| Openboat.co.nz |
| Pretty pictures and video of open boat sailing in New Zealand. |
| Otterblog |
| Colin Watt's fascinating record of the renovation of the Wooden Drascombe Longboat "Otter". |
| Peak Trailers |
| Peak Trailers can supply all of the bits, notably suspension systems - even obscure and obsolete ones - for Bramber trailers as supplied with the majority of Drascombes. Several members can vouch for their technical knowledge (outstripping even Bramber themselves!) and quality of service. |
| Peter Rhodes in Sally Gee |
| on youtube.com © John Boileau |
| Port Edgar Yacht Club |
| Observations and comments on visiting harbours in the Firth of Forth. |
| Ports and Harbours of the UK |
| This web site has a photograph, details and contacts for over 900 ports, harbours, jetties and piers around the coastline of the UK |
| QHM Portsmouth |
| Notices to Mariners, navigation warnings, traffic movements, and news for Portsmouth Harbour. |
| R&J Sails |
| New sails for the entire Drascombe range. |
| RNLI SEA Check |
| SEA Check is a free service offered by the RNLI to owners of boats under 13.7 metres. At the owner's invitation, a highly trained volunteer will check relevant levels of safety equipment. Drascombe Association member and Lugger owner Peter Ainsworth is a SEA Check advisor. If anyone in the North Wales or Shropshire area would like a check he would be happy to oblige. |
| Royal Yachting Association |
| The UK's governing body for pleasure boating. The RYA represents an ever growing constituency including 80,000 members. |
| Sailing Koh Samui |
| If you ever find yourself in Koh Samui, Thailand, you can rent a Drascombe Lugger for 400 baht/hour or 1500 baht/day (about £6 and £22 respectively). |
| Sailing Now |
| An interesting miscellany of sailing-related information. |
| SailSafe |
| A website design for young sailers, with fun ways to learn about safety at sea. Made in conjection with NMM, RYA and RNLI. |
| Sea Watch |
| Sea Watch is a national marine conservation research charity dedicated to the protection of whales, dolphins and porpoises (cetaceans) around the UK. |
| Seals + Direct |
| Specialist suppliers of rubber and associated products for the marine industry. |
| Solent Tightwad Sailor |
| A sailors guide to the Solent, where to go and what to see without spending a fortune |
| South Coast Shrimper |
| Dick Pizey's blog. Although Dick no longer owns a Drascombe, he still sails with them and attends (and organises) Association rallies. |
| Southampton VTS |
| Everythingyou could want to know about the port of Southampton and its approaches: weather, tide, traffic movements, live radar, and much more. |
| Stonehaven Harbour |
| Eight different webcam views around the old harbour at Stonehaven just south of Aberdeen |
| The 20-knot Drascombe - A Design Study |
| Naval Architect Stuart Roy asks "Can it be done......... and would anyone want one anyway?" |
| The Canvas Windmill |
| Made-to-measure boat tents and equipment. |
| The Drascombe Ionian Experience |
| The Drascombe Ionian Experience offers the opportunity to explore the delights of the islands and harbours of the Southern Ionian. |
| The Drascombe List |
| A mailing list for anyone interested in Drascombes, with participants from all round the world. |
| The Green Blue |
| The Green Blue is the joint environment programme created by the British Marine Federation and Royal Yachting Association for anyone who enjoys getting out on the water or whose livelihood depends on it. |
| The Openboat List |
| Openboat is dedicated to the cruising of open boats in coastal or inland waters. It provides a forum for discussion and the interchange of information and expertise on open boats and dinghies, cruising grounds, technical and safety matters related to dinghy cruising, supply of equipment suitable for such cruising, and a place to post information about rallies and passages organised by associations and individuals. |
| The Shipping Forecast |
| The one and only, from the Met Office. |
| Theyr |
| Theyr is a professional weather forecasting site aimed at sailors among others. It provides pictorial forecasts of wind cloud, temperature, precipitation, etc. This site now charges a fee to use it, but you can register for a 14-day free trial. |
| Thin Water Annie |
| Curt Bowman's blog about his Coaster Annie. |
| Tidal Predictions |
| Admiralty EasyTide tidal curves and data for up to a week ahead. |
| Trailer Tek |
| Trailer manufacturer. Reasonably priced and extensive spares department. |
| uk.weather.com |
| Put in a postcode and get an hour by hour forecast. |
| visitmyharbour.com/tides/ |
| Free 2013 tide tables and tidal flow atlases |
| Voyage of Valdesca: a Drascombe longboat |
| Claudia Lewis's Blog |
| Weather Underground |
| An American site giving actual and forecast weather worldwide. This link takes you straight to the UK weather page. Like a lot of free sites, it has rather a lot of advertising banners and pop-ups. |
| WeatherOnline |
| A useful site giving marine weather information, including wind charts. This link takes you straight to the marine weather page. |
| Wooden Drascombes |
| Colin Watt's register of wooden Drascombes and their builders. |
| www.drascombe-trizonia.nl/English.html |
| sailing in The Netherlands and in Greece in the Ionic, the Gulf of Corinth and the Channel of Corinth. 2 english articles. Dutch site |
| www.pocketyachters.com/ |
| Port Townsend Pocket Yachters - US based club for small boat enthusiasts. |