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Water sports
      Titles Descriptions
  1. British Waterways
  2. Canal Boating in the UK and Europe
  3. Divernet
  4. Legendary Surfers
  5. Racing Rules of Sailing 2001-2004
  6. Regatta Online
  7. Surf Index
  8. Surfers Against Sewage
  9. Surfing Waves
  10. Swimnews Online
  11. UK Diving
  12. UK Surfing Index
  13. World Windsurfing Directory

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British Waterways
British Waterways is the public body responsible for maintaining and developing the waterways and their heritage. Includes information on stoppages, news, maps of the inland waterways system and a database of boat hire companies.
     Author: British Waterways
     Subjects: british travel and tourism, transportation, water sports
     DeweyClass: 386
     Resource type: documents
Canal Boating in the UK and Europe
Information on canal boating in the United Kingdom and Europe. Includes canal maps, hiring boats, hotel boats, events, a mailinglist, and information on specific canals and waterways.
     Author: Pearson, George
     Subjects: leisure, water sports
     DeweyClass: 797
     Resource type: documents, images
Divernet
Information about diving including news and events. Also features articles from Diver magazine covering topics such as El Nino and the damage it has created to coral reefs, wrecks, and underwater photography.
     Author: Eaton Publications
     Subjects: water sports
     DeweyClass: 797
     Resource type: magazine
Legendary Surfers
An insight to surfing, its Polynesian origins, its revival between 1903 and 1915, surf culture, the move from wooden to polyurethane foam boards, the growth in popularity of the short board, and the search for big surf after World War II. Also features information about prominent figures of the sport including Bud Browne, Buzzy Trent, Dale Velzy, Rabbit Kekai, Bob Simmons, Woody Brown, and Tarzan Smith.
     Author: Gault-Williams, Malcolm
     Subjects: water sports
     DeweyClass: 797.320
     Resource type: documents
Racing Rules of Sailing 2001-2004
The complete, official rules of sailing from the International Sailing Federation. Includes introduction, race signals, sportsmanship and the rules, protest form and definitions.
     Author: International Sailing Federation
     Subjects: water sports
     DeweyClass: 797
     Resource type: documents
Regatta Online
International and British rowing news and information on major international and domestic regattas. Includes news, results, records, a world championship index and events.
     Author: Amateur Rowing Association
     Subjects: water sports
     DeweyClass: 797
     Resource type: magazine
Surf Index
Offers surf forecasts, a noticeboard, classifieds, online shops, contests, links to surf shops, surfboard manufacturers, schools, clubs, magazines and videos.
     Author: West Wind Internet
     Subjects: water sports
     DeweyClass: 797.32
     Resource type: index
Surfers Against Sewage
Group established to campaign for the cessation of all marine sewage and toxic waste discharges. Provides general information about the problem of sewage pollution and gives details of news and forthcoming events.
     Author: Surfers Against Sewage
     Subjects: pollution, water sports
     DeweyClass: 797
     Resource type: documents, images
Surfing Waves
Maps, articles, photographs, videos, industry news and the latest international surfing contests as well as how-to-guides suitable for beginners. Also includes a community section available after registration.
     Author: Surfing-Waves.com
     Subjects: water sports
     DeweyClass: 797.32
     Resource type: documents, news
Swimnews Online
A magazine about international swimming. Includes news, events, results and world rankings.
     Author: Swimnews Online
     Subjects: water sports
     DeweyClass: 797
     Resource type: magazine
UK Diving
Information on learning to dive, including details of training centres throughout the UK, details of new equipment, places to dive, locations of wrecks and conservation information. Also features articles and a forum about underwater photography.
     Author: UK Diving
     Subjects: photography, water sports
     DeweyClass: 797.2
     Resource type: documents
UK Surfing Index
Information about surfing in the United Kingdom. Includes news, trade directory, contests, weather conditions and a list of surfing schools.
     Author: British Surfing Association
     Subjects: water sports
     DeweyClass: 797
     Resource type: documents
World Windsurfing Directory
Resource providing information about windsurfing events, instruction, schools, lessons, holidays, equipment sales, rental services, and board, sail, boom, mast, fin, wetsuit, and accessory manufacturers. Also offers details on kite, land, and ice and snow surfing, and gives daily windsurfing forecasts complete with live surf-cams. Conditions in specific regions throughout the world can be investigated via an alphabetical listing of place names.
     Author: World Windsurf
     Subjects: water sports
     DeweyClass: 797.33
     Resource type: index