The Board of Trustees of the National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) has reluctantly made the decision to suspend all current operations because of the ongoing Coronavirus situation. As from midnight 18/03/20 all NCI stations have suspended watchkeeping duties and will remain closed until further notice.
ICOM are the generous promo partners for June’s ‘Refer a Friend’. Icom's range is available in fixed-base radio, vehicle mount radio and handheld radio formats. Valued at £165, the ICOM IC-M25 EURO Buoyant handheld marine VHF transceiver is a popular and capable handheld VHF radio. Read more here: www.icomuk.co.uk/ICM25Euro/Handheld-VHF-Marine-Radio
The Cruising Association is advising its members to be aware that Covid-19 presents a challenge to cruising unprecedented outside wartime. The situation and the measures being taken by various governments are fast moving and members are advised to follow these measures closely through the usual news media.
In deciding whether and where to cruise, the CA’s RATS (Regulations and Technical Services) group advises the following should be considered:
We are thrilled to announce our sponsorship of a new Club Cruiser Class trophy at this year’s Cowes Week regatta taking place from 8-15 August.
The Club Cruiser Trophy presented by the Cruising Association will be awarded to the overall winner of the Club Cruiser Class at the Prizegiving in Cowes on Friday 14 August. Watch out for the CA Class flags!
The CA is an organisation which grows through personal recommendation and we’re always grateful to any member who persuades a friend to join. In our popular Refer a Friend promotion, the friend gets 25% off their first year’s membership and YOU, the CA member, get £20 to spend in the CA shop.
This season we are offering a series of terrific monthly prizes running from April through to September.
Following the proposals for the future use of red diesel in the Budget Statement on Wednesday 11 March 2020, the Cruising Association (CA) notes that from April 2022, private pleasure vessels will no longer be able to use red diesel for propulsion but will be able and are indeed entitled to use it for on-board heating purposes. Other marine commercial vessels such as fishing boats will still be able to use red diesel but at the lower duty rate.
Important update 12/03/20: demise of CG66 is brought forward to end of March 2020
The Cruising Association’s Regulatory and Technical Service group (RATS) has today been advised by the Marine and Coastguard Agency (MCA) that the scrapping of the CG66 Safety Identification Scheme - the name given to the MCA’s free and voluntary scheme for registering identification and other details of pleasure craft and vessels - has been brought forward from the end of July to the end of March.
Among the high winds and floods that have plagued the UK over recent weeks, there was a buzz in the air and a beacon of light shining over CA House for the first-ever Open Weekend held on 29 Feb and 1 March in London's Limehouse Basin. The sun came out as the CA welcomed members and non-members through the doors, imparting a wide range of cruising knowledge, marine exhibitor expertise and plenty of CA hospitality!
We were delighted to have been joined at our Open Weekend by Andy Byham, UK Director of Fairview Sailing, pictured here with the CA's General Manager Lucy Gray, to draw the winner of the Big Prize Draw that was launched at last September's Southampton Boat Show.
From 450 entries received, the winning ticket belongs to CA member Alan Kohler who, on being telephoned with the good news, was absolutely delighted at winning the £2,500 seven day Solent charter.
In deciding whether and where to cruise, the CA’s RATS (Regulations and Technical Services) group advises the following should be considered:
The Club Cruiser Trophy presented by the Cruising Association will be awarded to the overall winner of the Club Cruiser Class at the Prizegiving in Cowes on Friday 14 August. Watch out for the CA Class flags!
This season we are offering a series of terrific monthly prizes running from April through to September.
Following the proposals for the future use of red diesel in the Budget Statement on Wednesday 11 March 2020, the Cruising Association (CA) notes that from April 2022, private pleasure vessels will no longer be able to use red diesel for propulsion but will be able and are indeed entitled to use it for on-board heating purposes. Other marine commercial vessels such as fishing boats will still be able to use red diesel but at the lower duty rate.