Yachts and Yachting

Supreme site for all things dinghy. Locations of clubs, classes, classified ads and news.

Windguru

A highly detailed and accurate weather forecast site specifically for watersports.

ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing

The portal for the ISAF, including loads of information on the rules, interpretations etc

Awards for All

Part of the National Lottery, these kind people granted us money to equip the sailing school with new boats.

Royal Yachting Association

The portal for the RYA, all sorts of useful information on RYA services, training materials

Metcheck.com

Yet another weather forecasting site.....feel free to pick your favourite.

Evolution Sailing

Once it was Starboard, Full chandlery, spars, rigging, clothing, covers & boat repairs in wood or GRP. Tel: 01332 811131 E-mail: info@starboard.uk.com

Craft Insure

Internet only dinghy insurance. Webby uses them for the Phantom. Very reasonable price.

Noble Marine Insurance

Insurers of a wide range of dinghies Tel: 01636 707606

Newton Crum Insurance

Insurers of a wide range of dinghies. Tel: 01702 710041

Rush Sails

Racing Sails, school sails & repairs. 2 Conway Avenue, Carlton, Nottingham, NG4 2PY - Tel 0115 9875929 e-mail: tim.rush@ntlworld.com

Beeston Marina

Riverside road, Beeston, Nottingham, NG9 1NA - Tel 0115 9223168 Fax 0115 9678482

Sawley Marina

Sawley, Long Eaton, Nottingham, NG10 3AE - Tel 0115 9734278 Fax 0115 9462129

Funky Monkey

Supplier of Self Adhesive Vinyl boatnames

Alverbank Sails
Unit 12, Perkins Yard, Mansfield Road, Derby, DE21 4AW - Tel 01332 342586

W Coates & Sons
For dinghy covers, ropes and wire ropes.
10 Montpelier Road, Dunkirk, Nottingham - Tel 0115 9785103

Douglas Gill
Manor House Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham, NG10 1LR - Tel 0115 9460844

Helly Hansen
Regent House, Clinton Avenue, Nottingham, NG5 1AZ - Tel 0115 9608014

Dave Noble Windsurfing
Good for wet suit bargains, though primarily aimed at windsurfers. Also sells mountain bikes - Unit 1, Wymeswold Industrial Estate, Wymeswold, near Loughborough - Tel 01509 881111

School of Navigation and Seamanship
RYA Shorebased Teaching Establishment run by Ocean Youth Trust (East Midlands) and Long Eaton Offshore
E-mail: sonas@innotts.co.uk

Speedsails
Located in Aldrige, they're not exactly local, but they have a well stocked chandlery and also build GPs and Enterprises

Rooster Sailing
Home to Steve Cockerill's firm, specialising mainly in Go Faster bits for Lasers and his excellant range of clothing (especially Hiking Shorts). Also great sailing advice.

David Stevens Dinghy Services
Repairs and refurbishes wood and GRP dinghies
79 Rutland Street, Mansfield, Notts. NG18 4AP - Tel 01623 28924

Top Deck Boat Repair and Maintenance
Tom Wallis, 16 Gladstone Avenue, Melton Mowbray, Leicester, LE13 0NG - Tel 01664 500400

Widebeam
Boat Repairs, Rigging Service, Chandlery, licence holder for Mirror & Miracle Dinghies. Bell Works, 2 Gladstone Street, Leicester LE1 2BN - Tel 116 253 1233, Fax 0116 251 7273, Widebeambell@compuserve.com

• Enterprise
• Fireball
• GP14 Midland Area
• Graduate
• UK Laser (UKLA)
• International Laser

• Mirror
• Mirror Dinghy Info Exchange
• Optimist
• Phantom
• Supernova

• Topaz (see Topper International Sailboats)
• Topper
• Wayfarer

  For a fuller list, see UK Sailing Index - Classes

• Blue Water Sailing
• Dinghy Trader
• Sailing World
  and Cruising World

Nottingham District

• BBC Online Nottingham
• Long Eaton Community Net
• Nottingham Web Resources
• This Is Nottingham (Evening Post)

Organisations

• Cruising Association
• Local Government
  • Broxtowe B.C.
  • Erewash B.C.
  • Notts C.C.
• Marine Conservation Society
• Morning Star Trust
• Notts Wildlife Trust (see also Attenborough Nature Reserve)
• Ocean Youth Trust
• Royal National Lifeboat Institution
• Severn Trent PLC
• Surfers Against Sewage
• Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society