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Local Marine

Environment Agency River Medway - we are pleased to present a direct link to the useful upper Medway pages of the EA site with a shed load of information and downloadable chartlets and the River Navigation Guide

Medway Ports - updated website includes Medway Ports' Notices to Mariners and other useful info

Medway Yachting Association- watches over matters of common interest to leisure users of the waters of the Medway and Swale

Port of London Authority - a wealth of valuable official information including 12-month tide tables for several points on the Thames and standard ports in the Thames Estuary

Sailing in Kent - a comprehensive resource guide to boating in Kent

Thames Tideway - a website full of useful information for the private yachtsman about the tidal Thames from the open sea to Teddington, with lots of links

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Local Community

Medway Council - the official Medway Borough Council website

Medway Portal Medway Portal Medway Portal - a very mixed guide to events and facilities in the area

Chatham Historic Dockyard - the Dockyard Trust museum guide

Swale Borough Council - harbour fees are listed with cemetery and allotment fees!

Swale Tourism - this guide to the Swale area seems to have been downsized somewhat

Medway & Swale Estuary Partnership - promotes the ecological and environmental management of the estuary's natural resources in business and recreational development

Channel Tunnel Rail Link - unlike the website of the CSM partnership that carried out the A2/M2 reconstruction works, the CTRL site is still 'up' and contains a superb collection of aerial photos to which this link points, leaving the user to navigate their own way through the rest of the site.  The contracts of local interest were 350 (Medway Viaduct) and 410 (North Downs Tunnel) in Section 1 of the project.

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National Marine Sites

Boat Jumble Fixtures - the official fixture list of the UK Boat Jumble Association

Boat Safety Scheme - All About It...including the downloadable BSS Guide

Boats Yachts Marinas - a thoroughly useful UK marine industry news service

British Marine Federation - site now hosts all UK Boat Show and industry information

Broads Authority  - info about boating and other activities on the Norfolk Broads

Cruising Association - comprehensive website of the CA including excellent resources

EasyTide Program - UK Hydrographic Office 7-day tide calculator (or pay for 14 days!)

Environment Agency - EA homepage - see our non-tidal Medway navigation link above

Maritime and Coastguard Agency - contains a lot of resources if you look hard enough

Motor Boats Monthly - incorporates the other IPC yachting magazine websites

Ofcom - formerly the Radiocommunications Agency, responsible for the non-military radio spectrum in the UK.  This new website is uniquely hard to navigate!  However, in late 2005 or 2006 Ofcom plans to make ships` radio licences valid for the entire life of the vessel, and to make these licences available on a self-service basis and free of charge, when issued online via a new dedicated web-based service, so perhaps it is not a lasting problem!

Reeds - the home of Reeds Nautical Almanac - including updates

Royal National Lifeboat Institution - national website of the RNLI

Royal Yachting Association - the governing body of boating in the UK

Trinity House - for lighthouse services, related notices to mariners and holidays!

Voies Navigables de France - home of the French waterways authority, VNF - in French naturally!

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Maritime Weather Information

BBC Weather Centre - excellent all-round source of weather info including Inshore Waters

Marinecall - Long-standing telephone service partnered with the Met Office.  Telephone 'credits' can be purchased, ideal for calling from a mobile when you need a reliable forecast - especially on the other side of the Channel!  Managed by iTouch/WeatherCall.

Meteorological Office - new Met Office marine site including SMS and WAP mobile services

Real-time Weather - telemetry data from UK automatic weather buoys, via the US!