As both the founders of Aladdin sail (sometimes even competitively!) we have used sailing as a way of demonstrating WWW for our users and others.
We have set up some pages here to illustrate WWW. We hope you enjoy looking through our Aladdins Cave of Sailing.
Royal Yachting Association Unofficial!
Royal Ocean Racing Club Unofficial!
Sydney-Hobart Race '94-'95. Web information provided by Tasmanian Government on the anniversary race - very good!
Click on the picture for .gif of Isabelle Autissier's Yacht
The BOC Challenge The BOC Challenge is a solo, around the world yacht race founded in 1982-83 by The BOC Group, a multi-national gas and health care company headquartered in England. The 1994-95 BOC Challenge began in Charleston, South Carolina, USA on September 17,1994. Each boat will travel 27,000 miles around the world and return to Charleston approximately nine months later.
The British Telecom Global Challenge - a race the "wrong way" round the world for ordinary people. This is an unofficial web page provided by Aladdin with some information provided at the launch of the project. It will take place in 1996, and involves 15 identical yachts built of steel. The race was originally known as "The British Steel Challenge", and was originated by Chay Blyth.
The Sail Training Association page - Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race.
International Etchells Home page.
Danish International 14s Home Page.
Yachtnet Online Yachting Magazine.
The Greek Chartering Organisation.
Laser The home page for Laser Sailing. Maintained by Will Sadler
505 Home page based in Switzerland
Snipe Class WWW Server The home page for Snipe Sailing, including class history, contacts, photographs, etc.
Melges 24 Home Page Info on the Melges 24.
A Short History of the Royal Greenwich Observatory
A directory of boat images from dell1.dell.com
Another Sailing Index Page, created by a student at Texas University
Mark Rosenstein's Sailing Page
CyberMalls' (TM) CyberWharf Home Page
US Coast Guard Research and Development
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Please email geoff@aladdin.co.uk if you have any comments. Contributors of information for these pages from the Sailing community would be very welcome, especially http links to other Sailing sites.