By Bulletin
1654 articles from 189 bulletins (1955-2005). The DCA Bulletin was published quarterly, with each issue containing cruise reports, letters, technical articles, and rally reports.
001-010
(1955-1960)011-020
(1961-1963)021-030
(1964-1966)031-042
(1966-1968)043-051
(1969-1971)052-061
(1971-1973)062-071
(1974-1976)072-081
(1976-1978)082-091
(1979-1981)092-101
(1981-1983)102-111
(1984-1986)112-121
(1986-1988)122-131
(1989-1991)132-141
(1991-1993)142-151
(1994-1996)152-161
(1996-1998)162-171
(1999-2001)172-181
(2001-2003)182-189A
(2004-2005)
(1955-1960)011-020
(1961-1963)021-030
(1964-1966)031-042
(1966-1968)043-051
(1969-1971)052-061
(1971-1973)062-071
(1974-1976)072-081
(1976-1978)082-091
(1979-1981)092-101
(1981-1983)102-111
(1984-1986)112-121
(1986-1988)122-131
(1989-1991)132-141
(1991-1993)142-151
(1994-1996)152-161
(1996-1998)162-171
(1999-2001)172-181
(2001-2003)182-189A
(2004-2005)
Bulletin 001 (1955) — 6 articles
- EDITORIAL
- SOUTH COAST ACTIVITIES May 30th. Inaugural Meeting
- EAST COAST ACTIVITIES
- A Hundred Nautical Miles In A 14-Footer
- Camping Ashore or “Mud in your Eye”
- Names and addresses of those interested in dinghy cruising Miss R J Brazier 128 Orchard Croft, Harlow, Essex Messrs B, M & R Broad 50 Beverley Gardens, Stanmore, Middlesex
Bulletin 002 (1956) — 8 articles
- A NOTE OF CAUTION
- RULES 1. NAME The Association shall be the Dinghy Cruising Association, South Coast and East Coast.
- RALLIES 1956 — SOUTH COAST SECTION All Rallies 1800—2200 hours Date High Water Rallying point
- RALLIES 1956 — EAST COAST SECTION Date Rallying point May 19th Upnor
- READERS’ LETTERS
- Types of Cruising Dinghy
- WEEK-END CRUISES
- The Design, Construction and Equipment of a Conventional Cruising Dinghy - Part I
Bulletin 003 (1956) — 6 articles
Bulletin 004 (1957) — 5 articles
Bulletin 005 (1957) — 8 articles
- A WEST COUNTRY CRUISE
- NORTH-EAST SECTION Cruising Programme 1957 June 8-10 Winteringham Haven
- FIRST MEETING OF THE NORTH-EAST SECTION OF THE DINGHY CRUISING ASSOCIATION
- LANGSTONE HARBOUR
- READERS’ LETTERS Dear Sir, May I remark on the idea of inspection proposed by the Humber Section?
- THE BLACKWATER ESTUARY
- HUMBER HIGHLIGHTS (Extracts from the log of Laertes for 1956)
- OUR MEMBERS’ BOATS
Bulletin 006 (1958) — 6 articles
- Bradwell to Sandwich - En Route to Folly Inn
- NORTH-EAST COAST SECTION REPORT The 1957 Cruising Programme WINTERINGHAM HAVEN — June 8-10th
- SOUTH COAST SECTION
- FRUSTRATION RALLY An account of the East Coast Rally at Bradwell Quay in August 1957 by the crew of the boat that turned up!
- My Pram and My Hammock
- BOSHAM TO BOULOGNE
Bulletin 007 (1958) — 5 articles
Bulletin 008 (1959) — 8 articles
Bulletin 009 (1959) — 5 articles
Bulletin 010 (1960) — 5 articles
Bulletin 011 (1961) — 6 articles
Bulletin 012 (1961) — 4 articles
Bulletin 013 (1961) — 5 articles
Bulletin 014 (1962) — 7 articles
- Around Two Islands
- COMMENTS ON THE “TRICORN” CRUISING DINGHY
- Launchings
- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Correspondence on Light v. Heavy Boats Dear Madam,
- CORRESPONDENCE Dear Madam, I believe that the crux of the light versus heavy dinghy question is one of temperament.
- CORRESPONDENCE Dear Editor, I welcome Slade Penoyre’s logical approach to the suitable boat question. I am sorry I have insufficient experience to give him the answer.
- “ANGLESEY & NORTH-WALES COAST PILOT”
Bulletin 015 (1962) — 7 articles
Bulletin 016 (1962) — 6 articles
Bulletin 017 (1962) — 6 articles
Bulletin 018 (1963) — 8 articles
Bulletin 019 (1963) — 11 articles
- EDITORIAL
- PROTECTION OF PLYWOOD
- CORRESPONDENCE Dear Madam,
- LESSONS FROM THE LOG - Managing a heavy boat under foresail alone Joan Abrams
- THE TRIAL OF SHOAL WATERS 14,15,16 June 1963
- BEGINNER’S CRUISE
- Single Handed Navigation
- BANTAM CRUISING
- On Changing From An Old Tub To A Plywood Box
- Through the Limber Hole - Hints and Tips
- NEWS FROM THE GROUPS
Bulletin 020 (1963) — 10 articles
- Marine Plywood and BS.1088 - Another Point of View
- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Correspondence on An Old Tub to a Plywood Box Dear Madam,
- Maldon to Horning in ‘Zephyr’
- Lessons From The Log
- SURREY SCHOOLS’ DINGHY CRUISE
- 2nd NATIONAL BOATING CONFERENCE at George Abbot Boys’ School, Guildford, Surrey
- IN THE INTERESTS OF SAFETY
- Snipe - Cruiser - Snipe
- Through the Limber Hole – Hints and Tips
- NEWS FROM THE GROUPS
Bulletin 021 (1964) — 7 articles
Bulletin 022 (1964) — 6 articles
Bulletin 023 (1964) — 7 articles
Bulletin 024 (1964) — 6 articles
Bulletin 025 (1964) — 5 articles
Bulletin 026 (1965) — 5 articles
Bulletin 027 (1965) — 6 articles
Bulletin 028 (1965) — 6 articles
Bulletin 029 (1965) — 6 articles
Bulletin 030 (1966) — 6 articles
Bulletin 031 (1966) — 6 articles
Bulletin 032 (1966) — 6 articles
Bulletin 033 (1966) — 7 articles
Bulletin 034 (1967) — 6 articles
Bulletin 035 (1967) — 4 articles
Bulletin 038 (1967) — 7 articles
Bulletin 039 (1968) — 4 articles
Bulletin 040 (1968) — 4 articles
Bulletin 041 (1968) — 3 articles
Bulletin 042 (1968) — 5 articles
Bulletin 043 (1969) — 7 articles
- EDITORIAL
- North West Group Activities 1969
- REPORT 1968 CRUISING PROGRAMME Facts: 25 members attended the 6 South Coast rallies (15% DCA membership) 13 members’ boats attended the 6 South Coast rallies (8% DCA boats)
- DINGHY CRUISING ASS0CIATION EAST COAST RALLY 1969 River Blackwater, 19-20 July. H.W. Sat. afternoon 1630 hours.
