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’ and a Motorboat Section for those cruising in motorboats.

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.

Motorboat

The Motorboat Section aims to bring together motorboaters where ever they are and whatever type of motorboating they enjoy.

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

The Voyage of the Cilicia, James Parnell
Date: 27/11/2024

In a field in land-locked Armenia, there lies a full-scale replica of a 13th century merchant ship. She was modelled from a time when the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia had a...

Sailing in the Dodecanese - Denis and Pip Lyons
Date: 27/11/2024

Denis and Pip will explain some of the benefits and challenges of shared ownership of a yacht and tell us about their extensive sailing around the Mediterranean in their...

HMS Beehive, We Fought Them in Gunboats by Julia Jones - Booking Open
Date: 28/11/2024

Coastal Forces ran Motor Gun Boats from HMS Beehive, a Naval Base in Felixstowe Dock, during WW2, usually crossing the North Sea under the cover of darkness. Julia Jones will tell us about one of...

Essex Section lunch
Date: 28/11/2024

Join us for lunch and enjoy the convivial atmosphere of The Kings Arms, Broad Green, ne Coggeshall. Meals will need to be pre-ordered with the menu choices from their specials, details of which...

Celtic Chat & Share - Cruising Scotland
Date: 28/11/2024

An interactive Chat & Share session focussed on Cruising in Scotland. Rather than a formal presentation, this is intended as an opportunity for CA members who have...

Beginning in Biscay
Date: 30/11/2024

The Biscay coast of France is an excellent cruising ground, with quiet anchorages to explore, lovely islands, beautiful beaches, and the opportunity to moor your boat close to the centre of historic...

Sydney lunch
Date: 01/12/2024

Members are invited, whether visiting Sydney by boat or plane, to come along to an Antipodean Section lunch for a convivial festive afternoon. Date:...

Solent Christmas dinner
Date: 03/12/2024

The Christmas dinner event has moved to Tuesday 3rd December and is to take place at Emsworth Sailing Club where the chef Ollie has a great reputation. Where: Emsworth Sailing Club, 55 Bath...

CA London & RIN annual lecture: Going Solo: Navigating the World’s Longest, Loneliest Race, Ian Herbert-Jones
Date: 04/12/2024

Ian Herbert Jones has recently returned from both the Ocean Globe Race and the Golden Globe Race. In this talk, he describes his Golden Globe journey for which he used a unique blend of...

Canal History and Amusing Tales - Roger Butler
Date: 04/12/2024

Roger is a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society; he will tell us about some of the history of canals in Britain and their impressive engineering. Many entertaining...

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