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In celebration of all things cruising and to mark the start of Autumn, October is the ideal month for cruising sailors to think about compiling their cruising log from the past season's adventures. Of particular interest to Cruising Association members, October is also the birthday month of a famous and intrepid seafarer and meticulous log-keeper, Captain James Cook, the sale of whose handwritten logs enabled the CA to build its HQ in Limehouse Basin, London.

The Southampton International Boat Show, powered by Borrow a Boat, was a success for the CA, both in terms of adding extra value for our existing members visiting the show and for attracting new members to join the CA community over the course of the ten-day show.

Do you use Admiralty Small Craft Folio charts? UKHO has just announced that it is planning to withdraw them. RATS is urging members who use and value these charts to let UKHO know of their views, but hurry: the deadline for comments is October 11 now extended to 31 October! .

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has made the following announcement:

Our exclusive mobile membership app, CAptain's Mate, has recently been further enhanced to provide our 6,300-strong global membership with fingertip access to details of the hundreds of discounts available to them through a network of worldwide suppliers. The user menu also includes a function allowing members to identify country-specific discounts nearest to them using maps.

CA member Jeanne Socrates has sailed into the record books again by becoming the oldest person, aged 77, to sail non-stop single-handed around the world.

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The 2020 edition of the authoritative and popular Cruising Almanac is due for release shortly and is available to purchase at the Southampton International Boat Show. Drop by our Stand J419 and pick up your copy.