Following on from the enjoyable and insightful chat between the CA’s President Julian Dussek and Patron Sir Robin Knox-Johnston in our Tuesday-night webinar for CA members, we have great pleasure in sharing this feature-length sailing documentary film, launched last month, and chronicling the extraordinary life, career and record-breaking voyage of this legendary ocean racer and adventurer, the first person to complete a solo non-stop circumnavigation of the globe.
CA President Julian Dussek will wrap up this series of lectures by describing how in 1908 a small group of yachtsmen formed the Cruising Association which now has over 6,300 members from 43 countries. We will see whether the CA has met the expectations of the founding members and discuss its future direction.
Anita Sutton will present this webinar, beginning with an introduction to who she is and where she is and will then cover all the aspects cruisers need to consider when planning to decommission and store their boat in the Caribbean, including:
Croatia has a mixed reputation as a cruising area. Beautiful scenery and crystal clear water on the one hand, but too many charter boats; expensive; lots of officialdom; and unfriendly locals on the other. Stuart and his crew have been based in Croatia for ten years and have no plans to move on. This presentation by Stuart Bradley may help you to understand why.
For anyone planning a long voyage, the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing changes in global climate conditions will undoubtedly have a major impact on offshore cruising. This presentation, by renowned sailor, author and public speaker, Jimmy Cornell, will examine the probable on voyage planning of these phenomena on the basis of the latest surveys on the safety of cruising and the global movement of sailing boats.
Four new webinars are being added to the CA's Tuesday night series from Tuesday 16 June, kicking off with Jimmy Cornell/Cornell Sailing. NOTE: These broadcasts are available to members only.
An issue that has been bubbling away for some time is the change in access rules for UK citizens travelling in the EU after the completion of our exit scheduled for the end of this year.
The Cruising Association commences a lobbying campaign
Our training partner First Class Sailing has commissioned a series of podcasts including this interesting two-parter with Nigel Rennie, an RYA Yachtmaster examiner.
In Part I Nigel provides some background and insight into the Yachmaster scheme and in Part II shares excellent hints and tips to gaining your Yachtmaster qualification.
The Cruising Association is pleased to confirm that, from today and subject to local regulations, all forms of watersports, including the use of privately-owned motorised craft, can go ahead in England.
In guidance issued this morning (13 May 2020), the Government has confirmed that:
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