Blue Water Communications

There are various ways to communicate with, and find contact details for, other blue water members. 

Other members

We provide a regularly updated table of members which includes previous cruising areas, current location, email addresses & personal blogs. This is very useful when you want to speak to someone who has sailed in a particular area! This document is only available to members and can be found here. 

Section Secretaries                                                                                                                                                            

Yo u will receive occasional emails from Brian and Sandy, the Section Secretaries, giving details of upcoming events or notifying you that a new newsletter is available. As we are aware that many of you have limited intenet access, we will not send lengthy emails, or emails with attachments or pictures. Instead, we will send one email incorporating 'events' and the fact a newsletter is ready to be read/printed off on the webpage as a pdf. Brian and Sandy can be contacted on .

 Blue Water Net

The most valuable communication tool that we have is BlueWaterNet. This is run along the same lines as the successful BalticNet and MedNet. 

The  Net has been designed for posing questions by email. All questions and all replies are posted online for everyone to see. 

All members can read the questions posed on Blue Water Net but to receive questions and answers by email you must subscribe to the Net. If you set yourself to 'normal mode' you get all questions and replies by email BUT if if you set yourself to 'cruising mode' you get all questions but only replies to your own questions by email. See here for instructions on how to do this.

NB When joining in is essential to scroll down to the very bottom of the page and 'SAVE' your net selections

Once you have completed this process you will be able to start using Blue Water Net immediately.

To start a new message by email, send an email to: bluewater@myca.org.uk

To reply to an email message, click on Reply and send your email in the normal way. To view all questions and all answers go to the forum page.

General advice on communications                                                                                                                                     

For comprehensive advice on communication while cruising, new technologies and other communications advice, please see the C.A.page on Communications in the web cruising guide. 

 CA House                                                                     

All members receive one email a month from CA House, with news, offers and events. We will never send pictures or attachments in these emails. If you are away cruising and would like to opt-out, email . 

Any member who has signed up to CA London or who has a postal address within 50 miles of CA house will receive one email a week between September and March, and less frequently during the summer, with details of events at CA House.  If you recieve these emails and do not wish to, please email .