Kent
Welcome to the Kent Section
The Cruising Association Kent Section arranges a series of winter webinars which will be held on Zoom for the foreseeable future, we are in the process of organising speakers. It is hoped that these will be held on the second Thursday of the month from October to March inclusive beginning at 19.00. Kent Section members are also welcome to attend Suffolk and Essex Section rallies as part of the East Coast activities of the CA.
Forthcoming Events
Cream Tea with the Queen
Date: 08/09/2022
Thursday 8th September 2022 meeting at Gillingham Pier at 14:00 An opportunity to visit the historic paddle steamer Medway Queen at Gillingham Pier. The Medway Queen was launched in 1924...
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Going boldly: across, beneath and beyond the ocean by Jeremy Batch
Date: 13/10/2022
Thursday 13th October 2022 at 20:00. Venue - The Dog and Bear Hotel, Lenham, Kent What sort of lifejackets did the ancient Egyptians wear, and what did the Inuit carry on the back of their kayaks...
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Defending the Swale by Adam Taylor
Date: 10/11/2022
Thursday 10th November 2022 at 20:00. Venue- The Dog and Bear Hotel, Lenham. Adam will take us on a journey through time as we discover the known and the lesser-known defences of the...
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The work of the Living River Foundation by Tanya Ferry
Date: 08/12/2022
Thursday 8th December 2022 at 20:00. Venue- The Dog and Bear Hotel, Lenham. The Foundation is working to reconnect communities with estuaries. The estuaries are improving despite their...
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Please contact the Section Secretaries, David & Sue Long at kent@theca.org.uk or
CA staff at office@theca.org.uk or +44 (0) 207 537 2828.
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.
East Midlands
Talks are held in various venues in the East Midlands.
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 at the Upper Thames Sailing Club in Bourne End near Marlow.
Wessex
Talks are held at Lilliput Sailing Club, Poole.
West Midlands
Year round events held at Severn Motor Yacht Club, also winter meetings held at Ashwood Social Club Kingswinford.
