
Skipper's Links
Skippers
GULFWIND SAILING ACADEMY: can teach you more than enough to charter a yacht. They also offer RYA qualifications courses if you want.
Sailing in Marlborough Sounds with CharterLink South: Tony and Sue have a great fleet of vessels to explore the beautiful Marlborough Sounds.
Useful Contacts for Boatwork
Marine Diesel Engineer : We work with Motor and Marine who have been consistently knowledgeable, skilled and reliable.
Tel: 09 445 3323
Mob: 021 321 620
email:
Marine Electrician: North Harbour Marine Electrical get the lion's share of our work - good humour and good outcomes!
Tel: 09 489 9226
Mob: 021 985 298
email:
Masts and Spar service and building SPARLOFT
Tel: 09 579 3923
Mob:
email:
Yachtspars are now based at 161 Old Railway Rd, Kumeu with
Tel: 09 419 0448
Mob:
email:
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Marine Weather Forecasts - NZ Metservice
New Zealand's Climate and other useful data
WIND FORECASTS from Victoria University.
The Beaufort scale of wind strength
A Wind Speed Converter (Beaufort - knots - m/sec etc)
Auckland Northland VHF Channels - download PDF
Marine Charts on-line (free image downloads from LINZ in high or low resolution)
CharterLink's Distance Table - Hauraki Gulf
CharterLink's Distance Table - Bay of Islands
NZ Tide Charts on-line (Choose Standard Port "Auckland" for CharterLink)
Bayswater Marina - Where CharterLink's base is














































