Library

The Cruising Association Information Centre is pleased to announce the acquisition of a complete set of up-to-date Imray Digital Charts for use by members on the PC in the Information Centre. The charts cover the following areas:

North Sea, South and East.

The English Channel

West Coast of Britain and Ireland

The Western Mediterranean

The Cruising Association Library is home to many unusual items among the books and charts. This page will highlight some of the slightly unexpected yet special items within the collection.  

• Stock Checking
• Volunteering
• Book Reviews
• Recent Acquisitions 

The Information Centre houses a number of facilities which are available to CA members. If you are unable to access the centre in person, contact our Information Officer who will be able to assist you with your enquiry.

Enquiry Service

The CA Information Centre welcomes enquiries from CA Members. We aim to answer all enquiries as soon as possible, and to provide accurate and appropriate responses.

Prizes are awarded for the best log of a cruise carried out in the most recent season. Logs should be presented in such a way as to be interesting and readable as well as providing a useful and accurate record to others planning or engaging in a similar cruise.

The Cruising Association organises an annual log competition and welcomes entries in the following categories:

The Library & Information Centre operates an in-house classification scheme. The sixteen main classifications and the 228 sub-classifications are listed below to give you an idea of the breadth of information available.

The CA’s inspired founding father Herbert J Hanson was the driving force behind the library for half a century: much of the archive collection was put together by him personally and many other volumes were acquired as a result of Hanson’s rule (now no longer in force) that new members must donate a book on joining the organisation.