- “ROVER” CLASS CRUISING DINGHY
- BIRDS OF COASTAL WATERS (The first of a series of articles)
- KATY’S COWES WEEK CRUISE (11 foot Heron Class Dinghy)
Bulletin 044 (1969) — 10 articles
- LONDON MEETINGS REPORT
- Rally Programme 1969 North West Coast August 23rd, Menai Straits. Rally at Gallows Point 1000 hours. Launching at Gallows Point or Beaumaris.
- Down in the Drink
- DOWN UNDER IN A LUGGER
- North West Rally
- SALCOMBE RESTRICTED YAWL
- CONTINENTAL JOTTINGS
- MEANDER III GOES BERMUDAN
- BIRDS OF COASTAL WATERS (II)
- GO EAST, YOUNG MAN, GO EAST
Bulletin 045 (1969) — 11 articles
Bulletin 046 (1969) — 6 articles
Bulletin 046A (1970) — 8 articles
- EDITORIAL One of the subjects to be discussed at forthcoming committee meetings is the Boat Safety Recommendations, which may now need some revision. These sensible suggestions were made more than ten years ago, and many boats are now used for cruising which would fail to reach their standard.
- NOTES AND NEWS The London Dinghy Exhibition
- River Blackwater Rally : 19/20th July
- SOUTH WESTERN GROUP D.C.A. Report from Bill Powell, Group Sec.
- REPORT OF THE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
- The ‘Tideway’ Class Dinghy
- How to Sleep in 11' 3" (Author unknown)
- FOULNESS ( Statement of a member’s opinion, edited by Bob Parris, chiefly from information in the local press)
Bulletin 047 (1970) — 7 articles
- EDITORIAL
- NORTH-WEST GROUP JOINT MEETING WITH GLASSON SAILING CLUB (Extracts from G.S.C. Monthly Magazine Mainsheet)
- EAST COAST GROUP June 20th-21st: HW Sat 1300. Launch at Brightlingsea Rally: 1930, Old Colne YC as guests of University of Essex S.C.
- MIDLAND GROUP EASTER RALLY ON THE BROADS
- WEST MERSEA — WALTON BACKWATERS — IPSWICH AND BACK IN A GULL
- POOLE HARBOUR AND APPROACHES
- AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SOLENT BY SAILING CANOE
Bulletin 048 (1970) — 6 articles
- EDITORIAL
- SOUTH COAST GROUP Rally — September 12th-13th: Launch at Bucklers Hard (H.W. Sat. 0928) Meet 1100 at entrance to decide rallying point
- NORTH WEST COAST GROUP June 20th-21st
- A FRUSTRATED DINGHY CRUISER (Round Anglesey in an Albacore)
- ROUND ANGLESEY IN THREE DAYS (In an 18 foot C.B. gunter sloop, with cabin)
- RUGGED COAST: FRIENDLY PEOPLE (In a 13’ 10” gunter sloop)
Bulletin 049 (1970) — 6 articles
- NORTH-WEST GROUP Hilbre Rally, September.
- SOME NOTES ON CONVERSION OF JAPANESE TRANSISTOR RADIOS FOR R. D. F. (Japanese because these extend to the required frequencies). Some poppycock has been written in the yachting press about this.
- SUNSPOT 15 LOA 15’ 3” BEAM 6’ DRAFT 2’
- FOR THE MIDDLE-AGED; A SHORT CRUISE ON THE SWALE AND MEDWAY
- FRIENDS ACROSS THE CHANNEL
- Sailing the Rebell (17 foot cruising dinghy designed and built by Eric Coleman) 1) Heavy weather test 17/10/70 R Worthington
Bulletin 050 (1971) — 6 articles
Bulletin 051 (1971) — 7 articles
Bulletin 052 (1971) — 1 articles
Bulletin 053 (1971) — 5 articles
Bulletin 054 (1972) — 3 articles
Bulletin 055 (1972) — 1 articles
Bulletin 056 (1972) — 3 articles
Bulletin 057 (1972) — 1 articles
Bulletin 058 (1973) — 3 articles
Bulletin 059 (1973) — 4 articles
Bulletin 060 (1973) — 4 articles
Bulletin 061 (1973) — 5 articles
Bulletin 062 (1974) — 6 articles
Bulletin 063 (1974) — 3 articles
Bulletin 064 (1974) — 4 articles
Bulletin 065 (1974) — 5 articles
Bulletin 066 (1975) — 7 articles
Bulletin 067 (1975) — 6 articles
Bulletin 068 (1975) — 3 articles
Bulletin 069 (1975) — 3 articles
Bulletin 070 (1976) — 5 articles
Bulletin 071 (1976) — 5 articles
Bulletin 072 (1976) — 6 articles
Bulletin 073 (1976) — 6 articles
Bulletin 074 (1977) — 3 articles
Bulletin 075 (1977) — 7 articles
Bulletin 076 (1977) — 10 articles
Bulletin 077 (1977) — 6 articles
Bulletin 078 (1978) — 6 articles
Bulletin 079 (1978) — 5 articles
Bulletin 080 (1978) — 5 articles
Bulletin 081 (1978) — 6 articles
Bulletin 082 (1979) — 5 articles
Bulletin 083 (1979) — 6 articles
Bulletin 084 (1979) — 7 articles
Bulletin 085 (1979) — 4 articles
Bulletin 086 (1980) — 5 articles
Bulletin 087 (1980) — 10 articles
- NW Rally at Rudyard Lake 19-20 April
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR As one of the "Drascombe brigade" referred to in Stephen Newbold's article, may I submit one or two points?
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Letter To The Editor
- STORM IN A TEACUP, OR POOLE HARBOUR IN SPRINGTIME (Grasshopper, Drascombe Lugger)
- HRONRAD: A FIFTEEN-FOOT MORAG for SINGLE-HANDED SAILING
- What To Do With The Oars
- OPERATION ON A DRASCOMBE LUGGER
- An Autumn Cruise
Bulletin 088 (1980) — 7 articles
Bulletin 089 (1980) — 7 articles
Bulletin 090 (1981) — 7 articles
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Mr & Mrs Jennings
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR (Extract from a letter from Australia) from Bob McGregor
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Allan Earle Many thanks for sending me the DCA Bulletins. It was interesting to see the sort of cruising members are doing these days.
- LIST OF EVENTS 27 March Winter Meeting, Southampton 11-12 April Rudyard Lake NW
- ANGLESEY DINGHY CRUISE 5th - 12th July 1980
- A PASSAGE TO SANTA CATALINA
Bulletin 091 (1981) — 6 articles
Bulletin 092 (1981) — 6 articles
Bulletin 093 (1981) — 8 articles
Bulletin 094 (1982) — 4 articles
Bulletin 095 (1982) — 5 articles
Bulletin 096 (1982) — 7 articles
- DCA NW AREA RALLY — CONISTON — 26/27 June 1982
- NORFOLK ’82
- EAST COAST INFORMATION
- “YOU DON’T GET MANY HERONS IN DOWNEND!”
- OPEN BOATS ARE FOR CRUISING This article from the American Cruising World shows that our ideas are shared with many on the other side of the Atlantic.
