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Hebrides Sea Areas

Posted on: 23/08/2009

The following will be known to those sailing in the area and I apologise for the delay in issuing this note. The Maritime & Coastguard...

Spanish Taxes Update

Posted on: 15/08/2009

The issue of liability for tax for boat owners who keep their boats in Spain for an extended period has been a thorny issue for some time. Click on...

Piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off Somalia

Posted on: 19/06/2009

Yachts to be included in Piracy Deterrence Operations in the Gulf of Aden and off Somalia The Maritime Security Centre, Horn of Africa (MSCHOA...

Frank's Weather Site

Posted on: 14/05/2009

My weather website is now the major component of the MailASail “Weather Window", http://weather.mailasail.com. This is intended to...

CA Website Development

Posted on: 24/01/2009

The CA Website is becoming an increasingly important part of the Associations’ offering to Members. There is a continuing need to enhance...

Appointment of General Secretary

Posted on: 30/12/2008

Council is pleased to announce the appointment of Wendy Hodkinson as the Association's General Secretary. Wendy has already taken up her post...

Square pans for square meals

Posted on: 13/05/2008

RATS receives all kinds of queries (some I am sure maliciously thought up to catch us out!) though not in this case. The question was how does a...

Don’t take foot and mouth abroad

Posted on: 13/05/2008

The recent outbreak of foot and mouth in deepest Surrey might seem a long way from the sea and nothing much to concern us, but this is wrong. We...

A new cruising ground?

Posted on: 13/05/2008

Apparently in 2007 the Arctic icecap has melted back further than ever before. On September 9th it was reported that it covered an area of just 4....

SOLAS vessels to report

Posted on: 01/05/2008

In a further announcement MCA has stated that as from 1st January 2008 all SOLAS vessels on long range voyages (defined as in non A1 areas, ie...