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These people insured Bambola and now Eloise. They are very good value for money and are sailors!

 

 

Yachtmaster Insurance

Ferry House, Ferry Quay, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1BW. Tel 01394 615755 Fax 01394 615735 

mailto:enquiries@yachtmasterinsurance.co.uk

 

http://www.yachtmasterinsurance.co.uk

Please mention this web site for an extra discount on the quoted price.

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http://www.cruiser.co.za/

Very comprehensive site for all sailing subjects

An excellent site with lots of info about 
UK canals and others

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Sailing Talks Forums Celebrate the spirit of sailing and talk with sailing lovers form around the Globe.

www.boat-transport.webeden.co.uk 

Have heavy towing vehicles - Range Rover type and a selection of purpose built trailers - can handle up to 29ft.

South West Boat Transport -

These people are very experienced at transporting small boats up to 3 tons at extreamly eocnomical rates.

www.boat-transportation.co.uk

HAINSWORTHS BOAT TRANSPORT

Hainsworths Boat Transport can move your boat to any  destination in Europe or  beyond. Capable of handling all vessels up to 55ft long and 32 tons. We are a family run firm based in Bingley, West Yorkshire. The web site contains a lot of practical information, photos and links about transporting boats, a family run firm from Yorkshire  01274 5659225 

http://www.boattransporter.co.uk

 

Boats for sale Classified listings of boats for sale or for rent by owners.

Really nice looking traditional narrow boat to holiday in the UK

 

http://www.holiday-narrowboat.co.uk

 

 

 

Narrowboat Hire From Barton Turns Marina Staffordshire

High specification 4 to 8 berth Narrowboats available for hire at reason able rates.

Unused Timeshare weeks

  Narrowboat Hire in the UK

High specification 4 to 8 berth Narrowboats available for hire at reason able rates.

Unused Timeshare weeks

 

www.canalbarge.co.uk

Very good barge site.

 

www.narrowboat-holidays.org.uk

These folks hire self drive barges - good site

 

 

 

www.caribbeansailworld.com

is a web site with world wide items of interest.

 

Find a Crew™

 

http://www.sailingfriends.co.uk

A fairly new site that seems interesting

 

http://www.boatsdepot.org
Title: Boats for sale
Description: Classified listings of boats for sale or for rent by owners in the USA

 

.www.syfuga.co.uk

This is a very good website by John and Mo Walker in their Yacht Fuga  a Dehler 41DS, built  in 1995. They are now retired and seem to be having a wonderful time cruising on a budget. Well worth a visit!

http://www.cruisinglogs.org.uk

brand new world wide data base of marinas ports and harbours

 

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These people insured Bambola and now Eloise, are very good value for money and are sailors!

Yachtmaster Insurance

Ferry House, Ferry Quay, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1BW. Tel 01394 615755 Fax 01394 615735 

mailto:enquiries@yachtmasterinsurance.co.uk

 

http://www.yachtmasterinsurance.co.uk

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you can find BLUE WATER CRUISING  at:-

http://www.bookharbour.com/  

 (who are in fact Kelvin Hughes. )

they have PAL copies of  BLUE WATER CRUISING my original VIDEO  about long distance sailing 

Their reference for Blue Water Cruising is VID1475 

 

 http://www.greatlittleboats.com/ 

sell some smashing little dinghies - great tenders with a sail... Worth a visit.

http://www.bennettmarine.com/store Are the USA distributors for my Blue Water Destinations series of DVDs

www.crewseekers.co.uk   Very good crewing agency FOC to skippers. I used them all round the world with great success.

www.caribweather.net   David Jones weather site for Caribbean - 

www.sailmail.com  The WW email into your boat people

www.noonsite.com  Excellent site to all matters cruising world wide

www.sailingbooks.co.uk Very old established and reliable UK book shop that specializes in sailing books, charts, pilots etc etc

www3.sympatico.ca/hehilgen/vax498.htm  This is the link to HERB the most famous and reliable weather for transatlantic yachts to from Caribbean, USA etc his email address is

 hehilgen@sympatico.ca  

www.tidesend.com  These people sell 3/4 size B&W charts on good paper at around $6 each -  but beware customs fees if you have them sent to Europe.. Gib is OK as are most Caribbean islands and USA.  Darwin is another place to get B&W photo copies - someone there will tell you where, when you get there and I think they are cheaper! You can normally borrow charts in Trinidad to photocopy - Only USA - NOAA charts that have no copyright of course!

www.7knots.com
http://www.7knots.com Useful web site for finding crew etc in USA Caribbean, Panama. Possibly best American site for long distance cruisers

http://www.bensons-world.co.uk Many of my DVD's and VHS are on sale at this site.

http://www.weatheronline.com  I use this link all the time from my desktop 

http://www.onpassage.com A really informative site for long distance cruisers sitting in internet cafes, on slow connections or from home.


