News

In our August newsletter to members, we reported that the CA’s Regulations and Technical Services group (RATS) had written to Trinity House regarding the timing of the Hurst Point Sector light being extinguished for maintenance – see Notice to Mariners 27/2022.

2022 marked the second year of the Cruising Association as presenting sponsor of the Club Cruiser Class, after debuting at Cowes Week in 2021.

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has announced its intention to withdraw from global paper chart production by late 2026 to increase focus on its digital navigation products and services.

For August’s journey of discovery to one of the 6,500+ locations on CAptain’s Mate app, we head to Cala Gavetta on the island of La Maddalena, part of the Maddalena archipelago in the province of Sassari, northern Sardinia, Italy.

The UK Government, via the UK Border Force, has developed a new digital reporting service, known as ‘single Pleasure Craft Reporting (sPCR)’, which pleasure craft are asked to use as the preferred method when leaving or entering the UK on passage to EU countries, the Channel Islands or the rest of the world.

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So how would you like to support our 'Refer a Friend' programme, by introducing a friend to the CA, be rewarded with a CA £20 shop voucher* and have the chance to win a great monthly prize all at the same time? Your friend also benefits, with 25% off the first year of membership, when paying by Direct Debit.

Continuing our tour of locations on CAptain’s Mate app, this month we head to Sarande in southern Albania, situated almost directly opposite Corfu.

Channel Section Secretaries, Bob and Sue Garrett, organised the Cross-Channel Rally to France and the Channel Islands from 8-17 June 2022.

The Cruising Association (CA) and GTOA partnered to launch a new online orca reporting form in early June 2022, to investigate orcas interacting with vessels along the Iberian Peninsula, and the reports received are now published online.

Robin Baron, chair of the CA Regulations and Technical Services group (RATS), has been awarded a Fellowship by the Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN).