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The Cruising Association (CA) is Britain's leading membership organisation for cruising sailors. Membership is composed of sailors based in the UK and around the world who cruise inland, inshore and offshore by sail or power. With more than 5000 members across the globe, the Cruising Association provides services, information, help and advice to sailors worldwide. Founded in 1908 to meet the needs of cruising sailors, the CA has been a home to many of the great names in sailing. It publishes an almanac which covers the whole of the British Isles and Atlantic seaboard of Europe and has local representatives all over the world. The CA has 19 UK and worldwide Sections providing specialised knowledge and events wherever members cruise. The CA is a limited company run by a Council and a number of committees and groups, and has a Secretariat that runs the business of the Association from its headquarters, CA House, in London's Limehouse Basin. The Association's Patron is Sir Robin Knox-Johnston. ==Publications== Throughout its history, the Association has produced sailing directions for members. These were, at one time, the only source of cruising information available to supplement charts and were produced annually, incorporated in a Handbook for members. Subsequently, the Handbook was produced in an enlarged version which covered the whole Atlantic seaboard of Europe. From 2003, this information was published on behalf of the Association by the publishers (''Imray, Laurie, Norrie & Wilson'' ), as the "Cruising Association Almanac" which is now produced annually (Almanac ). In addition, the Association publishes a full colour quarterly magazine "CRUISING", which includes technical articles, news, and accounts of members' cruises. The Patron of The Cruising Association, the record-breaking round-the-world yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, describes it as "the leading single source of cruising information for cruising yachtsman". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cruising Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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