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Lady skipper first to enter St. Petersburg by new passage.
Posted on: 08/07/2010
"Pouncer", a Twister 28 skippered and owned by CA Member Charlotte Wilkinson is the first foreign yacht to use the newly...
Read moreCROSS Continuous weather broadcasts
Posted on: 14/06/2010
A reminder to those sailing in French west coast waters covered by CROSS Etel and the Mediterranean covered by CROSSMED area Provence. There are...
Read moreWeather actuals
Posted on: 06/06/2010
Those who like to know what weather is being reported might like to see my revised and updated page http://weather.mailasail.com/Franks-Weather/...
Read moreEast Coast Spring Rally
Posted on: 07/05/2010
EAST COAST SPRING RALLY 1 May – Monday 3 May 2010 at RHYC, Woolverstone...
Read moreBlue Water Newsletter
Posted on: 07/05/2010
The very first newsletter of the Blue Water Section is availiable here.
Read moreGreek "Special" taxes
Posted on: 06/05/2010
Greek "Special" Tax, as at 7 May 2010 ------------------ Amended 14 May 2010 CA has been reliably informed that all port police were instructed...
Read moreBirth of the CA Blue Water Section
Posted on: 07/04/2010
In Carlisle Bay, Barbados several of the boats at anchor belonged to CA members who had independently crossed the Atlantic in December 2009 and...
Read moreInshore Forecasts - MCA accuracy assessment
Posted on: 11/03/2010
In recent months, there has been some criticism of Met Office Inshore Forecasts for UK waters. In a letter published in the April PBO, the MCA has...
Read moreWest of Scotland NAVTEX reception
Posted on: 26/02/2010
Around the west of Scotland Portpatrick reception can be difficult to impossible because of topography. On 518 kHz, Malin Head broadcasts Sea Area...
Read moreLaunch of ‘Blue Water’ Section
Posted on: 20/02/2010
It is the season to be out there cruising, sailors are dropping anchor and looking through the binoculars’ at the cross trees of the others in...
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