Join the CA Community - afloat & ashore
Check out the Sections below to find a Cruising Association group near you, check out the events they’re running and find their contact details.
'Cruising Sections’ cover sea areas whilst ‘Local Sections’ are UK-based. There’s also an Antipodean Section for members ‘down under’.
When you join consider signing up to at least two Sections, one near home and another where you want to cruise. You can join as many Sections as you like – it’s FREE - and there are opportunities to get involved in events and discussions most relevant to you and your cruising.
Cruising Sections use dedicated online forums to exchange information. As a CA member you can access any forum at any time, whether you’re a Section member or not. You can even set up automatic forwarding of posts from any forum and the ‘cruising mode’ helps you control receipt of emails when airtime might be expensive or bandwidths restricted.
Cruising Sections
Baltic
Covers the Baltic Sea, Norway, Iceland, Greenland and Faroes. Holds a popular introductory seminar every spring.
Biscay
Covers Western France, Spain and Portugal as well as crossing Biscay. Holds a popular introductory seminar every spring.
Blue Water
For those sailing outside of European waters. Holds a popular Blue Water seminar in the summer.
Celtic
Covers waters from Land’s End to Cape Wrath. Meets at various west coast venues to share knowledge on all aspects of cruising the region.
Channel
For those cruising the south coast of the UK, Channel Islands, and France from the Belgian border to NW Brittany. Holds an annual seminar and summer rally/cruise-in-company.
European Inland Waterways
Covers over 30,000 km of navigable rivers and canals passing through over 20 countries. Annual seminar and lunch each autumn at CA House.
Mediterranean
Covers the Mediterranean from Spain and Morocco in the west to the Levant in the east, and includes the Black Sea. Meets at CA House in the winter, and afloat in the summer.
North Sea
Covers the UK, Belgian and Dutch coasts. Meets at East Coast venues to share knowledge on all aspects of cruising the region.
Local / UK Sections
Antipodean
For members who live in Australia and New Zealand and who sail in the Northern Hemisphere.
CA London
CA London events are held at our Limehouse HQ.
Essex
Meetings held at Blackwater Sailing Club and mid-week lunches arranged.
Kent
Kent Section's 'Winter Warmers', talks by a variety of speakers, will be held via Zoom for the forseeable future.
Solent
Summer rallies with weekend meets. Winter talks with ‘club’ suppers usually at a Hamble yacht club or marina.
South West
For members living in or cruising the areas from Portland Bill to the Isles of Scilly and along the north coast of Cornwall, Devon and Somerset to Bristol.
Suffolk
Joint meetings are arranged with the Royal Harwich Yacht Club at Woolverstone.
Thames Valley
Winter talks are held in partnership with the Gerrards Cross Sailing Association (GXSA) at Colston Hall at The Memorial Centre in Gerrards Cross.
Wessex
Talks are held at Lilliput Sailing Club, Poole.
Forthcoming Section Events
Non-members are welcome to attend
Heybridge Basin Rally
Date: 06/07/2024
Coinciding with the Heybridge Regatta weekend, Essex Section has arrange a rally at Heybridge Basin on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 July 2024. We will be arranging a Section BBQ on the Saturday afternoon/...
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CA London club supper
Date: 10/07/2024
Come along to CA House to enjoy the conviviality of the CA London Club Supper, a chance to meet CA friends and share a meal and a drink or two. Just...
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Med Section Summer Party
Date: 03/08/2024
Our annual and ever popular Section Summer Party is a great opportunity to meet CA friends and make new ones, share your experiences from the season to date and plans for...
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Plymouth Firework Championship Rally 2024
Date: 13/08/2024
Channel Section: Plymouth Fireworks Championship Rally 13th - 16th August 2024 in Plymouth We are pleased to announce details for this year's Channel Section rally to see the Plymouth...
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CA London club supper
Date: 14/08/2024
Come along to CA House to enjoy the conviviality of the CA London Club Supper, a chance to meet CA friends and share a meal and a drink or two. Just...
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CA London club supper
Date: 11/09/2024
Come along to CA House to enjoy the conviviality of the CA London Club Supper, a chance to meet CA friends and share a meal and a drink or two. Just book your place, preferably...
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An update from the East Coast Pilot by Dick Holness
Date: 10/10/2024
Our Winter Warmer meetings for 2024/5 start on Thursday 10th October at 20.00. Our first talk is by Dick Holness when he will be updating us on the navigation and sailing in these waters....
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Suffolk Event Dates for Winter 2024-25
Date: 12/10/2024
The Suffolk Winter 2024 - 25 Talks start on Saturday 12th October 2024. The dates of all the events are listed below. We shall be meeting at our normal venue, the Royal Harwich Yacht Club on...
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Sir Cloudesley Shovell’s shipwreck and his impact on longitude by Cathy Shelbourne
Date: 12/10/2024
His achievements were as impressive as his name. Sir Cloudesley was the greatest admiral in Stuart times. But his ignominious end, shipwrecked on the shores of the Scilly Isles, led to the...
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Bird Watching from the deck of Thames Sailing Barge Victor on the rivers Orwell and Stour
Date: 19/10/2024
Join us for a bird watching cruise on board the Thames Sailing Barge Victor along Suffolk's peaceful Orwell and Stour Rivers. Date: Saturday 19th October 2024 at 09:30. Victor will return to RHYC...
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