Awesome Sailing is a curated list of useful sailing resources in English with extra depth for Europe and Germany, ordered best first, with 💳 marking paid resources and country flags used only when they add useful signal.
It covers racing, cruising, offshore sailing, weather, apps, books, films, and country-specific cruising guides.
- World Sailing - Global governing body with rules, classes, and offshore resources.
- RYA - Clear English-language entry point for learning, cruising, and racing.
- No Foreign Land - Cruising map and destination discovery tool built around voyaging community knowledge.
- OpenCPN - Widely used open-source navigation software.
- PredictWind - Strong weather and routing tool. 💳
- World Sailing - Official organization page for the sport's global governing body.
- Royal Yachting Association - Major sailing authority and education provider. 🇬🇧
- Deutscher Segler-Verband - Germany's national sailing federation. 🇩🇪
- RYA courses and qualifications - Major course and certification system with course finder. 🇬🇧
- DSV Segeln lernen - Learn-to-sail, schools, and licence guidance from Germany's sailing federation. 🇩🇪
- RYA Offshore Personal Survival Course - Core sea-survival course page used for offshore and race-prep training. 🇬🇧
- RYA Basic Sea Survival Certificate - Practical entry-level sea-survival training page. 🇬🇧
- World Sailing Race Officials Education - Official education path for race management and officiating.
- Jon Emmett Sailing - Coaching articles, extracts, and training resources from a top racing coach.
- Speed & Smarts - High-signal racing education, tactics, and rules material from Dave Perry.
- NauticEd - Established online sailing education and certification platform. 💳
- Full Time Sailor - Practical cruising and liveaboard education resources. 💳
- BLAUWASSER Seminars - German offshore, cruising, and owner-focused seminars. 🇩🇪
- Jojo Akademie - German sailing education offering with practical course material. 🇩🇪
- World Sailing Racing Rules - Official home for the current Racing Rules of Sailing.
- RacingRulesOfSailing.org - Unofficial but widely used searchable rules reference and cases index.
- Manage2Sail - Widely used regatta calendar, noticeboard, and registration platform.
- Royal Ocean Racing Club Race Programme - Official annual offshore race schedule from one of Europe's core offshore organizers. 🇬🇧
- America's Cup - Flagship international event with race news and official coverage.
- Vendée Globe - Official home of the flagship solo nonstop round-the-world race. 🇫🇷
- The Ocean Race - Official site for the flagship crewed round-the-world race.
- Rolex Fastnet Race - Official page for one of the world's most iconic offshore races. 🇬🇧
- Rolex Middle Sea Race - Official page for the classic Mediterranean offshore race. 🇲🇹
- Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race - Official page for the major offshore classic in the Southern Hemisphere. 🇦🇺
- SAP Sailing - Public race archive and analytics platform for regatta tracking.
- J/Boats Sailing Calendar - High-signal public calendar for major regattas, classes, and events.
- PredictWind Weather Routing - Weather-routing and departure-planning tools for passage decisions. 💳
- Windy - Fast weather visualization for route planning.
- XyGrib - Free GRIB viewer with sailing relevance.
- Turkish State Meteorological Service: Daily Marine Forecast - Official marine forecast for Turkish coasts. 🇹🇷
- Turkish State Meteorological Service: 24 Hours Marine Forecast - Official short-term marine forecast for Turkish coasts. 🇹🇷
- AEMET Marine Forecast - Official marine forecast from Spain's national weather agency. 🇪🇸
- Meteo Trentino wind meteogram - Useful Lake Garda wind reference for planning and racing. 🇮🇹
- gardasee-wind.info forecasts - Focused forecast site for Lake Garda sailing conditions. 🇮🇹
- GardaWind - Focused Garda wind and planning reference. 🇮🇹
- World Sailing Offshore Special Regulations - Official offshore safety baseline and related appendices.
- World Sailing incident investigation reports - Official archive of sailing incident investigations and safety learnings.
- US Sailing Safety at Sea calendar - Official seminar and certification calendar for offshore safety training.
- MAIB reports - Searchable accident investigation reports, including recreational sail incidents. 🇬🇧
- RYA Seven Common Senses for Safe Sailing - Practical on-water safety guidance from the RYA. 🇬🇧
- GOV.UK Safety at sea - Practical UK government safety guidance for recreational boating and coastal passages. 🇬🇧
- NOAA U.S. Chart No. 1 - Official reference for nautical chart symbols, abbreviations, and terms.
- IMO COLREG Convention - Official overview of the collision-regulations convention that underpins navigation rules worldwide.
- OpenCPN downloads - Official downloads and install page for the open-source chartplotter.
- Signal K - Open marine data standard and server ecosystem.
- Garmin Navionics marine cartography - Popular marine charts and route-planning platform. 💳
- RYA Racing Scheme - Progression framework covering boat-handling, speed, and strategy. 🇬🇧
- RYA Dinghy Seamanship Skills - Practical course page focused on manoeuvring, recovery, mooring, and handling skills afloat. 🇬🇧
- North U Sail Trim Simulator - Interactive tool for understanding upwind sail trim controls and tradeoffs. 💳
- North Sails: Let's Talk Sail Trim and Materials - Practical trim advice from a major sailmaker.
