The Links
On this page you will find links classified under:
- RYA
- The Royal Yachting Association is the UK's national association for all forms of recreational and competitive boating
- ISAF
- The International Sailing Federation is the World Governing Body for the Sport of Sailing
- RYA Eastern Region
- The RYA Eastern Region is an affiliation of area associations and clubs and is itself affiliated to the RYA (Royal Yachting Association). There's a link to the main (national) RYA site above.
Apart from the original Usenet newsgroup that addressed sailing, uk.rec.sailing, there are many sailing orientated forums and groups. Here are some to try.
- Facebook group of CSC members
- Some of the younger members of the Cam Sailing Club have set up a Facebook Group. This link only works if you are already registered ("signed-up") with Facebook. Otherwise this link will give you the opportunity to sign up.
- RYA Forum Index
- The RYA has 16 forums covering different areas of interest to sailors and sailing organizations. They include forums with the following names TellMe How, Items for Sale and Wanted, Boating Issues. The link above takes you to the main index page for the RYA forums. However, if you want to seek help from other sailors, there seem to be few users of the RYA forums and you'd do better with the forums run by sailing magazine publishers, linked below.
- Yachts-and-Yachting Forum Index
- Yachts and Yachting forums include ones that cover Choosing a boat, Weather and Sailing Techniques. Some are very busy with contributions, others less so.
- Yachting-and-Boating World Forum Index
- Yachtings and Boating World publish magazines such as Practical Boat Owner and Yaching Monthly. These forums are busy, but probably less use for issues to do with racing.
- uk.rec.sailing
- The charter states"uk.rec.sailing will discuss any and all topics relating to sailing activity in Britain, Eire and European waters. Posts from dinghy sailors, wind-surfers, yachtsmen and women, and all those with an interest in the sport. Posts may include Class Association details, Open Meetings, race accounts, events and issues affecting sailors in area given above."
If you use a browser and click the link above, you'll need a Google password to post messages. It's better to use a good newsreader to access it via a news server. However, there's less activity on this newsgroup now that there are so many others sailing forums and groups; see above.
- uk.rec.waterways
- For those interested in waterways. Access by browser or newsreader is as mentioned for uk.rec.sailing immediately above.
There's a lack of good suppliers to sailors close to the CSC, but here are some you can try. Detailed feedback to me from CSC members would me welcome (email address on contacts page).
- Ely Boat Chandlers
- Ely Boat Chandlers is now run by Keith and Richard, who continue the friendly service to CSC members once given by Peter and Carol Taylor, who knew about sailing and stocked a lot of sailing bits and pieces. Richard and Keith supplied the outboards for the CSC safety boats, so they know of our club. They concentrate on equipment that's general to river boating, but still have a range of sailing equipment. Of course, most of what they don't stock they can order for you! If you're planning a trip to Ely, it may be worth giving them a call on 01 353 663 095, to see if they stock what you need or if there's time for them to order it for you.
- Two Tees' Boat Yard
- Two Tees is on the Cam, upstream from the CSC, off Chesterton High St in Water St. (It doesn't seem to have a website, but the phone number is 01 223 365 597 and the link above to Cambridge Online gives more details.)
- Cambridge Dive & Watersports Centre
- Probably better for wetsuits and buoyancy aids than for deck and mast fittings, but they do have some chandlery. Feedback to me from CSC members on whether this is correct would be welcome.
- Huntingdon Marine and Leisure
- Unfortunately, this general chandlery with good outboard servicing has closed down, as the land is going for development. However, outboard specialist, Jason, has set up on his own. (See immediately below.)
- Jays Marine Services
- Past customers of Huntingdon Marine and Leisure whose outboards received attention from Jason, may like to know that he now runs Jays Marine Services, at Isleham, between Ely and Newmarket telephone 077 76 130 921.
- Jonti of Grafham
- Sailing chandlery mainly aimed at dinghies and windsurfing, though Jonti claims to have equipment for slightly larger boats; wire rigging up to 4mm
- Mail order
- Many chandlers will post equipment to you and there are some large mail order catalogue sellers of sailing equipment. Some charge about £5 as a minimum for a handling and delivery charge, eg, Mailspeed Marine charges £4.99 for items that will fit in a Jiffy bag, but Force 4 Chandlery charge £3.95 for small jiffy bags & low cost delivery (quoted from their websites 6 May 2009).
However, Jimmy Green Marine have a free delivery policy on many items, with a quoted 5-day delivery. I ordered two shackles late afternoon Mon, 15 Aug 2005 and asked if I could have them by Friday. They said yes and the shackles arrived am on Wed, 17 Aug 2005 and no delivery charge. I was impressed!
