Hostellers Sailing Club
Links to other web sites
I have refrained from attempting to make the following list of links comprehensive since other people have already done that better than I could do.
Youth Hostels Association - The national organisation and registered charity which provides budget accommodation for outdoor activities and to which the Hostellers Sailing Club is affiliated.
Youth Hostel Local Groups - A newly started web site about YHA Local Groups of which the Hostellers Sailing Club is one.
Pagelsham Village Website - The small village where our boats have been based for a number of years. This site also includes web pages for the Roach Sailing Association, another sailing group based at Paglesham - we wave to them as we sail by and occasionally we have joined in with their activities. Their website now includes a page about boatbuilding by the Shuttlewoods at Paglesham and a useful guide to the sailing route into the Roach via Havengore bridge.
Roach Area Fairways Conservation Committee - The name is fairly self-explanatory.
Dinghy Cruising Association - A central association for dinghy cruising.
The Daily Sail- Go here if you want to know what is happening in the world of sailing - updated at least daily - but you now have to pay a subscription if you want more than headlines.
Essex smacks - A website all about these traditional fishing craft.
Cruising Dinghies and Trailer Sailers (Bill Sergeant) - A dinghy cruising web site with links to many others.
Charles Stock - Several decades of Charles Stock's East Coast cruising with the miniature gaff cutter 'Shoal Waters'
Open boat.co.nz - A dinghy cruising web site from New Zealand.
Peter Marsh - Writer, Sailor, Mountaineer - And he first learnt to sail with the HSC
Bradwell Chapel - Very old (approx 650 AD) chapel in a quiet lonely place - you can sail there from Paglesham
Foulness Island - Information about Foulness Island which lies between the River Roach and the sea.
Burnham to Wallasea Ferry - This foot ferry crosses the Crouch to/from Burnham and Wallasea.
Brightlinsea Ferry - This foot ferry crosses the Colne from Brightlingsea to/from East Mersea Stone.
UK sailing index - A general index to UK sailing websites
Mark Rosenstein's Sailing Page- A huge international index to sailing websites.
Yachts and Yachting- Sailing news and lots of information from an old established Essex based sailing magazine.
Wayfarer Class Association website. - The Wayfarer dinghy association, with technical details about the boats and lots of events, both racing and cruising.
Web ring of YHA Local Groups- A number of YHA local groups have websites - surf them with this ring.