- THE SHORT(ENED) CRUISE
- LONDON RIVER LAUNCHING SITES 1. Teddington to Tower Bridge — South Bank
Bulletin 097 (1982) — 9 articles
- NW AREA RALLY — ULLSWATER 4/5 September 1982
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Jack Yeatman
- An Unpleasant Experience
- DRASCOMBE NEWS
- DINGHY CRUISING IN SCANDINAVIA
- WROXHAM BOAT AUCTION April 1982
- Gunk Holing in Colorado
- LONDON RIVER LAUNCHING SITES 2. Teddington to Tower Bridge, North Bank
- EEL TO THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
Bulletin 098 (1983) — 8 articles
- EAST COAST GROUP RALLIES FOR 1983 July 2/3 Paglesham rally, River Roach. Meet by the hard as usual at HW, approx 18.00 hours.
- THE SALCOMBE YAWL
- I WANNA SELL YOU A DORY!
- WALTON BACKWATERS
- ERSKINE CHILDERS - DINGHY CRUISER
- THAMES LAUNCHING SITES Part 5 — Eton to Teddington
- SOUTH COAST RALLIES 1983
- NORTH WEST AREA RALLIES 1983
Bulletin 099 (1983) — 4 articles
Bulletin 100 (1983) — 3 articles
Bulletin 101 (1983) — 6 articles
Bulletin 102 (1984) — 6 articles
Bulletin 103 (1984) — 5 articles
Bulletin 104 (1984) — 7 articles
Bulletin 105 (1984) — 9 articles
- ATTENTION ALL DCA MEMBERS WITH TIDEWAYS!
- SOUTH COAST RALLIES REPORT
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Peter Francis Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- FIRST CRUISE — 1984
- Centreboards and Garboard Strakes
- A TRIP ROUND SCARBA
- SHIPPING FORECAST AREAS
- 12' 3" Cormorant Class Specifications (from Cornish Crabbers Ltd)
Bulletin 106 (1985) — 4 articles
Bulletin 107 (1985) — 6 articles
Bulletin 108 (1985) — 4 articles
Bulletin 109 (1985) — 4 articles
Bulletin 110 (1986) — 3 articles
Bulletin 111 (1986) — 6 articles
Bulletin 112 (1986) — 3 articles
Bulletin 113 (1986) — 7 articles
Bulletin 114 (1987) — 6 articles
Bulletin 115 (1987) — 8 articles
- NOTES FROM THE MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY’S DESK
- NW AREA RALLY — RUDYARD LAKE — 11th-12th April, 1987
- EIGHT YEARS CRUISING IN A DRASCOMBE LONGBOAT
- NOT QUITE A CRUISE, BUT…
- RDF — A POOR MAN’S ‘RADAR’
- WEEKEND IN GANDALF
- Retracing London’s “Lost Route” to the Sea - Part II
- ADDITION TO LAUNCHING SITES GUIDE NETLEY CLIFF SAILING CLUB OS Ref: SU 456 082
Bulletin 116 (1987) — 7 articles
Bulletin 117 (1987) — 11 articles
- E D I T O R I A L What is the ideal cruising dinghy? In Bulletin No. 116 a member seemed to suggest that he had found the 'GP' ideal. In this Bulletin, one at least of our rallies might almost have been a Drascombe Cruising Association Rally - and indeed we print a letter from the Drascombe Owners Association. We also publish an account of an adventurous cruise in a 'Wayfarer'
- FOR SALE — CANOE YAWL SAILING DINGHY Length 13’ Beam 4’ 8” ¾-decked Steel centreboard Main and mizzen unstayed masts with lugsails in tan Terylene.
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Graham Whiteland Dear Mrs Abrams
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Len Wingfield RALLIES
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Ray Ellard … news from Down-Under…
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Bob McGregor … cruising with a difference…
- NW AREA RALLY REPORTS
- THE LONDON RIVER RALLY
- LYMINGTON TO GIBRALTAR (Abandoned)
- THE DINGHY PHONE
- THE ULSTER BOAT
Bulletin 118 (1988) — 8 articles
Bulletin 119 (1988) — 10 articles
- E D I T O R I A L
- ADVANCE NOTICE FOR LONDON WINTER MEETINGS
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Keith Muscott Dear Mrs Abrams,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, Your Spring Editorial again brings up important matters for consideration by members. May I again make my comments?
- CHARLES STOCK’S TALK (LONDON WINTER MEETING)
- DCA BOAT SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS 1. The boat should carry sufficient crew — one stone for each foot of waterline length is suggested as a minimum.
- SHOULD WE RELY ON FLARES?
- MODIFICATIONS TO MY DEVON DAY BOAT
- DINGHY CRUISING IN CANADA — EXPLORING ALGONQUIN
- Two Ways Round Selsey Bill
Bulletin 120 (1988) — 6 articles
Bulletin 121 (1988) — 16 articles
- E D I T O R I A L
- NOTICE for ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING to be held on Friday, 13 January 1989 at ‘Rose & Crown’ public house, in Columbo St, London SE1
- N.W. Area Rally Round Up - 1988 Anthony Sluce Menai Straights (7/8 May)
- EAST COAST RALLIES REPORT
- SOUTH COAST RALLIES
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- OPENING HOURS
- GOOD VALUE FOR £1
- THE SUN DOES SHINE IN THIS FAIR LAND
- MICRO CRUISER
- MILFORD HAVEN
- BOOK REVIEW: Roving in Open Boats by Ian Nicolson
Bulletin 122 (1989) — 11 articles
- EDITORIAL
- AGM 1989 The following amendment was passed at the meeting:- LIMITATIONS OF ASSOCIATION LIABILITY
- WEY & ARUN AMPHIBIOUS CRUISE: 14-16 APRIL 1989
- LETTER FROM JOHN LAUGHLAND
- Untitled
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Len Wingfield Dear Joan
- Mayfly Round Mull – Part I
- 'Roving in Open Boats' - Another View
- SOME THOUGHTS ON LUGSAILS
- A CRUISE FROM PAGLESHAM
- TWO WAYS TO ITCHENOR (via WOOTTON CREEK)
Bulletin 123 (1989) — 9 articles
Bulletin 124 (1989) — 7 articles
Bulletin 125 (1989) — 13 articles
- SOUTH COAST RALLIES 1989
- EAST COAST RALLY REPORT 1989
- NW AREA RALLY REPORTS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF CANOES AND SMALL CRUISING YAWLS
- MORE WEY & ARUN SUGGESTIONS
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Erik Haverkorn Dear Joan,
- ONE MAN’S MEAT is the other man’s poison
- DAY-SAILING IN SCOTLAND
- West Coast of Scotland Loch Carron to Loch Laxford
- SKIPPET — A Canoe Yawl
- EXPERIMENTING WITH A HERON
- CAMERAS FOR DINGHY SAILORS
- Southampton Boat Show 1989
Bulletin 126 (1990) — 11 articles
- EDITORIAL
- REVISED BOAT SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS
- LONDON WINTER MEETINGS REPORT
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- LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Graham Wadeson Dear Joan
- SEEN AND HEARD AT THE 1990 EARL’ S COURT BOAT SHOW
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Keith Muscott Dear Joan,
- TECHNICAL TOPICS
- CAMERAS FOR DINGHY SAILORS — AN UPDATE
- Weil’s Disease — the forgotten hazard
- PRE-WAR DAYS IN THE SOLENT
Bulletin 127 (1990) — 13 articles
- EDITORIAL
- SOUTH COAST WINTER MEETING — CADNAM
- "Over the Sea to Skye"
- “BYE BYE BLACK SHEEP…”
- Technical Topics
- WHEN NOT DINGHY CRUISING
- "Over 50 Years Ago"
- INSURING YOUR DINGHY
- SOME APT QUOTES
- "Open Boat Cruising" by John Glasspool Review by Joan Abrams
- 4 BODS IN A BOAT
- FIRST AID AND SURVIVAL FOR DINGHY CRUISING
- Sail and Oar, Racer/GP Boats, Reefing and Ballast
Bulletin 128 (1990) — 11 articles
- EDITORIAL
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Jonquil Slorance Dear Editor
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, Cruiser/Racer Dinghies
- WOODEN BOAT SHOW — GREENWICH 1990
- TECHNICAL TOPICS
- NW AREA RALLY REPORTS
- THE MEDWAY RALLY — 1990
- WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 1990 WEY & ARUN EXERCISE?
