Useful Links

Weather
XC Weather
Passage weather
Weather Quest - Jim Bacon - Jim.Bacon@weatherquest.co.uk

Tides
The UK Hydrographic office

Boat equipment
Hydrovane - Self steering system
Yellow Brick - Fully self-contained battery operated tracker which works anywhere on Earth
PUR / Katadyn watermaker - Ishipaco (Gary) the watermaker guru

Cruising pages
Cruising Association
Morgans cloud
Noon site
Women & Cruising
Jim B Sail
Cruisers Wiki

Articles
Water Power - Sail magazine
Up the mast - Good old boat

Other boats logs
S/Y Del Viento
S/Y Estrellita
S/Y Wildsong - on sailblogs - article on wear & tear
S/Y Navigo - on sailblogs - article on mast steps of interest

Education
UDACITY - Project based online courses

Surveyors
Rolf Thunecke - Greenwich Yacht Surveys
Geoff Skinner - London Marine Surveyors