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’.
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.
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
When a Sailing Boat is a Vessel for Something Magical
Date: 19/03/2024
The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust is a national charity that takes young people aged 8-24 on sailing and outdoor adventures to inspire them to believe in a brighter future living through and beyond...
Read moreThe Harbour Master Challenge - Ireland - Mark Ashley-Miller
Date: 19/03/2024
Mark’s undertook a four year quest to visit every HM around Great Britain and its offshore Islands and raise funds for the Seafarers’ Trust along the way. In 2023...
Read moreThe Adventures of Missy Bear, Season 2 – Preveza to Gocek, Richard Crooks and Alix Titley
Date: 20/03/2024
Richard and Alix return to give us the sequel to their talk last spring. Missy Bear’s trip took her from Preveza through the lonian Islands and around the Peloponnese into...
Read moreEast Coast Shipwrecks by Robert Smith - Booking Open
Date: 21/03/2024
London Walks Guide and historian, Robert Smith, has agreed to visit us in Suffolk to tell us about our local shipwrecks. He is an author, college lecturer and, as a guide, offers twenty historical...
Read moreSolent Section supper at Banana Wharf
Date: 21/03/2024
Subsequent to the cancellation of the talk for Thursday 21 March we wondered if you would like to join us at Banana Wharf, Universal Marina for a supper only at 7pm. Choose from a wide selection on...
Read more(Postponed) How to use your boat safely in later years
Date: 21/03/2024
Unfortunately, we have had to postpone this talk. A future date will be advised when confirmed. Gilbert Park presents an interesting talk on 'How to use your boat safely in later years'. A...
Read moreMediterranean Seminar
Date: 23/03/2024
This two-day seminar is aimed at those both cruising the Med for the first time and those planning to move to new cruising grounds. Speakers are all Med CA members keen to...
Read moreHanson Lecture, Commander Michael Sturm
Date: 27/03/2024
CDR Sturm, United States Naval Attache to the United Kingdom, will discuss naval intelligence in the 1800s during the age of tall ships and Admiral Horatio Nelson,...
Read moreNavigation of the Thames Estuary: tides and changes over time, Roger Gaspar
Date: 06/04/2024
Roger is the author of the book Crossing the Thames Estuary and is a expert on the Swatchways of the Estuary. This will be a very informative evening for anyone who sails...
Read moreSydney Lunch
Date: 07/04/2024
Join us for lunch, a CA/OCC collaboration event. One table has been booked so it will be first come first served basis. Date: Sunday 7 April 2024 Time: 12:00 Place: Royal Prince Alfred...
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