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Friends of Blueseas
South East Cruising School - Based in Wicklow harbour and providing I.S.A. practical and shore based training from novice to yacht master and beyond! Run by Yachtmaster instructor and examiner Charlie Kavanagh.
Wicklow Sailing Club - Founded in 1950. Home of the Round Ireland Yacht Race and unofficial home of Blueseas and a good place to splice the main brace.
Round Ireland Yacht Race - 705 nautical miles point to point, of offshore North Atlantic punishment for man and machine. The bi-annual round Ireland race is one of the worlds longest, toughest and prestigious offshore races.
Island Maritime - Island Maritime is a multi-disciplinary maritime engineering business with core experience in marine construction & operations together with leisure and commercial vessel design, construction and preparation.
Jackson Marine - Frank Jackson- Expert marine surveyor and consultant, compass setter, training course provider and alround clever guy.
Yacht Agencies Ireland - Based in Wicklow Enterprise Park. Suppliers of a wide range of engines & spares, marine equipment and chandlery. Phone Ray or Rudy at +353 404 32294
Wicklow Boat Hire - Boat and fishing equipment hire for sea angling, seal watching or day trips along the varied coastline of Wicklow.
Governing Bodies
Irish Sailing Association - The I.S.A. is the Irish national governing body for sailing and all forms of boating.
RYA - The UK's national body for all forms of boating, including dinghy and yacht racing, motor and sail cruising, RIBs and sports boats, powerboat racing, windsurfing,inland cruising and narrowboats, and personal watercraft.
Useful Resources
Met Éireann Sea Area Forecast - Met Éireann, the Irish National Meteorological Service. The place to go for Irish coastal sea area forecasts.
UK Met Office Shipping Forecast - UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency forcasts covering all western European sea areas.
Ugrib - A freeware application that allows instant and fully customizable access to global weather data. With one simple to use interface you can download and view weather data for any location on the globe on your desktop. Simply a must have!
Admiralty EasyTide - the most comprehensive tidal prediction service on the Web. This service provides tidal data for over 7000 ports worldwide together with a host of other useful information
BoatingLinks.com The most complete directory of Boating Links on the Web. Boaters can compare boats, charters, products, and information sources available on the web
Bellhaven provides boat charters and yacht sales in the Pacific Northwest. Get all the info you need for cruising in the Canadian Gulf Islands.
Wind Rose Network. Maritime employment and jobs on cruise ships, merchant vessels and oil rigs for personnel and professionals with diverse training and work experience, providing services to both job seekers and to maritime companies and recruiting agencies.
