Click on the categories below to see some useful web links.
| Associations & organisations | Class associations | East coast pilotage | Events |
| Local sailing clubs | Sailing magazines | Tides | Weather web sites |
Associations & organisations
Website | Description |
|---|---|
| Cruising Association | Cruising Association - represents the interests of cruising sailors and motor-boaters worldwide. |
| RYA | Royal Yachting Association - national body for all forms of boating |
Class associations
Website | Description |
|---|---|
| GP14 Class Association | GP14 Class association website - forums, tuning advice, fixtures and boats for sale |
| Laser Class Association | UK Laser class association - technical information, boats for sale and so on |
| Topper Class Association | International Topper Class Association (Great Britain) - news, images, fixtures, forums and so on. |
East coast pilotage
Website | Description |
|---|---|
| Brightlingsea Harbour website | Brightlingsea harbour website including harbour information and navigational information. |
| Crossing the Thames Estuary | Support site for the book Crossing the Thames Estuary. Has some additional information about crossing points. |
| East Coast Pilot | Web site to support the East Coast Pilot book by Colin Jarman, Garth Cooper and Dick Holness |
| East Coast Rivers | East coast rivers website with sketch maps of the Deben entrance, Ore entrance, Brightlingsea and the Walton Backwaters. |
| Harwich Haven Authority | Harwich Haven Authority website - including a useful interactive guide to the harbour |
| Port of London Authority | Port of London Authority including a useful recreational users' guide |
Events
Website | Description |
|---|---|
| Mersea Week | Mersea Week website |
Local sailing clubs
Website | Description |
|---|---|
| Blackwater Sailing Club | Blackwater Sailing Club website |
| Dabchicks SC | Dabchicks Sailing Club - West Mersea |
| Stone Sailing Club | Stone Sailing Club |
| Tollesbury Cruising Club | Tollesbury Cruising Club website and marina details |
| WMYC | West Mersea Yacht club website |
Sailing magazines
Website | Description |
|---|---|
| East Coast Sailing | An online sailing magazine for East Coast Sailors |
Tides
Website | Description |
|---|---|
| BBC Tides (East) | BBC website - tide tables for the Eastern region |
| Easy Tide | Admiralty tidal predictions for West Mersea. Available for 7 days ahead. |
Weather web sites
Website | Description |
|---|---|
| Blackwater SC live weather station | A live weather station based at Blackwater SC |
| Brightlingsea SC weather station | A live weather station based at Brightlingsea SC |
| Dabchicks live weather station | Live weather from Packingmarsh Island |
| Met Office - marine forecasts | Met Office marine weather site (shipping and inshore forecasts) |
| Walton and Frinton lifeboat weather station | A live weather station based at the Walton and Frinton lifeboat station. |
| Walton weather station | Live weather from Walton - based at the Walton & Frinton lifeboat station |
| Windguru (West Mersea) | Windguru website (forecast for West Mersea) |
| XC weather (West Mersea) | XC weather - weather forecast for West Mersea |