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The RYA
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The Royal Yachting Association
is the master association for all sailing, windsurfing and boating in the UK.
The RYA provides enormous resources to the
sailing world, including legal help, training (inc. coaching our very
successful Olympic Team), the Portsmouth
handicap scheme & the racing rules (which we use) and loads more.
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NSSA
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The National School Sailing
Association is a registered charity which promotes sailing as part of the
educational experience of young people.
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ISAF
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International Sailing
Federation. The international authority for the sport.
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UKSA
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The United Kingdom Sailing
Academy is a registered
charity and a non profit making organisation. It
was set up with the specific aim of providing top quality seamanship and
sailing training.
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Sailability
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RYA Sailability
is the leading UK
charity for disabled sailing and is the official charity of the RYA.
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The Dinghy Cruising Association
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Welcome to our site, dedicated to the art and science of dinghy cruising.
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Canadian Yachting Association
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Welcome to the Canadian Yachting Association.
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US Sailing
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Leading the sport of sailing in the United States.
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Fédération Française de Voile
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Fédération Française de Voile.
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Scottish Dinghy Cruising Club
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Scottish Dinghy Cruising Club. Run by a fellow Kestrel sailor.
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Local
weather
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Five day forecast from the BBC.
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Local
weather
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Five day forecast from the Met Office.
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Met Office
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Met Office weather site.
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EasyTide
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United Kingdom Hydrographic
Office's (UKHO) free online tidal prediction service. Seven day tidal
predictions for over 6,000 ports worldwide.
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xcweather.co.uk
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UK wind map updated four times a day.
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met.rdg.ac.uk
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Department of Meteorology - Reading.
Weather data in graphic form.
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windguru
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Weather forecasts for windsurfing, and other wind related sports.
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uk.weather.com
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World and UK weather forecast, map and report.
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RNLI
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Royal National Lifeboat
Institution. Volunteer crews funded by voluntary donations provide a 24-hour
rescue service around the coast of the UK
and Republic of
Ireland.
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Trinity House
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Trinity House provides nearly
600 Aids to navigation ranging from storm lashed lighthouses like Bishop Rock
off the Isles of Scilly to lightvessels
and buoys in the English Channel.
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The Maritime & Coastguard
Agency
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Promotion of maritime safety
and protection of the marine environment.
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The United Kingdom Hydrographic
Office
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Providing navigational
services to the Royal Navy and the merchant marine.
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National Maritime Museum
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The Museum has the most
important holdings in the world on the history of Britain at sea, including
maritime art (both British and 17th-century Dutch), cartography, manuscripts
including official public records, ship models and plans, scientific and navigational
instruments, time-keeping and astronomy (based at the Observatory), and in
many other categories.
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National Maritime Museum Cornwall
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Unique displays of boats and their
place in people's lives. Home to the majority of the NMM small-boat
collection.
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Portsmouth Historic
Dockyard
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Live and breathe our nation's
naval heritage through three of the most important warships ever built - Mary
Rose, HMS Victory and HMS Warrior 1860.
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The Historic Dockyard Chatham
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The Historic Dockyard Chatham
contains 47 scheduled ancient moments and is the most complete dockyard from
the age of sail in the world.
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Lighthouse Visits
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Lighthouses: Trinity House
offers a number of visitor centres to entertain and
educate.
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HMS Trincomalee
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HMS Trincomalee
1817 is berthed afloat at Hartlepool Historic Quay
in North East England, where a major award-winning restoration and
interpretation of the ship was completed in the early summer of 2001.
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The Cutty
Sark
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Most famous of the elegant
clipper ships, now being restored and on display at Greenwich.
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RSS Discovery
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Royal Research Ship Discovery.
Exhibition and ship on display at Dundee.
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HM Frigate Unicorn
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“The World’s most original Wooden
Warship”. His Majesty’s Frigate Unicorn, of 46 guns, was built in Chatham and launched in
1824. On display at Victoria Dock, Dundee.
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The French National Maritime Museum
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Musée national de la Marine. Web site for the French National Maritime Museum. Link to main French site.
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The Maritime Museum of Rouen
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The Musée Maritime, Fluvial et Portuaire de Rouen, re-traces the history of Rouen as a port and its relationship with the River Seine. Link to main French site.
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Port-musée de Douarnenez
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Douarnenez Maritime Museum.
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Musée de la Pêche de Concarneau
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Maritime museum within the walls of old Concarneau.
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Scottish Fisheries Museum
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Tells the story of fishing in Scotland. Located on the harbour front, Anstruther, Fife.
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Merseyside Maritime Museum
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Telling the story of Liverpool's seafaring heritage and the merchant navy.
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Scottish Maritime Museum
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The three sites operated by the Scottish Maritime Museum contain the exhibitions and collections that tell the story of Scotland's great maritime tradition.
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Telltales
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How to read telltales. All you
need to know from this Finnish sailmaker's site.
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Ropers Knots Page
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Information and links on just
about everything you might need to know about knots.
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UK Dinghy Racing
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A comprehensive site listing
clubs, classes, sailing tips, books, weather, coaching, results and many
other dinghy racing things.