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http://www.boatsville.com Very large American site with boats for sale

http://www.markjohnsonafloat.org.uk Excellent private web site - real enthusiast - worth a visit.

Virgin Islands crewed yacht charters | BVI Sailing
Virgin Island Sailing has been arranging quality bareboat and crewed yacht charters in The Virgin Islands since 1978. We understand that every Sailboat, Catamaran, and Motor Yacht we charter to every client is key to a successful holiday experience.

http://www.bensons-world.co.uk  if you go to this site most of my DVD's and VHS from broadcast television and feature films are on sale here under my name.

The Internet Movie Database
Abbreviation
IMDb
http://www.imdb.com/
These people run the best TV and film data base on the web. Info on movies television series actors crew etc - a professional tool to the industry.

http://uk.imdb.com/name/nm0108468/  This should go to my IMDb page.

 

The following link should go my TV TOMB page - very good site with coverage of TV productions, crew, actors etc

http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-50479/

 

www.italiaconti-acting.co.uk   Link to my font of education and career

 

SECRET ARMY LINKS

www.action-tv.org.uk/guides/secretarmy.htm

www.survivorstvseries.com/Secret_Army.htm  BBC site - very good

 

 

DOCTOR WHO / BLAKE'S 7 LINKS these are reciprocal to sites kind enough to include mine. If you have got this far you probably know all the sites, but if not, these are very good...

www.scifind.co.uk

The Doctor Who Review
www.doctorwho.ukhq.co.uk

Doctor Who: A Brief History Of Time
(Travel) at
http://www.physics.mun.ca/~sps/drwho.html

OTHER LINKS

http://www.bennettmarine.com/store These people are the main distributors for my 'Blue Water Destinations' series of DVDs

www.HMS-Dido.com

is a really nice site about HMS DIDO the frigate that we filmed my first series of WARSHIP in. Lots of interesting info about Leander class frigates and RN crews.

A useful French site is

http://www.anglophone-direct.com

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THE FRENCH CANAL ROUTES

TO THE MEDITERRANEAN

 

 IS NOW AVAILABLE FROM THIS SITE

£15.95

If you are thinking about using the French canals to passage between the UK and the Mediterranean then this book contains all the information you need.

 It describes the Routes, the regulations the paperwork - How where and when to get the qualifications and license, the depths, air heights, locks and a whole lot more.

 There are 'chartlets' throughout, the distances, dimensions & main stopping places and is the only publication to list ALL the possible stopping places on the Rhone River!

Bound with a wire spiral so you may keep

THE FRENCH CANAL ROUTES

 in the cockpit and refer to it as you motor through the canal system.

FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO

THE FRENCH CANAL ROUTES  £15.95

 

Or you can buy it as an Ebook £11.25   (approximately US$22.50c)   Click here

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If you are looking for the river and canal charts for the trip between the English Channel and the Mediterranean

go to

NAVICARTE

&

LIVING ABOARD AROUND THE WORLD

By

Michael E Briant

 

£11.95

For more information go to

 Living Aboard Around the World

 

For more information go to The Boat Shop

Or you can purchase the Ebook version for £4.95 - HERE

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Blue Water Destinations & Blue Water Cruising

      

        

A wonderful selection of DVD's about far away places that can be reached by a cruising boat on a blue water passage... 

Before you set sail you must view these DVD's and then make your passage plan.

For more information go to

The Boat Shop

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La Rochelle Guide Book

This excellent guide book is perfect for planning your visit to La Rochelle, booking hotels, site seeing or even thinking about living in this special West Atlantic French Town. All the information is up to date and written for the discriminating Francophile and those who just enjoy beautiful towns, superb eating and laid back café society and the sea!

 

A Brief History of La Rochelle, What to do in La Rochelle, Where to eat and drink, Historical site seeing around town, Modern site seeing in town, Site seeing out of town, Annual Events in La Rochelle, How to get to La Rochelle, Hotels, Restaurants, Port de Plaisance etc etc etc

 

buy it as an Ebook for £1.95 (US$4) - CLICK HERE

 

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IS DEDICATED TO BOOKS YOU CAN DOWNLOAD INTO YOUR COMPUTER AND LATER PRINT OUT...

1) French Canal Routes

2) Living Aboard Around the World

3) The La Rochelle Guide Book

4) Build Your Own HOVERCRAFT

5) Build an American 16 ft Dory

6) Manuel for Handling TWIN SCREW boats

7) Build your own houseboat

 

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