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- Cam Conservators
- The Cam Conservators are the navigation authority for the River Cam upstream of Bottisham Lock.
- Environment Agency (Gt Ouse Navigation)
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The Environment Agency is the navigation authority for the River Cam from Bottisham Lock downstream and all the rest of the Great Ouse system.
The Environment Agency Ouse has a number of useful pages on different websites. This section is just about navigation and recreation aspects, which are on the sites www.visitanglian waterways.co.uk and http://www.visitgreatouse.co.uk. The Agency is also responsible for flood control and water height monitoring for all the waterways.
Environment Agency Great Ouse navigation and recreation:
- Great Ouse Boating Association
- GOBA looks after the interests of boat owners on the River Great Ouse and its tributaries, including the River Cam.
- The Fens Waterways Link
- New navigation links will make it easier for Cam SC cruisers to make long journeys north, improving access from the Rivers Great Ouse to the River Nene and from the Nene to the River Welland. From the Welland, navigation is possible via its tributary, the River Glen and the via the South Forty Foot Drain and new Boston Link to the River Witham, which takes navigation to Lincoln. Byond Lincoln, the Witham links to the Fossdyke Navigation and the River Trent and eventually the River Humber.
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- British Moth Boat Association
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- The Enterprise Association UK
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- UK Laser Association
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- International Laser Class Association
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- UK Mirror Class Association
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- UK Optimist Class Association
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- International Optimist Dinghy Association
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- Sailfish Association
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- Anglia Afloat
- Area covered includes CSC, which has already featured in the magazine. Here's a link to places you can buy Anglia Afloat near the CSC.
- Yachts and Yachting
- Good for yacht and dinghy racing news
- www.ybw.com
- Yachting and Boating World, a site that appears to be to do with the publishers of Practical Boat Owner, Yachting World, Yachting Monthly, etc.
- Sailing Today
- Aimed at cruising sailors
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- RYA Portsmouth Yardstick Scheme
- Based on race-result returns from clubs
- Byron Software Cruiser Handicaps
- Calculated handicaps and maximum speeds derived from boat measurements (from Byron Software for Sailing Clubs: Sail Race Management)
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- UK Sailing Index
- a useful set of UK sailing links
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- River Cam - Cambridge to Upware
- Current status, checked every 15 minutes, covering the river at Granchester, Cambridge, Milton, Waterbeach, Fen Ditton and Upware.
(It also lists past changes in status, between All Clear, Flood Watch, Flood Warning & Severe Flood Warning.)
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- Cam Valley Forum
- set up in response to concerns about the future of the River Cam and its tributaries
- river care
- campaigns to keep rivers clear of rubbish etc - you need to select Cambridgeshire opposite the welcome text (on the right-hand side where it says RIVERCARE IN YOUR AREA)
- Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve
- National Trust protected fenland by Wicken Lode and close to River Cam
- Fen Rivers Way
- Mainly about the paths both sides of the river from Cambridge via the CSC and Ely to King's Lynn (& interesting maps of the area from 1645)
- Cambridge Motor Boat Club
- Our next-door neighbours on the Cam at Clayhithe
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- The boat listing
- alphabetically ordered list (by boat name), detailing over 40,000 individual boats registered on British Waterways and Environment Agency Waters, including those on the Great Ouse and Cam
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- An index of maritime terminology
- Glossary compiled by Peter Monks for the website of the Mariners' Mailing list
- Taylor Made Systems' Glossary
- Glossary provided on the site of a US manufacturer of marine glazing systems! Most terms seem to be the same as British ones, but note the different term for the British 'lee-oh' (listed under 'leeward, lee').
- NMR Maritime Craft Type Thesaurus
- English Heritage classifications of types of maine craft with brief descriptions. Use the alphabetical list at the top of the page and click on the name of the craft type to see the details. The list on the right is ordered by classification rather than alphabetical.
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About the links
This page contains links to other sites that may be of interest to sailors in the Cambridge area.
It isn't the purpose of this site to provide a comprehensive set of sailing links; there are plenty of other sites making extravagent claims for their lists of links.
We may add links, at our discretion, sometimes to relevant organizations prepared to include links to the CSC site from theirs.
If you know a site we should add that fits one of the categories in the list on the left, you can email the CSC site manager, whose email address is given on the contacts page.
The CSC is not responsible for the content of any of the sites linked from this page or any other external sites.
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