- EAST COAST CRUISING (Wanderer 773, Samphire)
- RESTLESS IN BISCAY — 1986
- THAMES SPORTYAK HOLIDAY CRUISE Brentford to Windsor
Bulletin 129 (1990) — 14 articles
- MAKING ROAMERS LOOK GOOD, BEACHING BOATS, NEW DCA EVENTS
- BOOK REVIEW
- Letter to the Editor from S Dean Dear Joan
- SOUTH COAST RALLY REPORTS
- EAST COAST RALLY REPORTS
- NW AREA RALLY REPORTS
- FIRST SEASON WITH A WHAMMEL BOAT
- BALA LAKE — (LLYN TEGID)
- Technical Topics
- A Cruise to Suffolk
- A DAY ON STRANGFORD LOUGH
- A WARNING WE DO NOT NEED
- SINGLEHANDLING MY GP14 PHOENIX
- ET DESCENDS TO LECHLADE
Bulletin 130 (1991) — 11 articles
- AGM 1991 MINUTES of the Annual General Meeting of the Dinghy Cruising Association held on 18 January 1991 at the Rose & Crown pub, Columbo Street, SE1 Present 22 members. Apologies received from Gail Spolton, Ted Jones, John Priestley, Terry Hughes, Stewart Moxon and Bob Morrison.
- OFFICERS JOB DESCRIPTIONS The President’s responsibilities are threefold:
- NOTES AND NEWS
- NW AREA WINTER MEETING — 27 January 1991
- A ROUGH RIDE TO PORTSMOUTH Mayfly — 12’9” loa x 5’6” beam — Bermudan rig
- Roamer to the Roach
- ADVERTISEMENT This builder’s advertisement may be of interest to members. Perhaps if someone with experience of the boats might comment? Ed.
- “Patting” an Ageing Roamer
- WHAT’S LEFT?
- THE SHORTEST CRUISE
- A GP14 IN NORTHERN IRELAND
Bulletin 131 (1991) — 10 articles
- NW AREA RALLY REPORT 6/7 April 1991 — Rudyard Lake
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Terry Hughes (Hon Treas) in Scotland I have now been in Kirkcudbright for a few months, so maybe fellow DCAers might like to hear something of this little known part of the country.
- NW AREA RALLY REPORT 4th/5th/6th May, 1991 — Port Dinorwic, Menai Straits
- Extract from article by John Kidd of the Leader Class Association
- SECURITY OF TRAILERS
- WEATHER IN WESTERN SCOTLAND
- Cruising in Small Catamarans
- A Gunter Rig for Cruising
- WHERE ARE WE?
- THE BUN
Bulletin 132 (1991) — 11 articles
- NW AREA RALLY REPORT Derwentwater — 15th/16th June
- NW AREA RALLY REPORT Coniston — 5-7 July
- NW AREA RALLY REPORT Piel Island, Barrow — 13 & 14 July 91
- THE NATIONAL WATERSPORTS CENTRE
- HOT TIP
- THE EAST COAST BOAT SHOW — IPSWICH
- E.T. DESCENDS TO LITTLE VENICE TROUBLES ON THE CUT: 1990
- E.T. DESCENDS TO BIG BEN GOING EAST ON THE TIDAL THAMES
- THE HALF-TIDE MOORING
- The Smallest Yacht — Naïma’s Voyage 1987 (Aegean Cruise in a Simoun 445 Dinghy)
- Single-handed Cruise in Kelpie to Chichester in July 1979
Bulletin 133 (1991) — 7 articles
- 1991 SOUTH COAST RALLY REPORTS 11 MAY — EAST HEAD (CHICHESTER HARBOUR)
- EAST COAST RALLY REPORTS Holbrook Bay, River Stour, 8-9 June Strong winds dominated this rally, south-easterlies on Saturday afternoon and south-westerlies on Sunday. The weather was sunny and not too cold.
- DCA Weekend River Colne 6-7 July 1991
- NW AREA RALLY REPORT 13-15 September — Ullswater
- A TRIP TO BRITTANY A summer cruise with a 15’ x 5’6” dinghy which was purpose built for cruising
- It’s Not All Plain Sailing
- Footloose off the Isle of Skye, Summer 1991
Bulletin 134 (1992) — 7 articles
Bulletin 135 (1992) — 11 articles
Bulletin 136 (1992) — 12 articles
- NW Rally Report — Rudyard Lake 4/5th April
- NW Rally Report — Menai Straits 2–4 May
- NW Rally Report — Solway 23-25 May
- Chichester Harbour Family Weekend
- THE TIDEWAY
- Solway Firth Meet 22nd – 25th May
- Replacing Keel Bands on a Devon Yawl
- Where Are The Mags Of Yesteryear…?
- Poole — Chichester — Poole 1984
- The Wooden Boat Show 4-7th June
- Polynesian Pottering in a Cruiser Racer
- How It All Began
Bulletin 137 (1992) — 12 articles
- NORTH-WEST AREA RALLY REPORTS CONISTON 4-5 July 1992 by Peter Filshie
- EAST COAST RALLIES GOLDHANGER CREEK 9-10 May by Stanley Dean
- SOUTH COAST RALLIES
- Letter to the Editor from Hedley Whitfield Dear Joan,
- Letter to the Editor from Peter Winterbottom Dear Joan,
- Beware
- Cruise-Camping Sweden’s Blue Coast
- A TOUCH OF WIND!
- FOOTLOOSE IN THE HEBRIDES AGAIN
- SOME THOUGHTS ON STABILITY, MULTIHULLS & CRUISING
- Backyard Boatbuilding: The Almost Classic Look
- Casting Off - A final word by the President
Bulletin 138 (1993) — 7 articles
Bulletin 139 (1993) — 15 articles
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Ted Jones Dear Joan,
- BOWLING A MAIDEN OVER — Skipper 17
- MAN BITES DOG
- FIRST SALT WATER
- A HANDY ‘INFLATABLE’ STOW BOX
- Outrigger and Other Modifications on a 'Kirk/Mirror' Dinghy
- ROAMER AND REBELL
- On Choosing a Dinghy - Part II
- A WINDERMERE SPLASH
- Crab Claw Update
- BAGGYWRINKLE ET LA GRANDE FÊTE DE BATEAUX
- SUNART
- THE KESTREL DINGHY
- USEFUL MOORINGS
- THE LYME BAY CANOE DISASTER
Bulletin 140 (1993) — 10 articles
- FREEDOM
- SOUTH COAST RALLIES
- EAST COAST RALLIES Round Mersea Island — May 8
- NORTH-WEST SECTION RALLIES Garlieston Rally May 22/23
- WHICH BOAT FOR CRUISING — THE KESTREL?
