Latest marine news from the Cruising Association about its work with orca sinking boats. Plus new campaigns, strategies and information about Returned Goods Relief, VAT changes, cruising in EU and visas, and red/white diesel.
The Cruising Association’s (CA) Regulations and Technical Services group (RATS) has welcomed the initiative taken by the Scottish government which came into force on 20 June making unlawful the marking of a string of creels (lobster or crab pots) with anything other than a buoy made for that purpose. RATS has been vociferously campaigning for […]
The Cruising Association has compiled a country by country update of where cruising will be welcomed this summer in the UK, Europe and the Mediterranean, and the restrictions in place. It’s asking members to help support the research, collation and compilation of its RATS (Regulations and Technical Services) group work with email updates. Following three […]
The Cruising Association’s Regulations and Technical Services group (RATS) has been in communication with HMRC and confirmed, as a result of the March Budget Statement, report that it is HMRC’s intention to legislate that red diesel in the United Kingdom can only be used in agricultural equipment, on the railways and for non-commercial heating from […]
Worldwide COVID-19 restrictions effectively mean that most, if not all, cruising, is currently prohibited or severely restricted. The status of European and Mediterranean Cruising Grounds is shown on this map, with red being closed/highly restricted; amber being restrictions; and green being open. According to Noonsite, if you have to move your boat during this lock […]
According to Dean Smith, Commercial Director of British Marine, the trade association sees its current role as collating and disseminating knowledge, and lobbying for clarity where needed. Staff have been diverted to supporting members on a 1-2-1 basis and are logging concerns so that daily e-shots carry the latest relevant news about the Government response […]
The Cruising Association (CA) has unveiled its trophy to honour the winner of a new video log (vlog) category in its annual competition. The osCA will be awarded for the best video log (vlog) created by a CA member on a blog, website, or on YouTube, Vimeo or similar. The osCA winner will also receive […]
The Southampton International Boat Show was a success for the Cruising Association (CA), both in terms of adding extra value for existing members visiting the show and for attracting new members to join the CA community. The CA signed up 135 new members and a steady stream of membership applications continues to arrive via its […]
The Cruising Association (CA) is hosting the line-up of talks and, for the first time, sponsoring the ‘CA Stage’ at Scotland’s Boat Show, taking place this year from October 11-13. Anyone attending this lively and interesting boat show at Kip Marina in Greenock, is sure to be enlightened and entertained by the broad […]
Nigel Irens, a leading yacht designer, recently delivered a fascinating 2019 Hanson Lecture entitled “Slippery Boats” to a 60-strong audience at CA House in London. Irens is well-known in yachting circles for designing Adventurer, a 34.4m (113ft) trimaran motor yacht that completed a record-breaking global circumnavigation in 1998 – the first boat voyage around the world […]
The Cruising Association (CA), Britain’s leading organisation for cruising sailors with over 6,300 members worldwide, is delighted to announce the appointment of Sian Cantellow as Personal Assistant/Marketing Officer based at CA House in London’s Limehouse Basin. Sian joins from the Canal & River Trust where she has worked as a Business Support Administrator for the last […]