General

Access to and use of this site is provided by the Cruising Association subject to the following Terms and Conditions.

Cruising became popular as early as 1880. For the growing number of cruising yachtsmen however there was no generally available organisation catering for their interests. There were of course boatmen around the coast who were quick to realise that some profit might be made out of this developing pastime.

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.