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(Portaferry
Lifeboat Station is not responsible for the content
of the following internet sites)
TO
GO TO YOUR SELECTED WEB SITE JUST CLICK ON THE LINK
IN WHITE LETTERING
Associated
Web Sites
RNLI - www.lifeboats.org.uk
Shop RNLI - www.rnlishop.org.uk
(Buy quality products to support the RNLI)
CBBC 'Blue Peter' -
www.bbc.co.uk/bluepeter
(who have gifted us three 'Blue Peter' lifeboats)
RNLI
film archives
Historic
RNLI film in 1924 celebrating the 100th Anniversary
of the RNLI. Click HERE
to view
Historic
RNLI film about how lifeboats were built in the
1930's. Click HERE
to view
Local
RNLI Lifeboat Station web sites
Bangor
Lifeboat -
www.bangorlifeboat.co.uk
Donaghadee
Lifeboat - www.donaghadeelifeboat.co.uk
Newcastle
Lifeboat - www.newcastlelifeboat.info
Portrush
Lifeboat - www.portrushlifeboat.com
For
information about other local RNLI stations at Kilkeel,
Larne, Lough Erne and Red Bay please visit - www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/ireland
Affilliated
life-saving web sites
Wellington Volunteer
Coastguard (New Zealand) - www.coastguardwellington.org.nz
Weather &
Tidal information
UK Met Office Shipping
Forcast - www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/marine/shipping_forecast.html
UK Met Office Inshore
Waters - www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/marine/inshore_forecast.html
Met Eireann (Irish
Meteorological Weather Service) - Atlantic coast
and Irish Sea area forecasts - www.met.ie/forecasts/sea-area.asp
UK & Ireland weather
conditions - Current, past and predicted wind speed,
wind direction, barometric pressure and weather
observations throughout UK & Ireland - www.xcweather.uk
Tidal
predictions - www.easytide.ukho.gov.uk
Yahoo Weather - http://uk.weather.yahoo.com/
NOAA
- current Atlantic weather chart (at time specified)
- www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/pyaa05.tif
NOAA - predicted Atlantic weather chart (48 hour) - www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/qdtm86.tif
Coastguard
HM Coastguard - Maritime
and Coastguard Agency - www.mcga.gov.uk
Irish Coast Guard
- www.coastguard.ie
Useful nautical
information
Royal Yachting Association
- www.rya.org.uk
(Governing body of sailing/boating
etc, in the UK)
Royal
Yachting Association Northern Ireland Council -
www.ryani.org.uk
(Governing body of sailing/boating
etc, in Northern Ireland)
Irish Sailing Association
- www.sailing.ie
(Governing body of sailing/boating
etc, in the Republic of Ireland)
UK Sailing index
- www.uksail.com/index.htm
CALLSIGN/GMDSS/MMSI/SHIP Name finder - www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/mars/ship_search.sh
Notices to mariners - UK Hydrographic Office
- www.ukho.gov.uk
UK Border Agency
& Customs & Excise - www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
OFCOM - www.ofcom.org.uk
(Radio-communications agency)
Commissioners of
Irish Lights - www.cil.ie
(Responsible for maintaining the
lighthouses and navigational aids around the island
of Ireland)
Vessel
Automatic Identification System (1) - www.marinetraffic.com NEW
Vessel
Automatic Identification System (2) - www.shipais.com
NEW
Ireland
Afloat (Ireland's Yachting/Boating
magazine) - www.afloat.ie
NEW
Irish
Ruffian Association - www.ruffians.ie
NEW
(A
'Ruffian' is a class of racing yacht designed by
the late Dr William (Billy) Brown, Portaferry Lifeboat
Station's first Honorary Secretary and its 5th President.)
Local
Information / News
Portaferry - www.portaferry.info
Portaferry
Sailing Club - www.portaferrysailingclub.com
Portaferry Marina
- www.PortaferryMarina.co.uk
Portaferry Gala -
www.PortaferryGala.com
(information about Portaferry
Gala Week held in July each year)
Strangford Ferry
- www.roadsni.gov.uk/index/strangfordferry.htm
(Information about the
Strangford Ferry service between Portaferry &
Strangford)
Strangford
Lough Regattas - www.strangfordloughregattas.co.uk
(Information
about regattas & sailing events + contact information
for all of the 10 yacht clubs within Strangford
Lough)
Strangford Lough
conservation (Strangford Lough
& Lecale Management) - www.strangfordlough.org
Kirkistown Castle Golf Club - www.linksgolfkirkistown.com
(
local golf club rated 12th best in Northern Ireland
- located a few miles from Portaferry)
Ards Borough Council
- www.ards-council.gov.uk
Portaferry Hotel
- www.portaferryhotel.com
The
Cuan Hotel - Strangford - www.thecuan.com
NEW (PLEASE
CONTACT THE CUAN HOTEL IF USING ONE OF THEIR TWO
VISITORS MOORINGS OR BERTHING AT THE NEW PONTOON
AT THE HARBOUR IN STRANGFORD VILLAGE)
Exploris Aquarium
- www.exploris.org.uk
Down District Council
- www.downdc.gov.uk.
Northern Ireland's
evening newspaper - Belfast Telegraph - www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Updated
31/10/11
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