- Royal Ocean Racing Club - Major European offshore racing club with race programme and notices.
- World Cruising Club - Main offshore-rally ecosystem behind ARC and other long-distance cruising events.
- Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) - Flagship Atlantic rally and one of the most important offshore entry points for cruising crews. 💳
- World ARC - Structured round-the-world rally for long-distance cruising crews. 💳
- ARC Portugal - Offshore rally linking Portugal and the Canaries into the Atlantic crossing circuit. 💳
- World Sailing Speed Record Council - Official record authority and offshore record archive.
See Cruising guides for country pages covering Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, Greece, and Turkey.
- OpenCPN plugins - Official plugin directory for extending the open-source chartplotter.
- Signal K overview - Official overview of the open marine data platform and server ecosystem.
- PredictWind app - Official app page for PredictWind's mobile and onboard weather tooling. 💳
- Expedition Marine - High-end offshore navigation and performance software used in top-level racing. 💳
- qtVlm - Free offshore-routing and navigation software with GRIB, AIS, and instrument integration.
- LuckGrib - Mac and iOS weather-routing and GRIB-planning tool. 💳
- Weather4D - Offshore-oriented routing and weather app. 💳
- Squid Sailing - Multi-platform sailing weather and routing app.
- SailGrib - Android-focused routing and marine weather app.
- Windy about - Official overview of Windy's weather platform and app ecosystem.
- XyGrib downloads - Official downloads page for the free GRIB viewer.
- Aqua Map - Navigation app with marine charts and route-planning features.
- Orca - Modern charting and route-planning app for recreational boaters.
- iNavX - Established marine charting and navigation app.
- savvy navvy - Popular route-planning and charting app with broad cruising adoption. 💳
- Sailwave - Widely used desktop scoring software for clubs and race organizers.
- YachtScoring - Registration, notices, and scoring platform used by many racing fleets.
- Regatta Network - Event registration, noticeboard, and results platform used by many clubs.
- HalSail - Established race-results and regatta-management platform.
- SailRanks - Regatta results, rankings, and follow tools for competitive sailors.
- Velum NG - Desktop race-scoring software used for sailing regattas.
- SailTI - Regatta registration and scoring platform.
- Club2Class - European regatta management and online entry platform.
- The Clubspot - Club and regatta management platform with sailing use cases.
- Vakaros RaceSense - Race management and starting-tech platform used in modern one-design fleets. 💳
- TracTrac - Real-time event tracking used by race organizers and sailing leagues.
- Kwindoo - Tracking and replay platform for sailing events and group passages.
- SailReplay - Track replay and analytics tool for regatta debriefs. 💳
- Regatta Hero - GPS race tracking and replay platform for clubs and training fleets.
- Buoy Zone - Race management platform with connected competitor tracking.
- Trace - Real-time tracking companion for on-water events.
- RaceTac - Tactical sailing situations visualizer and learning tool.
- SailTalks - Sailing-specific learning and discussion platform.
- RRS Finckh - Open-source Racing Rules of Sailing review app.
- SAP Sailing Analytics - Open-source analytics project behind SAP's public sailing archive.
- Yachting World - Mainstream English-language sailing publication with strong cruising and offshore coverage. 🇬🇧
- Sailing Anarchy - High-traffic racing and sailing discussion site with strong regatta and gear discussion.
- Scuttlebutt Sailing News - Long-running sailing news and commentary publication with active community readership.
- BLAUWASSER.DE - German cruising and bluewater knowledge base. 🇩🇪
- YBW Forum - Long-running UK boating and sailing forum. 🇬🇧
- Segeln-Forum - Large German-language sailing forum with practical cruising and gear discussion. 🇩🇪
- Bavaria Owners Forum - Active owner forum with practical sailing and maintenance discussion.
- World Sailing TV - Official video channel with race replays, explainers, and event coverage.
- Maiden - Documentary about Tracy Edwards and the first all-women Whitbread crew.
- Maidentrip - Documentary about Laura Dekker's solo circumnavigation.
- Deep Water - Documentary about Donald Crowhurst and the first Golden Globe Race.
- Chasing Bubbles - Documentary about Alex Rust's sailing journey.
- Women & the Wind - Documentary about an all-women North Atlantic sailing passage.
- COYOTE: The Mike Plant Story - Documentary about solo sailor Mike Plant.
- The Weekend Sailor - Documentary on Sayula II's Whitbread win. 💳
- The Annapolis Book of Seamanship - Modern seamanship reference covering handling, navigation, and safety.
- Rules in Practice 2025-2028 - Bryan Willis's illustrated Racing Rules of Sailing guide. 💳
- Understanding the Racing Rules of Sailing Through 2028 - Dave Perry's deep practical RRS reference. 💳
- RYA Racing Rules Guidance Book - Free RYA guidance book for the current rules cycle. 🇬🇧
- Be Your Own Sailing Coach - Jon Emmett's practical racing-improvement book. 💳
- Be Your Own Tactics Coach - Jon Emmett's tactics-focused companion book. 💳
- Sailing Fitness and Training - Public catalog entry for Michael Blackburn's training book.
- Sailing Alone Around the World - Joshua Slocum's public-domain solo-circumnavigation classic.