Useful Links to other Web Sites

Weather Forecasts

• Very local weather from the Medway Cruising Club there is also a mention of a webcam coming soon!
• Current weather for Upnor created by “Hubba” (Hubertus Haniel) of Upnor SC
• Weather School Channel on YouTube
• Magic Seaweed Recommended by Neil Walters and Julian Woods.
  Primarily a site for surfers, but select wind from the drop down. You get the next weeks prediction of wind with arrows showing direction and strength. You can also get pressure, wave height and other charts.
• Met Office Inshore Waters Forecast The official weather for sailors.
• Synoptic charts Met Office synoptic charts up to 5 days ahead.
• Weather OnLine Local weather up to 8 days ahead. Very good format.
• MetCheck forecast for Thames Estuary Detailed forecasts up to 2 weeks ahead.
• BBC Coastal Forecast for Thames Estuary Coastal forecast for next 24 hours in 4 time periods.
• BBC local 5-day forecast BBC 5-day forecast for Chatham
• Current weather reports Superb site from XCWeather with current weather in UK and France.
• Met Office Forecast for the South East The official local weather for landlubbers.
• Wind Finder Detailed wind forecast for next 3 days
• RYA Website New look site with useful weather and tides on one page

Webcams and Live Weather (from N to S)

• Lowestoft The Royal Norfolk & Suffolk Yacht Club
• Deben Live weather at the Felixstowe Ferry SC
• Walton Live weather at Walton-on-the-Naze
• Blackwater Live weather at Marconi SC
• Blackwater Live weather and tides from the Blackwater SC
• Canvey Island Live weather from the Island SC
• Sheerness Webcam with weather information looking north across estuary at IOS SC
• Whitstable
• Herne Bay Live weather at Herne Bay SC
• Broadstairs
• Ramsgate Nice view of Ramsgate Marina from Port Control (no weather though)
• DealDowns Sailing Club Weather
• FolkstoneHythe and Saltwood Sailing Club Weather
• BrightonBrighton Sailing Club Weather
• Chimet Useful live weather from the Solent
• Isle of Wight
• Poole Harbour
• NOAA National Data Buoy Center - actual weather out at sea

Tides

• PLA tide tables Cover a whole year and places of interest such as Southend, Herne Bay, Shivering Sands and Walton-on-the-Naze
• Tides for Sheerness NERC National Tidal Facility (times at Hoo are +10 mins approx. Add an hour for BST.
• Easytide Free tidal predictions from Admiralty EasyTide
• WXTide Download this free Windows software for passage planning.

Other Useful Links including NTMs

• River Deben Pilotage Advice for those entering or leaving the river
• East Coast Sailing a new online magazine for East Coast sailors
• East Coast Pilot a web resource to support Imray's East Coast Pilot
• visitMyHarbour.com an online pilotage guide, suggested by Neil Walters
• Making the most of the Thames a very good site from the PLA. This links to the sailing section, but there are lot's of other areas of great interest. Thanks to Tony Lavelle for the recommendation.
• River Medway Visitor Chart Download a pdf of the chart, lots of interesting information to anyone using the area
• Ship AIS Live ship movements in the Medway and Thames Estuary, recommended by Tony Lavelle
• Trinity House NTMs good information on lighthouses as you would expect, interesting timeline.
• Ship stations lookup An online database with search facility of MMSI numbers and other useful information, recommended by Charles Hessey
• Yacht Pilot Guide to ports in Eastern England and Netherlands to Brittany.
• Notices To Mariners Admiralty NTMs with useful search facility.
• Laying-up checklist Very useful winter checklist from Yachting Monthly
• Keep Turning Left Dylan Winters, slow video circumnavigation of the British Isles now free to view (Donations invited)

Knots

• Animated Knots by Grog® Another superbly clear guide to boating knots.

Local clubs, associations and marinas

• RYA South-east Our local region of the Royal Yachting Association.
• Medway and Swale Boating Association (Formerly the Medway Yachting Association) The MSBA is set up to promote and protect boating on the tidal Medway and Swale. HNYC is a member.
• Medway Cruising Club See their new club house at the Strand, Gillingham
• Swale MarinaLovely little spot.
• Hundred of Hoo Sailing Club Our fellow cruisers at Hoo
• Wilsonian Sailing Club Our dinghy-sailing neighbours upstream
• Medway Yacht Club The posh lot further upstream
• Upnor Sailing Club Just a little further upstream still
• Queenborough Harbour Queenborough Harbour – Safe Haven

Sailing Barges & Historic Ships

• Medway Queen
• Thames Sailing Barge Association
• Sailing Barge Association
• Thames Sailing Barge Trust

Local Interest

• BRFM interview with Queenborough Harbour Trust members Geof Reed and Eddie Johnson
• Maritime Medway How the River Medway made history, a beautifully illustrated 54 page pdf document about our river and it's history. A great recommendation by Tony Lavelle
• Dylan Winter's Round the UK in a Mirror 19ft Offshore A series of Youtube videos - irreverent and interesting, esp for the Medway/Swale
• Upnor Castle This well-preserved Elizabethan fortress is a prominent landmark on our river.
• Chatham Historic Dockyard We are privileged to sail in some of the most historically important waters in the world.
• Project Redsand Plans to save the WW2 fort and set up museums in two of the towers.
• Aerial Photo Map and aerial photo of club and moorings area on River Medway.
• Old Map from Edward Hasted's 'The History and Topographical Survey of Kent' published between 1797-1801
• Sheerness Lifeboat Our local RNLI station
• Medway History Fascinating detailed historical information about the Medway
• Peel Ports Medway Sheerness Includes local notices to mariners etc
• Medway Swale Estuary Partnership Forum for organisations using the estuary
• Environment AgencyFacilities For Boaters on the Non-Tidal River Medway
• River Medway (Non tidal) Users Guide
• Port Werburgh Park is an exclusive new residential development of luxury park homes, with spectacular views over Port Werburgh Marina and the River Medway in Kent.

Marine Services

• Alf Cackett - Marine Surveyors Kent (HNYC Member)

Please email the webmaster@hooness.org.uk with any useful and relevant links you would like added to this list.

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Page last updated 10th March 2013