- Clothing for Dinghy Cruising
- Reprinted and edited from Bulletin 92 — Autumn 1981 THE AMERICAN PIE
- SINGLE-HANDED MAST RAISING ON A DEVON DAYBOAT
- THOSE CRAZY PADDLERS
- Casting Off — A Final Word by the President
Bulletin 141 (1993) — 18 articles
- NORTH-WEST AREA RALLY REPORTS Peter Filshie has now taken a well earned rest and the secretaryship has been taken over by Brian McClellan. Ullswater 17th — 18th July
- SOUTH COAST AREA RALLY REPORTS Wootton Creek 3rd - 4th July
- EAST COAST AREA RALLY REPORTS Paglesham Eastend — River Roach 11th - 12th September
- FREEDOM — AN UPDATE
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- THE DEBEN RIVER
- ANGLESEY WEEKEND
- STOWAWAY EASI-LAUNCHER
- STILL POTTERING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
- RADIO
- A Short Cruise by Night
- SAIL CALCULATIONS
- FINDING YOUR BOAT’S SPEED
- ON MAST RAISING
- The Bicky Finn
- DO YOU REALLY KNOW YOUR TIDES?
- Squeak * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
- A Dinghy for Unaccompanied Sailing
Bulletin 142 (1994) — 8 articles
Bulletin 143 (1994) — 7 articles
Bulletin 144 (1994) — 8 articles
Bulletin 145 (1994) — 14 articles
- SOUTH COAST RALLIES Beaulieu River — 16th-17th July
- EAST COAST RALLIES Woolverstone 13/14th August
- NORTH WEST AREA RALLIES Announcement
- SEEN AT SOUTHAMPTON
- Deben Daysail
- Sailing AND a Suntan
- THE PRIVATEER
- Notes on Waterproof Storage
- Another Story that Won't Win the 'Naylor Noggin'
- A Useful Knot
- The Bicky Finn - Update
- Canoes for Sail Cruising
- PLANS FOR SALE
- COPY OF RYA PRESS RELEASE — 4th OCTOBER 1994
Bulletin 146 (1995) — 8 articles
- BAWDSEY HAVEN YACHT CLUB near Woodbridge, Suffolk
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- Shearwater Banana Split
- Jacona’s Steel Plate
- One Family’s Coniston and Windermere
- CRUISE UP LOCH ETIVE
- ROAMER 14 feet and REBELL 17 feet CRUISING DINGHIES Information sheets are available on either of these dinghies from the Technical Advisor —please send a sae. The following are also available:—
- CASTING OFF
Bulletin 147 (1995) — 11 articles
- NORTH-WEST AREA RALLY REPORT
- Dayboat Cruise in Suffolk
- MORE DINGHY RECIPES
- INSURANCE NOTES About Leaving Small Craft Afloat Issued by John Cooper, Yacht and Boat Insurance Consultant
- Different... but not too Bad
- THE CRUZ — pronounced ‘cruise’
- Performance at Sea
- Sailing the Northumbrian Heritage Coast
- The Beaufort
- EMERGENCIES AT SEA
- Ahoy! Galley Slaves
Bulletin 148 (1995) — 10 articles
- EAST COAST RALLIES Alde Rally — 20/21st May
- NORTH WEST AREA RALLY The Creran Rally — 3rd to 10th June
- SOUTH WEST AREA RALLY The Fal Rally
- The Cruz Dinghy Following the review which appeared in the last Bulletin I received this interesting letter from the designer, Ian Howlett C.Eng MRINA. PB Dear Mr Bick
- THE HELFORD RIVER
- HANDY HINTS
- May the Force be with You
- Anemometers
- A Nasty Fright in Bembridge Harbour
- Leigh-on-Sea to Twickenham via Calais
Bulletin 149 (1995) — 16 articles
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- ROAMER 14 feet and REBELL 17 feet CRUISING DINGHIES Information sheets are available on either of these dinghies from the Technical Advisor —please send a sae. The following are also available:— ROAMER Study plans at reduced scale together with a list of timber required £3.00
- EAST COAST RALLY
- NORTH WEST AREA RALLIES Loch Lomond — Whitsun week May/June
- SOUTH COAST RALLIES
- A Cautionary Tale
- Meryl
- Some Sort of Rally on Anglesey
- THE TWO BRICK TRICK
- Two Topless Trips
- Beautiful Wooden Boats
- Ulster, Isle of Man and Galloway
- The Westray 16
- Some Thoughts on Oars - Part 1
- Dinghy Cruising in the Isles of Scilly
- SAFETY ON INLAND WATERWAYS
Bulletin 150 (1996) — 12 articles
- THE NIMROD
- Going Dutch
- CONTRASTS
- On and In the Great Ouse
- ‘My Blood Ran Cold’
- Last Cruise on the Humber
- This article is published by courtesy of the West Wight Potter Association POTTER UP THE CUT
- My Roamer
- A ‘Thank You’ to the DCA
- Some Thoughts on Oars - Part II
- Some Notes on Oars
- From Loch Creran round the Isle of Mull
Bulletin 151 (1996) — 9 articles
Bulletin 152 (1996) — 12 articles
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, As a new member let me confess that I have not yet dinghy cruised and I am in the very early stages of building a 14 feet Tarpon.
