The leading yacht designer Nigel Irens, delivered the CA’s annual Hanson Lecture, entitled ‘Slippery Boats’, to a 60-strong and enthralled audience, on Wednesday evening.
HRH The Princess Royal has graciously accepted an invitation to become an Honorary Member of the Cruising Association (CA), joining an elite group that includes sailing legend Sir Robin Knox-Johnston and the prolific nautical author, Rod Heikell.
If an existing CA member refers a friend to join the CA, the existing member receives £20 to spend in the CA Shop and the friend who joins receives a 25% discount on their first year's membership fee when paying by direct debit.
This year, we're extending the scheme to include the opportunity to enter a monthly prize draw throughout the sailing season, running from April through to September.
All the prizes, generously donated by some of our discount partners, are valued at a minimum of £120 RRP so it’s well worth members entering the Draw by referring a friend or two!
CA members have this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pay homage to our Patron, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, as he celebrates exactly 50 years since he crossed the finish line at the end of the original Golden Globe Race and became the first man to sail single-handedly non-stop around the world.
As part of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston's win of the Golden Globe Race, two events are planned for Easter Sunday 21 April.
In celebration of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston's 80th birthday, a series of videos entitled "80 Seconds with Sir Robin Knox-Johnston” have been created. They are presented by another legendary round the world sailor, Dee Caffari, and shared courtesy of the MS Amlin Yacht YouTube channel.
In celebration of his 80th birthday, Episode One of the "80 Seconds with Sir Robin Knox-Johnston” video series entitled “The Lure of the Sea” is shared courtesy of the MS Amlin Yacht YouTube channel.
In this first episode you can look forward to finding out what it is that keeps Sir Robin throwing off the mooring lines again and again, alongside Dee Caffari digging to find out what his future plans are…. will he be heading back out to regain his record as the oldest person to single handedly navigate the globe non-stop?
The Cruising Association (CA) has been informed that the Greek Cruising Tax known as TEPAI or TEPAH, will be implemented on April 2nd 2019. At present there is no on-line registration system so if you are cruising to or already based in Greece you will need to go to the Port Police by the 2nd of April to fill in all the forms. You have the choice to put your yacht “Out of Use”, or pay the tax.
CA President Julian Dussek was recently invited to join our Patron - and MS Amlin Yacht’s Brand Ambassador - Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, at a special 80th birthday breakfast event held in London during which MS Amlin also detailed their new sponsorship of the 2019 Yachting Journalist Awards.
In celebration of Sir Robin’s 80th birthday, MS Amlin Yacht has created a series of twelve videos titled "80 Seconds with Sir Robin Knox-Johnston", presented by another legendary round the world sailor, Dee Caffari.
