The Southampton International Boat Show, powered by Borrow a Boat, was a success for the CA, both in terms of adding extra value for our existing members visiting the show and for attracting new members to join the CA community over the course of the ten-day show.
Our exclusive mobile membership app, CAptain's Mate, has recently been further enhanced to provide our 6,300-strong global membership with fingertip access to details of the hundreds of discounts available to them through a network of worldwide suppliers. The user menu also includes a function allowing members to identify country-specific discounts nearest to them using maps.
We were delighted that the Managing Director of Ocean Safety, Alistair Hackett, drew the winning ticket in our BIG prize draw on Wednesday morning on the Ocean Safety stand at the Southampton Boat Show. Our GM Lucy Gray announced that the CA has received a record 835 entries over the last six months and how grateful the CA is to Ocean Safety for providing such a generous and practical prize to our members.
Fairview Sailing is delighted to be partnering with the Cruising Association to bring their members the chance to enter a draw for a fantastic 7-day bareboat charter worth around £2,500 out of Port Hamble on the Solent.
Our autumn Roadshows guest speaker, Dave Selby, visited the CA stand on the opening day of the Southampton International Boat Show and recorded an interview with our PR Manager, Peta Stuart-Hunt.
As a prelude to his presentations in October and November, amongst other things, he describes how he got into boating through the CA's Crewing Service.
CA member Jeanne Socrates has sailed into the record books again by becoming the oldest person, aged 77, to sail non-stop single-handed around the world.
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The 2020 edition of the authoritative and popular Cruising Almanac is due for release shortly and is available to purchase at the Southampton International Boat Show. Drop by our Stand J419 and pick up your copy.
In the final month of our popular Refer a Friend promo we are delighted that Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson Ltd have provided a very generous £200 voucher towards the purchase of Imray books, charts or digital charts to the winner of September's Refer a Friend Draw.
Oh do we have a veritable cornucopia of nautical (& nice!) goodies to tempt CA members with at this year's Southampton Boat Show? YES, we do! There's also a competition, open to EVERYONE, to win a set of gorgeous Gill OS2 sailing gear!
