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CA at regional boat shows around the UK

Look out for the CA van at the different regional boat shows around the UK.

 

 

 

 

Cruising with a View Seminar

Please see the attached document for details of a seminar being organised by the Suffolk Section of the Cruising Association this October.

 

Win a holiday aboard a motor yacht in Portugal

Holiday for two on a FeelDouro Greenline motor yacht in Portugal

Win a great holiday worth 3,000 euros on board a FeelDouro Greenline motor yacht. Open to all members of the CA as well as to anyone joining between now and the end of Southampton Boat Show.

 

All Wales boat show from May 30 – June 1

Come and see the Cruising Association at the All Wales boat show from May 30 – June 1 on stand S7 where we will have offers for both our members and anyone joining at the show, including Henri Lloyd marine clothing. Discounted tickets available to CA members. Log in to MyCA to see the discount code.

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston to return to ocean racing

Cruising Association Patron, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, is to return to ocean racing again, competing in the solo Route de Rhum Transatlantic race.

Sir Robin, 75, will be racing across the Atlantic 45 years after he became the first person to sail alone non-stop around the world.

Aids to navigation

Can you help our fellow RATS with your views on Aids to Navigation?

Through Trinity House, RATS – the CA’s Regulation and Technical Services team, has received a request from the General Lighthouse Authorities which is undertaking a review of Aids to Navigation around the UK coast, The Chan

Roger Pratt, Magnetic Attraction

CA member dies on yacht in Caribbean

It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of Roger Pratt. Roger and Margaret Pratt’s boat, Magnetic Attraction, was boarded by intruders in St. Lucia. Roger sustained serious injuries during this incident from which he later died.

Open House at the Cruising Association

The Cruising Association is opening its doors to all interested in cruising on the last Saturday of the London Boat Show – January 11.

The open evening begins at 18.00 and includes short presentations on ‘Going Foreign’ as well as sailing in the Baltic, Biscay and Mediterranean. There will also be tours of CA House which is home to a library of charts, pilot books and almanacs from around the world as well as every Yachting Monthly and Yachting World since they were first published at the beginning of the last century!

Musto, Sailing Holidays and Metisair – great prizes

Musto, Sailing Holidays and Metisair – great prizes at the Cruising Association stand of the London Boat Show

The Cruising Association has joined forces with leading UK marine companies to offer some superb prizes and discounts for the duration of the London Boat Show.

CA Press Release regarding Continuing Piracy

Royal Navy continues its advice: Don’t sail in the western Indian Ocean

New pirate attacks on vessels in the Indian Ocean in the last week have renewed calls for yachts not to sail in the area.

The Cruising Association’s Regulations and Technical Services team - RATS – is part of a group closely monitoring events in the western Indian Ocean, liaising both with bodies within the marine industry as well as the Royal Navy.

And the continuing  advice has to be: ‘Don’t sail in the high risk area.’