The CA Library & Information Centre welcomes enquiries from CA Members using the enquiry form or by telephone, letter, fax. We aim to answer all enquiries on the same working day, and to provide accurate and appropriate responses.

Below is a sample of enquiries which have been received within the last six months. Select the question to view the answer and in some cases a quick description of how they were answered.

• What does the revised French compulsory requirements for pleasure craft require in brief?

• What is the regulation in terms of Very Pistol in Spain?

• Where to find charts for Elba in Italy other than those published by Admiralty?

• What is necessary in terms of medical supplies for sailing within Europe?

• How to contact the British Kiel Yacht Club (BKYC)?

• Are there charges to use the French waterways?

• Is it not at all advisable to go from N to S Cyprus?

• How to contact the Moody owners club?

• What does the Wealth Tax in France actually involved?

• Where can MCA Safety of Navigation - Implementing Solas Chapter V?

• Where can information on Greek marinas be found?

• Where can the information on First Aid Kit for cruising in the Caribbean be found?

• Where can Stanfords Charts be acquired?

• Where can one find Venice Yacht clubs telephone numbers & marina information?

• Where can one order the book Narrow Waters: An Artist's Memoir of Sailing Waterways by Dee Carstarphen?

• Does the port of registration under a Part I  Pleasure Vessels Registration have any significance?

• How does one obtain UKHO weekly Notices to Mariners before 2000?

• What is the phone number of C-Map, the electronic chart company?

• The address and contact number of the new Sigacik Marina, Turkey

• Is it a requirement to have boat insurance when sailing in the Mediterranean?

• Do we have an address for Stowe Electrics, somewhere in Essex?

• Do you have any information on the Anderton Lift, named after the engineer?

• Is it necessary to obtain a licence to cruise the UK canals and are there any regulations to be adhered to?

• Does the Library have a copy of Iain Oughtred's Lapstrake Manual as he had seen the review in the CA's Cruising magazine?

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Minor update 28 June 2005