Links

Links

Achilles 24.

Achilles Pictures - Pages set up on Flickr.com for owners to post their own photos.

Tabatha - Pictures of Tabatha sail number 181.

Aluffe's Cruise 2007 - Follow the trans-Atlantic voyage of William Garnier in his Achilles 24 Aluffe. Having sailed from Falmouth to Portugal in the Autumn of 2006 the second leg was from Nazare to the Canaries, leaving on the 8th of January and making a passage of 801 miles in 7 days, 12 hours and 40 minutes. William left Gomera on the 29th of January and arrived in Barbados on the 22nd of February, a passage of 2800 miles in 24 days. William then cruised the Caribbean before sailing for Bermuda arriving on the 25th of May after a passage of 10 days. Aluffe set off again and William arrived at Flores in the Azores at the end of June after a passage of 18 days.

Crazy Puffin - Moulded in 1971 but not launched until 1992!

Icthus' Cruise 2003 - The cruise of Achilles 24 Icthus from Ireland to the West coast of Scotland in the Summer of 2003.

Spring Run's Winter Cruise 2001-2 - The voyage of Achilles 24 Spring Run, sailed singlehanded by Ian Wallace from Oban in Scotland as far South as the Canary Islands and back, logging almost 5000 miles.

Sally Brown's Cruise 2001 - The story of Achilles 24 Sally Brown and her crew going from Basel to Marseille. Their journey is described in stages with pictures and maps. More recent pictures of Sally Brown.

Achilles 24 Dimensions - A yacht database on a Danish site that gives the dimensions and sail areas for the Achilles 24.

Loch Lomond Sailing Club - There is an Achilles 24 racing fleet at Loch Lomond.

Achilles 24 Tejeda - A page from Tenby Sailing Club's website featuring Tejeda.

Achilles 840.

Achilles 840 - A new site being set up for the 24's bigger sister.

Other Oliver Lee designs online.

Ajax 23 Class - The website of the Ajax Class Association.

St Mawes Sailing Club/Ajax 23 info - Look at the Sailing section for a page dedicated to the Ajax 23 fleet that race in the Fal estuary.

Royal Harwich Yacht Club - Ajax 23 class information and history.

National Squib Owners Association - The Squib keelboat was designed by Oliver Lee in 1967. It is a popular class with over 800 built.

Of course, the weather.

Weatheronline.co.uk - Seven day maritime wind forecast for the U.K. and further.

Inshore waters - 12 and 24 hour forecast from the Met Office.

Weather at Culdrose - Recent and current weather from Culdrose on the Lizard. There is also a forecast and outlook.

National Data Buoy Centre - Reports from weather buoys around the U.K. I look at the Seven Stones Lightship page when it is blowing a hooligan to see how much sea is running. The most I have seen recorded is 29 feet, which is more than the height of Zethar's masthead from the water. Hmmm.....

Greatweather.co.uk - If you want U.K. weather, this is the place.

Sailing and boaty stuff.

Falmouth Sailing - Sailing and racing news from the Fal Estuary.

Yachts and yachting - National and International yacht racing news and information. The site is run by the magazine of the same name.

Apparentwind.com - Mark Rosenstein's sailing links site. It's a good 'un.

John's Nautical Links List - Hundreds of categorised maritime websites.

YBW - An excellent yachting and boating forum with a search facility that is a mine of information. Part of the Yachting and Boating World website which is run by the publishers if the main boating magazines in the UK.

And a link for myself...
Penzance Choral Society - My other website and interest. The link is here to help Google pick up the site.