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- Letter to the Editor from Nils Ruberg Dear Joan,
- EAST COAST RALLY REPORTS Orwell & Deben — 11-12 May
- NORTH-WEST AREA RALLIES Derwentwater — 19-21 April
- SOUTH COAST RALLIES
- SOUTH WEST AREA RALLIES
- Ionian Sailing
- Greece ’96
- Tides and Transits
- ON LIFTING WOODEN RUDDERS
- Of Gaff Rig and Narrow Waters
Bulletin 153 (1996) — 10 articles
- Letter to the Editor from Colin Newnes Dear Joan,
- NORTH WEST AREA RALLY REPORTS Milford Haven — 24-26 August — see separate article [153/27] Coniston — 7-8 September
- EAST COAST RALLY REPORT
- SOUTH WEST RALLY
- SOUTH COAST RALLY REPORTS Wootton Bridge, Isle of Wight 10th -11th August
- On Mud and Tides
- Jours de Fête
- Another Type of Boat
- The Milford Haven Meet Saturday 24th to Monday 26th August
- The Not so Secret Diary of Edward Jones — aged 65 & three quarters
Bulletin 154 (1997) — 9 articles
Bulletin 155 (1997) — 8 articles
Bulletin 156 (1997) — 14 articles
- NORTH-WEST RALLY REPORTS Anglesey 2nd - 6th May
- EAST COAST RALLY REPORTS West Mersea 17th - 18th May
- SOUTH-WEST RALLY REPORTS River Dart 3rd - 5th May
- SOUTH COAST RALLY REPORTS Langstone Harbour — Sinah Lake 17th - 18th May
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Peter Bick Dear Joan,
- The Newtown River Incident
- Llamedos
- Conservation and the Dinghy Sailor
- The Ugly Duckling
- MENAI STRAITS
- The Auditor and the DCA
- Across the Channel
- FIRST CRUISE
- A GOOD DAY’S POTTER
Bulletin 157 (1997) — 11 articles
- EAST COAST RALLY REPORTS
- SOUTH-WEST RALLY REPORTS Lundy Island 2nd-3rd August
- SOUTH COAST RALLY REPORTS Newtown 31st May - 1st June
- NORTH-WEST RALLY REPORTS Kirkcudbright 22nd - 25th August
- Restless on Scottish Slipways
- A Mean Sail on Coniston
- TIDEWAY to the SEA
- Odin's Horse
- The River Alde Rally
- Itchenor to Bursledon in a Mirror
- THE DCA GOES FORTH
Bulletin 158 (1998) — 14 articles
- Letter to the Editor from Ted Hunt Dear Joan,
- Letter to the Editor from Olaf Swarbrick Dear Joan,
- Letter to the Editor from Mary Brown Dear Joan,
- A Useful Radio
- On the Net
- OLD GAFFERS ASSOCIATION
- Log of ‘Dolphin’
- RIDDLE ME REE
- A Summer Cruise to Ireland
- MacSwallows and Amazons
- Building a Real Old Fashioned Wooden Boat
- From Rickmansworth and Back
- HSC SUMMER CRUISE
- Restraint and the Art of Dinghy Maintenance
Bulletin 159 (1998) — 14 articles
- MEMBERSHIP TRENDS (Extract from minutes of AGM held on 21 February 1998) Reported at AGM
- RAID FLUVIAL DO DOURO (The Douro River Raid)
- EAST COAST RALLY REPORT
- SOUTH-WEST RALLY REPORT
- SOUTH COAST RALLY REPORTS
- NORTH-WEST RALLY REPORT
- The Swale Long Ago
- Trawled from the Net
- Easter Exe Rally
- A Dream Cruise
- The Call of Nature
- 'It's an Ill Wind'
- The End of Mystery
- Rollers and Buckets
Bulletin 160 (1998) — 14 articles
- Capsize and Buoyancy
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, Regarding Boat Rollers, mentioned in Peter Bick's piece - last Bulletin - I have a suggestion that might help.
- EAST COAST RALLY REPORTS Deben Beaches 29th - 31st May
- SOUTH COAST RALLY REPORTS
- NORTH-WEST RALLY REPORTS Windermere 18th - 19th April
- SOUTH-WEST RALLY Rachel on rollers at River Yealm, also Ness Yawl Lowly Worm and two Tideways — May photo by John Kuyser
- Magic Carpet to Maldon
- Chez Baggywrinkle
- SMALL BOAT GUIDE TO THE TYNE
- All the President’s Gizmos
- Surviving Capsize and Swamping
- Weighing Your Boat
- More On Nature…
Bulletin 161 (1998) — 26 articles
- Membership Secretary’s Note
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, All credit to Len Wingfield for again bringing capsize and swamping to our attention.
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- Letter to the Editor from Bob Lomas Dear Joan,
- Letter to the Editor from Len Wingfield Dear Joan,
- The National Coastwatch Institution
- EAST COAST RALLY REPORTS Medway Estuary August 15th - 16th
- SOUTHWEST RALLY REPORTS Lundy Island May 2nd - 4th
- SOUTH COAST RALLY REPORTS Hurst Point July 18th - 19th
- NORTH-WEST RALLY REPORTS Kirkcudbright August 29th - 30th
- BOOK REVIEWS
- BOOK REVIEW: ‘Sailing Just For Fun’ by A C Stock.....Charles to his friends
- Maritime Life and Traditions
- REFINED REEFING
- NORTHUMBRIA TO FIFE CRUISE
- THE NORTHUMBRIAN COAST TO THE FIRTHS OF FORTH AND TAY
- A South Coast Cruise
- Dual Use Fenders
- Mirror Techniques
- Pages from an Ionian Diary
- MADOG
- Cruising the Cruz — Aurora
- Three Legged Cruise
- L’Île de Houat
- Rules of Thumb
- Iona Goes to Sunart
Bulletin 162 (1999) — 10 articles
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Roger Barnes Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Peter Bick (Technical Advisor — DCA) Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Andrew Gillies Dear Joan
- The Topper Cruz
- Iona Goes to Sunart - Part II
- The Paper Canoe
- Goosander’s Cruise 1998
- ANCHORING ALONGSHORE
- Attending Pitts Deep
- The Yachting World Dayboat
Bulletin 163 (1999) — 10 articles
- SOUTH COAST WINTER MEET 7th February at The Crown, Emsworth
- DCA PILOTS It is hoped that these will be the first of a series; please send your contributions. Editor
- Ardfern Pilot on Loch Craignish in Argyll
- Trailer Topics
- EPIRBs Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacons
- A February Fix
- Capsize
- Rigging for Seaworthiness
- COASTWATCH
- Various Pictures * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Bulletin 164 (1999) — 14 articles
- EAST COAST RALLY REPORTS The Deben — 1st to 3rd May
- NORTH-WEST RALLY REPORTS Coniston — 24th to 25th April Attending:
- SOUTH COAST RALLY REPORTS
- South West Rally 1999 - Padstow - 19th. to 20th. June
- LAUNCHING A DINGHY ON SKYE
- Farne Islands Pilot
- Capsizing and Inversion
- Gunter Rig Modified
- Design Review
- The Skipper 12
- MAPS FOR NAVIGATION
- The Traditional Boat Festival at Portsoy
- My Elizabethan 23
- Putting The Bute In
Bulletin 165 (1999) — 27 articles
- EDITORIAL
- The Northeast’s First Rally: - 26th - 29th May 2000 Holy Island and the Farnes
- WINTER MEETINGS Northwest Elton Sailing Club, Elton Reservoir, Elton, Bury, Lancs. — Saturday 5th February 2000
- National Events 2000 (Compiled by Peter Small - more to come next issue) January
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, I was interested in reading the article on Gunter Rig Modified by E F Knight in your latest issue No 164 ( HYPERLINK "164-24.doc" 164-24).
