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Membership of the Cruising Association grows through personal recommendation – so how would you like to support the CA, receive a CA shop voucher and be in with a chance to win a great prize all at the same time?

A celebration of support and contribution to the Cruising Association was hosted at the Flag Officers’ Lunch on Saturday 2 April 2022, with CA Patron Sir Robin Knox-Johnston and CA Honorary Member Mike Golding as guests of honour.

Members from around the UK joined the lunch, together with members of the CA Council and staff for the annual get-together and presentation of the Challenge Awards, which recognise outstanding contribution to the association.

Every year, the CA welcomes entries from members to our Log Competition for cruises in the most recent season.

The 2021 Log Competition, which invites narratives of cruises in written video and photographic form, were again a stunning reflection of adventures on the water, with entries covering inland, coastal and offshore cruising.

The CA is delighted to announce that Nick Nottingham has won the Cruising Almanac photo competition with his stunning photo of Tinker’s Hole on the island of Mull. Nick’s photo will take pride of place on the front cover of the 2023 CA Cruising Almanac, which will be available to purchase from September 2022.

CAptain’s Mate app provides an unrivalled breadth of information and cruising reports covering 6,500+ locations in 70+ countries around the world, providing you with up to date, accurate and informative location data on anchorages, marinas, ports, harbours, boatyards along with their facilities and amenities.

With the debut of the new Club Cruiser Class at Cowes Week 2021, the Cruising Association and Cowes Week organisers have teamed up to produce a 'first-timer' video.

Every year the CA runs two Big Prize Draws - Winter and Summer - which are exclusively for members to enter.

"The twice-yearly Big Prize Draws are an excellent way of celebrating and saying thank you to our members," commented Lucy Gray, CA General Manager. "We collaborate with our marine partners to select prizes which will appeal, adding to the benefits of CA membership.

The Cruising Association’s Spring Promo Week, 21-27 March 2022, has again proven a great success with the week’s events reaching out to participants from 28 countries around the world.

The CA is delighted to partner with our marine discount partner, AquaMarine, for this year’s Summer Big Prize Draw which opened at 0900 hours on Thursday 24 March 2022.