NUS SAILING ALUMNI
A major problem one faces in Singapore is the oliogopolistic pricing when buying sailing equipment.
Here are the usual places that you can trust:
General Dinghy and Keelboat Equipment and gloves
| Marintech Marketing (S)
Pte Ltd 101 Kitchener Road #02-14 Jalan Besar Plaza S(208511); and a branch at Changi Sailing Club Tel: 62988171, 62939124 Fax: 62923869 the place to get Harken gloves and winches; and mainly Keelboat and some optimist/dinghy equipment like burgees etc |
| Constant Wind 30 Jln Pari Burong S(488696) (way along Upper Changi Road) Tel : 6445 5108 Fax : 6449 8852 This is Kah Soon's new place, mainly windsurfing stuff, but Laser parts as well. |
Racing accessories:
Yacht Timers
Suunto, Citizen, Ronstan
Casio W733-H ($35)
This can be found at The Bencoolen at Bencoolen Street. It has a yacht timer. Inasmuch that it counts down from preset times (eg 5 mins). There are time signals every 1 minute and every second for the last 10 seconds. The final five seconds having a slightly different pitch.
glasses
boots
sunblock
Banana Boat, Coppertone