Throughout the The YachtMarket.com Southampton Boat Show we’re giving away one fabulous prize EVERY DAY! Members & new joining members are invited to visit our stand in Ocean Hall/J419 and enter the Free Prize Draw. There are over £1,500 worth of prizes to be won throughout the Show. Do join us and fly the CA burgee!

See the details of the daily prizes below.  Each day's winner will be announced at the Show at 16:00.

Daily Prizes will be:

And the winners are...!

We were delighted to receive over 60 Facebook Focus images fitting our entry criteria over the course of 12 weeks. These were gradually whittled down as we took to Facebook to announce a 'Shot of the Week’ or, in some cases where we have been spoiled for choice, to two or more 'Shots of the Week’. All shortlisted images were then allocated to an online album for the judging panel to select their favourite image in each of the four categories.

The Cruising Association’s RATS (Regulations and Technical Services) Committee has been in discussion with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) about the use of calls to HMCG on Channel 16 requesting radio checks. RATS have anecdotal evidence of a proliferation of such requests and that these seemed to have spread from the Solent to other areas and Falmouth in particular.

The General Lighthouse Authorities of the UK and Ireland are conducting a survey to gauge current and future user requirements for their Differential GPS service.

Differential GPS user survey

The General Lighthouse Authorities of the UK and Ireland—Trinity House, the Northern Lighthouse Board and the Commissioners of Irish Lights—operate 14 Differential GPS reference stations which provide corrections to GPS, thereby enabling greater positional accuracy and integrity in the user’s position.

In celebration of the 50^th Anniversary of the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race 2018 and the CA’s involvement with and support for its Patron Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, we are giving away two copies of Peter Nichols’ sailing classic A Voyage for Madmen, a book, published by Profile Books, detailing the extraordinary story behind the inaugural Golden Globe round-the-world sailing race of 1968, a Race which was won by Sir Robin, the first man to sail solo non-stop around the world and arrive back in Falmouth 10 months later on 22^nd April 1969.

RATS draws the attention of Members to this important MAIB report, attached below. and for them to consider the points in it if they have these or other throw bags.

RATS adds the concern of two of its Members about the need to check the integrity of ropes and halyards on craft and their degradation caused by exposure to the UV content of sunlight.

The Cruising Association responds to the demise of the London Boat Show

British Marine, the owners and organisers of the London Boat Show (LBS), yesterday (15 May) announced that the 2019 Show, due to run at ExCeL London from 9-13 January 2019, will now not take place.

The decision was made after independent research showed there was insufficient support from a large proportion of the marine industry to the London Boat Show with its current format, duration and location.

The Cruising Association joins in the celebrations in honour of its Patron Sir Robin Knox-Johnston

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first sailor to complete a solo non-stop circumnavigation in 1969 aboard his 32ft yacht Suhaili, is Patron of the Cruising Association (CA), the UK’s leading organisation for cruising sailors with over 6,000 members around the world.

A legendary classic boat sailor, writer, journalist and interpreter of our sailing heritage in print and on screen, Tom is passionate about vessels like Cambria. Sail with him aboard the last British commercial sailing cargo ship - restored and owned by the Cambria Trust with the help of the Heritage Lottery Fund - on the beautiful Blackwater and Colne estuaries, Hervey Benham’s "Last Stronghold of Sail." Be part of Cambria’s story and help Sea-Change with its charitable work.

Date: 14 - 16 April

The Cruising Association partners with Henri Lloyd to offer generous member discounts

The Cruising Association (CA), the UK's foremost member organisation for cruising sailors, is delighted to announce a relaunch of its partnership with leading marine clothing brand Henri Lloyd, to take immediate effect.