A selection of useful links
All About Vertue Yachts
| Mea – Vertue V89 Website and Blog Mea – Vertue V89 – Website and Blog. Mea is hoping to enter the Round Britain and Ireland Race 2022. Should be an interesting blog to follow | |
| The Laurent Giles Archive Find out more about the Designer of the Vertue Yacht | |
| Vertue Yachts Website All about Vertue yachts, the successor to the Vertue Owners Association, with regular website newsletters |
Arctic Sailing Advice
| Advice on Sailing in Greenland – Yachting World Hands-on advice for cruising in ice – expedition to Greenland | |
| Advice on travel activities in Greenland Greenland Government advice on travelling in remote areas of Greenland | |
| Attainable Adventure Cruising Lots of information about high latitude sailing, with gear tests and comments. Worth the small subscription. | |
| Greenland East Coast General Information General Pilot covering the East Coast of Greenland – Free to download! | |
| Greenland Pilot Sailing Directions A free pilot – how wonderful! | |
| Greenland Police – for Firearms Import Permissions |
Blogs
| Brimble’s Blog Brimble is a very fine 28 ft Twister Class yacht which undertakes many long and demanding cruises | |
| Captain J P Blog All things nautical from a London based blogger | |
| Gaffer Hannah’s Blog I've only just come across this website and it has made enjoyable and informative reading about sailing a ferro gaffer around Northern waters. | |
| Mea – Vertue V89 Website and Blog Mea – Vertue V89 – Website and Blog. Mea is hoping to enter the Round Britain and Ireland Race 2022. Should be an interesting blog to follow |
Boat Yards
| Johnson and Loftus Co Ltd Ullapool based wooden boatbuilders and marine engineers | |
| Stirling and Son Classic Yacht Restoration & Wooden Boat Repair. Based in Plymouth. |
Equipment Repairs and Spares
| Base Camp – Paraffin Lamp and Heater Spares and Sales Base Camp is an excellent, although slightly old fashioned company run by "Mike the Stove" who stocks and knows everything about any paraffin. It took me a while to find my cheque book. | |
| BPSC Marine Compass repairs and spares | |
| Taylor Cooker Spares – John Gardner Spare parts and advice. His address and number is: Woodside, Roughdown, Southampton, SO45 1XG Phone 02380 892464 or 07871 477591. |
Travel Clubs
 | The Arctic Club The Arctic Club was founded in 1932 by Sir James Wordie, famous for his journeys to Antarctica (with Shackleton on the Endurance), Svalbard, East Greenland and Baffin Island. The members are Arctic enthusiasts with a wide range of interests, mainly from the UK, though with many from overseas. Members of the Club lead or participate on expeditions in the Arctic each year. |
Weather and Ice Reports
| Danish Ice Charts (Greenland) These Danish Ice Charts seem to be the most reliable (IMO) | |
 | Met Office This is the UK Met Office – useful for UK shipping forecast areas |
| Norwegian Ice Reports Norwegian Ice Reports – Best compared with Danish ones which include ships reports |
Yacht Clubs
 | Cruising Association We are a unique, mutually supportive association dedicated to those who cruise on small boats. Our information, collected and shared by members, is of unequalled quality, quantity, breadth and relevance. |
 | Greenwich Yacht Club Thames Watermen and river workers founded Greenwich Yacht Club in Greenwich on the 12th March 1908 |
 | Little Ship Club The Little Ship Club is a yacht club for sailors, motor boaters and non-sailors alike. |