- Letter To The Editor Dear Joan,
- A New Launching Sites Guide
- BOATS ‘99
- RALLY REPORTS EAST COAST Paglesham 21st - 22nd August
- Getting to Know ‘Tessa’
- East Coast Cruise
- Coping - in a Mirror
- Inner Sound and Loch Torridon Anchorages
- A Plockton Launching Site
- Rachel in the Scillies — July 1999
- Silent Running
- Lundy Island
- ‘Lowly Worm’ in Southwest Cornwall
- Bembridge — Isle of Wight
- My Check List
- Big sky — Industrial Sculpture — Small Boat
- Running Under Bare Poles
- Avoiding Capsize
- Sail the Savage Solway
- Two Out-of-Season Day Cruises
- Capsizing Curlew
Bulletin 166 (2000) — 33 articles
- EDITORIAL
- John Deacon DCA President 1964 - 1974 Died January 2000
- South Coast Winter Meeting
- North-West Rally Report
- A Report by the East Coast Regional Secretary
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, CAPSIZING
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, CAPSIZING
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, CAPSIZING
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, CAPSIZING
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, SAFETY AND CAPSIZE
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, LAUNCHING SITES AND CAPSIZING
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, LAUNCHING SITES
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, THE BULLETIN
- Capsize on the Crouch
- The Capsize Issue
- Stand By to Capsize
- Capsizing Lowly Worm
- A First (and hopefully last) Capsize
- Testing Boat Stability and Capsize Righting
- Cruise on the East Coast 'Escalators'
- DINGHY CYBER-CRUISING
- The Skipper 14
- Sailing with a Sprit
- The Young Gaffer
- Potter Ponderings
- The Delights of 'Rebell'
- SABINE VISITS THE ORKNEYS
- WHY WE BOUGHT A TRIO
- Travels with The Genie, a Sunspot 15
- Sailing Today
- Jacana in Western Sweden
- Untitled
Bulletin 167 (2000) — 18 articles
- DINGHY CRUISING ASSOCIATION MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Saturday 22nd January 2000 at 2pm at Calshot Activities Centre, Southampton Water
- Firth of Forth Dinghy Cruising Pilot
- New DCA & UKWA Launch Site Guide 2000 A new combined DCA (Dinghy Cruising Association) & UKWA (United Kingdom Wayfarer Association) launch site guide is now available. This is a compilation of two previously
- South Coast Rally Reports
- North-east Rally Report
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, LUNDY ISLAND
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, CORNISH CORMORANT
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- Letter to the Editor from Ken Dickinson Dear Joan,
- Letter to the Editor from David Hall Dear Joan,
- The New Craze
- RESTORING WOODEN BOATS
- LAUNCHING AT ST ANTHONY
- Self Rescue
- Self Rescue II
- Two Recovery Aids
- Sea Check and GMDSS
- The San Francisco Pelican
Bulletin 168 (2000) — 24 articles
- SOLENT PROTECTION SOCIETY
- Commercial Advert
- EAST COAST RALLY REPORTS Norfolk Broads (combined BTRSC & Dinghy Cruising Association) — 6th May Paul, Alison, Martin & Aaron Constantine Chestnut
- SOUTH COAST RALLY REPORTS Newtown, Isle of Wight 13th-14th May
- NORTHWEST RALLY REPORTS Windermere 15th-16th April Attending:
- SOUTHWEST/NORTHWEST RALLY REPORT St Just in Roseland, Cornwall — Summer Meet of Northwest Group 16th-24th June Base camp at the always excellent Tretham Mill Touring holiday site. It achieves the impossible and gets even better each year.
- Brest Traditional Boat Festival
- The Great Glen Raid
- Boats on Show, Beale Park — May 2000
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Bill Sweet Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Alan Glanville Dear Joan,
- Letter to the Editor from Len Wingfield Dear Joan
- Book Reviews
- Speed is an Asset in a Cruiser
- Reading in Bed
- The Cormorant Catboat
- Lighting-up Time
- Arisaig to Loch Boisdale (S.Uist)
- A Day Alone — on the Crouch
- Removable Pram Hood
- AN ALICE
- Some Simple Ideas
- More on Those Pelicans
- More Adventures up North in the Haar!
Bulletin 169 (2000) — 27 articles
- EDITORIAL
- COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, ARNSIDE
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan HOLY ISLAND
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, SMALL GROUP CONTACT FOR OFF-SEASON SAILING
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, LEAD BALLAST IN DINGHIES
- Commercial Advertisement SAILCLOTH — Point North of Porthdafarch, Holyhead, Anglesey LL6 2LP has a good selection of sailcIoth. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
- EAST COAST RALLY REPORT Rivers Blackwater and Colne 26th — 29th August Attending:
- SOUTHWEST RALLY REPORT Plymouth 16th — 17th September
- NORTHWEST REGION RALLY REPORT Derwentwater 5th — 6th August
- NORTHEAST REGION RALLY REPORT Holy Island and the Farne Islands 26-29 May Bill Steeds & grandson no boat
- Righting Practice - Alton Water Leisure Centre - 22/7/2000 Attending: Anne and Denis Kell Wayfarer MkI (wooden) Emma
- Solent Protection Society Extracts from the minutes of the AGM sent in by John Baden 8. AUTUMN NEWS 1999
- More Travels with the Genie
- Our Blackwater Rally in Red Lady
- Potter Pondering
- LAUNCHING AT FELL FOOT
- An Anchor Locker for a Dinghy
- Strong Winds At Hurst
- The Mugpancan
- A Belated Inaugural Cruise
- One More Time — or how to sail the dinghy ashore after a capsize
- The Finest Open-boat Cruise Log Ever?
- Camping in the Cruz by George Saffrey development through experience As my contribution towards stowage plans and lists here are some annotated diagrams of my camping arrangements.
- Between High and Low Tides — six days cruising in Pembroke
- Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow — or is small beautiful?
- A Cruising Paradise — in Jacana Rantzausminde, South Fyn, Denmark
Bulletin 170 (2001) — 22 articles
- FORTHCOMING RALLIES Any members and crews attending rallies do so at their own risk: their decision to sail or not is entirely their own concern. Area Secretaries; to whom any queries may be addressed:
- BOATS 2001 — 10th to 13th May
- South Coast Rally Reports Wootton Creek, Isle of Wight — 5/6 August 2000
- South-West Rally Report The Spring DCA Rally at Exmouth 15 April 2000
- Letter to the Editor from Ed Wingfield Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, WHAT IS DINGHY CRUISING?
