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.
Roach Sailing Association.(RSA)
The RSA was set up as an association to represent the interests of people using the River Roach for sailing, but it is now also an active sailing club with a program of races, cruises and social events, mainly for cabin boats rather than dinghies. 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.