Join the CA Community - afloat & ashore
Check out the Sections below to find a Cruising Association group near you, check out the events they’re running and find their contact details.
'Cruising Sections’ cover sea areas whilst ‘Local Sections’ are UK-based. There’s also an Antipodean Section for members ‘down under’ and a Motorboat Section for those cruising in motorboats.
When you join consider signing up to at least two Sections, one near home and another where you want to cruise. You can join as many Sections as you like – it’s FREE - and there are opportunities to get involved in events and discussions most relevant to you and your cruising.
Cruising Sections use dedicated online forums to exchange information. As a CA member you can access any forum at any time, whether you’re a Section member or not. You can even set up automatic forwarding of posts from any forum and the ‘cruising mode’ helps you control receipt of emails when airtime might be expensive or bandwidths restricted.
Cruising Sections
Baltic
Covers the Baltic Sea, Norway, Iceland, Greenland and Faroes. Holds a popular introductory seminar every spring.
Biscay
Covers Western France, Spain and Portugal as well as crossing Biscay. Holds a popular introductory seminar every spring.
Blue Water
For those sailing outside of European waters. Holds a popular Blue Water seminar in the summer.
Celtic
Covers waters from Land’s End to Cape Wrath. Meets at various west coast venues to share knowledge on all aspects of cruising the region.
Channel
For those cruising the south coast of the UK, Channel Islands, and France from the Belgian border to NW Brittany. Holds an annual seminar and summer rally/cruise-in-company.
European Inland Waterways
Covers over 30,000 km of navigable rivers and canals passing through over 20 countries. Annual seminar and lunch each autumn at CA House.
Mediterranean
Covers the Mediterranean from Spain and Morocco in the west to the Levant in the east, and includes the Black Sea. Meets at CA House in the winter, and afloat in the summer.
Motorboat
The Motorboat Section aims to bring together motorboaters where ever they are and whatever type of motorboating they enjoy.
North Sea
Covers the UK, Belgian and Dutch coasts. Meets at East Coast venues to share knowledge on all aspects of cruising the region.
Local / UK Sections
Antipodean
For members who live in Australia and New Zealand and who sail in the Northern Hemisphere.
CA London
CA London events are held at our Limehouse HQ.
Essex
Meetings held at Blackwater Sailing Club and mid-week lunches arranged.
Kent
Kent Section's 'Winter Warmers', talks by a variety of speakers, will be held via Zoom for the forseeable future.
Solent
Summer rallies with weekend meets. Winter talks with ‘club’ suppers usually at a Hamble yacht club or marina.
South West
For members living in or cruising the areas from Portland Bill to the Isles of Scilly and along the north coast of Cornwall, Devon and Somerset to Bristol.
Suffolk
Joint meetings are arranged with the Royal Harwich Yacht Club at Woolverstone.
Thames Valley
Winter talks are held in partnership with the Gerrards Cross Sailing Association (GXSA) at Colston Hall at The Memorial Centre in Gerrards Cross.
Wessex
Talks are held at Lilliput Sailing Club, Poole.
Forthcoming Section Events
Non-members are welcome to attend
From Kiwis to Orangutans
Date: 15/10/2024
We are pleased to welcome back Bob and Elaine Hazell for part 2 of their circumnavigation story. After crossing the Pacific in 2011, Bob and Elaine continued their circumnavigation on Pipistrelle,...
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The Baltic and back in 90 days, David Woolgar
Date: 16/10/2024
Retirement in April 2020 would finally allow David to spend the summers cruising and for his first year he had chosen the western Baltic Sea. Then the world had a pandemic...
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Sailing a Small Boat across the Atlantic - Gary O’Grady
Date: 16/10/2024
Gary describes sailing his 29ft bilge keel Westerly Konsort across the Atlantic from Chichester to Antigua via the Canaries. Suffering from knockdowns, complete electrical...
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Bird Watching from the deck of Thames Sailing Barge Victor on the rivers Orwell and Stour - Booking Open
Date: 19/10/2024
Join us for a bird watching cruise on board the Thames Sailing Barge Victor along Suffolk's peaceful Orwell and Stour Rivers. Date: Saturday 19th October 2024 at 09:30. Victor will return to RHYC...
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Solent Section Laying up Supper
Date: 19/10/2024
Our Laying Up Supper is a great opportunity to meet CA friends and exchange tales of the past season over a meal and a few drinks. Menu choices for a two course...
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Blue Water Seminar: Crossing the Atlantic & Where to go after the Caribbean
Date: 20/10/2024
The annual Blue Water Seminar will host three talks by four members during the morning session speaking about their preparations and experiences of their crossing both...
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Better Drowned than Duffers: The Life of Arthur Ransome, Paul Flint
Date: 23/10/2024
It seems to me that I have been like a shuttlecock bandied to and fro by lunatics. I seem to have lived not one life but snatches from a dozen different lives. (Arthur...
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Inland Waterways Cruising - Julian and Vanessa Dussek
Date: 23/10/2024
Julian and Vanessa CA Members started cruising inland Europe in 2006 in their Southerly lifting keel sailing boat Pluto. After a few years in the Mediterranean, they...
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The Maiden Voyage of H.M. Fort Roughs Tower by Bob Crawley - Booking Open
Date: 24/10/2024
The story of the floating and sinking into position of our local seamark "Roughs Tower". Date and Time: Thursday 24th October 2024, Doors open at 11:00, Talk at 11:30, Lunch at 13:00. Venue:...
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Essex Section Laying Up Supper
Date: 26/10/2024
Join us for our annual Laying Up Supper for a convivial evening, a chance to meet CA friends and share tales of the past cruising season. See the menu...
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