New website for the Dinghy Cruising Association
by Nick Watt 25 Mar 2011 05:58 GMT
The Dinghy Cruising Association (DCA) is a national club, with strong regional groups, representing those who use their boats for activities other than racing. While our more intrepid members have made some epic voyages - DCA member no 4, Frank Dye, famously sailed from Scotland to Norway and Iceland in his Wayfarer - there are the hundreds of us who take out a small boat for a day sail with no more object than to potter in the evening, a reach around to the next-door cove for a picnic, or a minor voyage of exploration to the furthest creek of an estuary. In the middle of the spectrum lie those who voyage a little further than that creek or cove and who are prepared to camp overnight – either ashore or at anchor in their boat – in the creek or cove beyond, before either returning or going further still.
We have recently re-launched our website, which can be found at dinghycruising.org.uk
The website is not only a mine of information about the DCA and a source of reference information about dinghy cruising but also has an active forum, which compliments the long-established Yahoo! discussion group for dinghy cruisers: Openboat.