Brexit:
The UK left the EU on 31 January, 2020 and ended the transition period on 31 December 2020. Some useful resources below:
UK-Wide:
UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency
Admiralty Easytide website
www.easytide.admiralty.co.uk
Tidal prediction site from the UK Hydrographic Office that provides tidal data up to seven days ahead free of charge.
The Kingfisher Bulletin Notice Map
Provides the fishing and marine industries with alerts of offshore hazards, activity notices and news, on activities in sea areas around the UK and Northern Europe. Its interactive map covers wind farm and other offshore construction activity, including cable laying. The Kingfisher Bulletin app is available to download for iOS and Android allowing updates directly to a phone or tablet. It allows personalised alerts to be set up so that hazard and notice information can be saved for offline use.
Yachting Monthly: MPA's - How the Rules Benefit Sailors (April 2022)
Yachting Monthly: The 40 Best UK Anchorages (March 2021)
How to Sail to France from the UK
Experienced sailor Ken Endean provides some cruising options for those based on the South Coast of England who have limited cruising time or want to get a bit more experience before venturing further afield.
Harbour Master Sailing Challenge 2022/23
Mark Ashley Miller and his crew are sailing around The British Isles & Ireland to meet every Harbour Master in support of The Seafarers’ Charity.
Cruising Association - https://www.theca.org.uk/
Much information available only on the members’ pages. Tel. + 44 (0)207 537 2828.
Royal Yachting Association - https://www.rya.org.uk/
Tel. +44 (0)23 8060 4100
Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation - https://rccpf.org.uk/
Useful for passage planning.
Nautical Charts:
British Admiralty
Safety at sea:
RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution)
Waterhaul: Harry Dennis of Waterhaul encourages sailors that come across fishing nets or other forms of ghost gear in UK waters to report their findings via his website. Waterhaul will endeavour to recover the ghost gear, or collaborate with other volunteers and organisations to do so, and then collect for recycling.
Tidal information:
http://www.tidetimes.org.uk/ - Has interactive map for all parts of the British Isles.
Other useful links:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast_and_sea/tide_tables
River Thames to London:
England
East Coast Pilot.com
http://www.eastcoastpilot.com/
The web resource for Imray's East Coast Pilot, with useful weather and tide information plus navigation and marina/anchorage updates.
BlueMoment.Com
Cruising information, articles, sources and resources for the UK yachting community.
Scotland
http://svtaipan.blogspot.com
SY Taipan kept a good blog of their cruise up the west coast during August 2017.
http://whaletrack.hwdt.org/
A new app for citizen scientists to help track cetaceans in the North Sea.
http://www.welcome-anchorages.co.uk/
Welcome Anchorages is a guide to shore facilities for cruising yachts at around 150 locations around the coasts of Scotland and the north of Ireland, from the Mull of Galloway in the south west of Scotland to Peterhead in the north east, including the Orkney and Shetland Isles. The new Irish coverage is from Sligo in the west, northabout to Ardglass in the east. Download for free.
Yachting Monthly - Sailing the west coast of Scotland: full cruising itinerary
Wales
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Tourist Board
http://www.welcome-anchorages.co.uk/
Welcome Anchorages is a guide to shore facilities for cruising yachts at around 150 locations around the coasts of Scotland and the north of Ireland, from the Mull of Galloway in the south west of Scotland to Peterhead in the north east, including the Orkney and Shetland Isles. The new Irish coverage is from Sligo in the west, northabout to Ardglass in the east. Download for free.
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