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Yachts and Yachting
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Another very good site
covering all aspects of sailing.
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SailPower.com
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Dinghy and small keelboat racing
online.
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Dinghy Trader
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Dinghies bought and sold.
Marine products and services.
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Apollo Duck
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New and used sailing dinghies
for sale.
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Dinghy Shop
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The online site for buying and
selling dinghies.
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Boats and
Outboards
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Welcome to boatsandoutboards
the site to buy and sell boats and outboards!
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UK Sailing Index
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Sailing links.
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Dinghy
Database
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Aims to be a comprehensive
database of dinghies sailed around the world.
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Sailing Source
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Newsletters, news and
features. Sailing links.
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boatracer.co.uk
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A website for buying and
selling dinghies, multihulls, small keelboats and
equipment.
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AutoHoot
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Information on race signals, starting
sequences, running races, the international code flags, the new racing rules,
the Beaufort wind scale,wind chill, heat index,
links to clubs and also their AutoHoot product.
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sail-the-net.com
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This website is built upon
several databases allowing sailors and boaters to access, post and share
information.
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Sail-Search.com
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A sail and sailing only Search
Engine and Directory.
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boatlaunch.co.uk
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Information on marinas, slipway
and tidal data.
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teamellen.com
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Latest information about Ellen
MacArthur.
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Go Sail
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Site concerned with everything
that sails.
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boat builders & boat repair
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Hartley Laminates
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Builders of the Kestrel sailing dinghy.
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Brett Dingwall
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The complete boat repair service
in GRP or wood. Close to M25 and M1. Telephone Radlett
01923 854670 or email BRETTDINGWALL@aol.com.
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Noble
Marine
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Noble Marine Insurance
repairers and suppliers database.
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D.B. Boat Bits
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100 Wingate Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 8PY.
Telephone/Fax: 01582 599316
Mobile: 07714
958600
Email: sales@dbboatbits.com.
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Wetsuit Outlet
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Watersports clothing at competitive rates.
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Northampton Sailboats
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Clothing, chandlery and boat
sales.
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Welsh Harp
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The Chandlery prides itself on
its depth of stock and attention to the service of its customers, old and
new, young and old!
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DAM Watersports
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Drysuits and drysuit repairs. Contact
Andi Riley on 01234 267314 or email: damwatersports.drysuits@ntlworld.com.
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Speed Sails
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Clothing, boats, chandlery, sails, covers and spars. Founded in 1981 Speed Sails have been making championship winning sails for over 25 years.
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Pinnell & Bax
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Chandlery, sails, boats and repairs. At Pinnell & Bax, our commitment to our customers is that we sail for you to succeed. Our expertise is your advantage.
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Hyde Sails
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Hyde has been making sails for over 40 years.
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Rush Sails
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Championship winning sails. Training and schools sails. Repairs, alterations, modifications.
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Sanders Sails
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From the best quality high performance Dacrons to the latest CARBON laminates, Sanders Sails have the experience and track record to make the best sails for your racing or cruising yacht.
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Dolphin Sails
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Quality is the core of our business. As an independent sailmaker, this has kept us at the forefront of sail making for the last 40 years.
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Cygnus Sails
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Widely recognised as one of the UK's leading watersports and extreme sports specialists. Sail repairs.
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Banks Sails
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Banks sails have been at the forefront of modern sailmaking for forty years.
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Batt Sails
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Batt Sails have made successful racing and cruising sales for thousands of boats.
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Rooster Sailing
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Welcome to the Rooster Sailing On-Line Shop. You'll find this site packed with articles, hints, tips and 1000's of products to satisfy your boating needs.
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Trident-UK
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Welcome to one of the largest dinghy shops on the web.
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LDC Racing Sailboats
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LDC Racing Sailboats. Online chandlery.
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Magic Marine
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Magic Marine on-line chandlery.
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Jimmy Green Marine
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We have been a Mail Order Chandlers for over a quarter of a century.
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Wet & Windy
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Wet & Windy Watersports. Bristol based chandlers.
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Harken
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Harken is a leading manufacturer of quality sailboat hardware and accessories.
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Holt
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Pioneers in small sailboat hardware for over 60 years.
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Ronstan
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One of the top sailboat hardware brands in the world.
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RWO
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Manufacturers of a progressive selection of sailboat hardware.
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Seldén
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Dinghy, keelboat and carbon spars.
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Super Spars
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Manufacturer of performance dinghy masts and spars.
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Milanes Foils
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The power beneath the waves. Manufacturer of foils.
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Seasure
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For more than 35 years Sea Sure have been designing and manufacturing the toughest, most reliable yacht and dinghy fittings.
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Cee Vee
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Experience in designing and manufacturing rudder stocks for 30 years.
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Norfolk Broads Yachting Company
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Yachting holidays on the
Norfolk Broads. A unique selection of historic gaff yachts and modern, newly
constructed yachts catering for most tastes and abilities.
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Hunter's Yard
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The Norfolk Heritage Fleet
Trust run Hunter's Yard, offering traditional Broads
yachts for hire and maintaining this unique collection of yachts with
traditional skills.
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