- Letter to the Editor from David Chatterley Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, MORE ON CAPSIZING
- A Mostly Motoring Cruise on the Medway
- The Maritime Museum of the International Sailing Craft Association
- DIY OUTBOARD COURSE
- The Question of Ballast
- The Right Place at the Wrong Time
- The Grace Darling Rescue
- First Crossing
- “Down the River and Turn Right”
- Third Time Lucky — in a Sunspot 15
- GOING FORTH AGAIN
- The Immersion Casualty
- Cruising with the Hosteller’s Sailing Club
- Sabine visits Scotland via the North Channel
- Worth Looking At — The Laser Stratos
Bulletin 171 (2001) — 18 articles
- The Naylor Noggin
- DCA LIBRARY
- MINUTES of the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Saturday 3rd March 2001, at 2pm at Rutland Sailing Club, Rutland Water 1. APOLOGIES
- FORTHCOMING RALLIES Any members and crews attending rallies do so at their own risk: their decision to sail or not is entirely their own concern. Area Secretaries; to whom any queries may be addressed:
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, IMMERSION SUITS
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- East Coast Rally Reports Iken Rally — 8 July 2000 Lutine Wayfarer Peter Small and Mark Wakefield
- INTERLUDE IN A DINGHY
- Fuelling a Crisis
- The Realisation
- Some Recipes for Sailing
- BOOK REVIEWS Shadow in the Sands by Sam Llewellyn
- BOOK REVIEW Sailing to the Edge of Fear by Frank Dye Adlard Coles Nautical
- BOOK REVIEW Chichester Harbour - A History by John Reger. Phillimore & Co Ltd of Chichester (£13.95)
- Amble (Warkworth) Pilot
- Capsizing and Inversion
Bulletin 172 (2001) — 14 articles
- EDITORIAL
- FORTHCOMING RALLIES Any members and crews attending rallies do so at their own risk: their decision to sail or not is entirely their own concern. Area Secretaries; to whom any queries may be addressed:
- EAST COAST RALLY REPORTS Walton 5th - 6th May
- SOUTH COAST RALLY REPORTS Newtown Harbour 1st - 17th June
- NORTHWEST RALLY REPORT Bala — 29th June - 2nd July The rally was attended by three DCA boats :-
- NORTHEAST RALLY REPORT Holy Island Rally 26th - 28th May Liz Baker Cormorant Tessa
- SOUTHWEST RALLY REPORT St Just in Roseland 15th-23rd June — The Keith Jones Memorial Meet Joan Abrams
- Book Reviews
- The Lindisfarne Loop
- Amble to Howick Haven
- Orkney’s Northern Isles
- The Morbihan Week 2001
- Untitled
- This article appears in the American magazine Messing About in Boats A Seven Day Cruise In Summer Long Ago
Bulletin 173 (2001) — 20 articles
- Allan Earl, DCA Member No 1, Traditionalist and a Radical
- Letter to the Editor from John Hughes Dear Joan,
- EAST COAST RALLY REPORT Walton Backwaters July 15-16
- SOUTH COAST RALLY REPORTS Snowhill Creek April 28-29
- NORTH-WEST SECTION RALLY REPORTS Coniston May 19-20 Meet cancelled due to foot and mouth disease
- SOUTHWEST RALLY REPORT The International Festival of the Sea at Portsmouth — August 24-27
- We all have to start somewhere...
- Friday 17th August 2001
- Sailing on the Rade de Brest
- Solent Protection Society
- The Saga of a Skiff
- Keep Well Clear of Chain Ferries!
- “Oh well! At least you had Sooty!”
- Making Maps for Your Article
- Thoughts on Junk Rig
- Exploring the South Coast of Mull to Iona
- My First Sail
- Two Archipelagos — Two OAPs
- Photographs for the Bulletin
- The following sets of accounts have not been audited Dinghy Cruising Association — Income and Expenditure Account Six months to 30th September 2000
Bulletin 174 (2002) — 20 articles
- EDITORIAL
- Future Rallies North East Holy Island and the Farnes June 1-3
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Hello Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, I am now a relatively inactive member of the DCA, but still read the magazine with interest.
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- Northumbrian Coasting in a Dockrell 17
- Untitled
- Sailing Back to England
- Recommended Reading
- Joy
- Building “Ebri”
- Now hear this! Or maybe not
- Lifeboat News
- The Bloody Boat: A true tale His wife cared not to go afloat,
- Getting Knotted
- DCA North West Group Sailing Programme 2002 Date Location Co-ordinator March 2 Annual Meeting Windermere Roger Barnes
Bulletin 175 (2002) — 25 articles
- Editorial Joan Abrams
- Peter Bick ~ 4th February 1932 - 15th March 2002
- John Gray
- Boats On Show, 2002
- Dinghy Sailing Magazine
- Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Dinghy Cruising Association held at the Lakeside YMCA National Centre, Cumbria Saturday 2 March 2002 at 2:30pm 1. Apologies
- Auditor's report on the DCA accounts - printed in Bulletin No 173 on pp 48 and 49.
- Future Rallies North-East Cruise Firth of Forth 8-18 August 2002
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, A few thoughts further to my comments in the Derwentwater Rally report in this issue may be of interest to members.
- Finland Raid
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, Personal Rescue Beacons
- NORTH-WEST SECTION RALLY REPORTS Coniston — 5th/7th April 2002 Crews: Colin Bell Mirror Gadabout
- Bulletin Cover Options
- Long Distance Cruising in a Wayfarer
- There are storms ...................
- Malcolm’s Dragons
- Hebridean Cruise
- Brian Earl's Epic Cruise
- Five Counties by Sea
- The End of A Fond Affair
- The Dee for a Lark
- Peregrine Buoyancy Test
- The RYA Adult Sailing Scheme
- Getting Knotted
Bulletin 176 (2002) — 22 articles
- Editorial Joan Abrams
- Future Rallies North-East Firth of Forth Dinghy Cruising Pilot
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Mast Failure on Cornish Cormorant ‘Tessa’.
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, Cruz in Company
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Mrs Abrams, Mobile telephones
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Ms Abrams,
- NORTH-WEST RALLY REPORTS St Just in Roseland Holiday Meet (Keith Jones Memorial Meet) — June 14-22, 2002
- EC - Deben Meeting. May 4, 2002
- South Coast Rally Reports Fowley Island — 27/28 April
- New - South Coast Newsletter!
- Poole Harbour - Easter 2002
- Dinghy Cruising Exhibit at the National Maritime Museum
- Free As The Wind
- The Search for Johnny-All-Alone Creek
- Sandbanks, Parties and Chart Updates
- The Adventures of Cap'n Declan, aged 5 ¾
- Short sail to Alnmouth
- Capsize
- Fingers and Chains
- June day on the Estuary
Bulletin 177 (2002) — 18 articles
- Editorial Joan Abrams
- Annual General Meeting Saturday 1 March 2003 at Calshot Activities Centre near Fawley,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan, Outboard Motors
- EC - River Blackwater Rally - 31stAugust/1st September
- South Coast Rallies Christchurch — 3/4 August
- North-West Section Rally Reports Menai Strait — August Bank Holiday 2002
- South-West Rally Reports Falmouth — 15th-16th June
- Shaking Down
- The Quaint Boat
- Family Day-Sailing in Argyll
- Exploring the Walton Backwaters
- Some Thoughts on Oars
- Going Commercial
- Anglesey Capers
- Noise, Power and Little Rubber Rings on Strings
- Fast Food Afloat
- Book Reviews Beachcruising and Coastal Camping by Ida Little and Michael Walsh
Bulletin 178 (2003) — 18 articles
- Editorial Joan Abrams
- Future Meetings/Rallies North East HOLY ISLAND & THE FARNES May 23rd-26th
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- South Coast Rally Dinghy Cruising Film
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- Dinghy Cruising Association – Income and Expenditure Account Year to 30th September 2002 Income 12 months 12 months
- Advice on Outboards
- The Difference Between 2 Stroke and 4 Stroke
- Personal Mobile Radios
- Building a 17ft Cat
- Building a Hollow Mast
- Holy Island Day Sail
- My First Season with Jenny Wren
- Cruising Victoria's Waterways in a 14' RNSA Dinghy
- Top Ten
- A Controversial Boat
- Who's for Tri-ing?
- Fire on Board
Bulletin 179 (2003) — 21 articles
- EDITORIAL Joan Abrams
- Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Dinghy Cruising Association held at Calshot Activities Centre, Southampton Water Saturday 1st March 2003 at 2:00pm 1 The Minutes of the 2002 AGM
- Rally Programme South Coast Rallies - 2003
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Mrs Abrams,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Joan,
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Ms Abrams,
- The Mirror Dinghy As A Cruiser
- Life in West Wight Potter Water Mouse
- Outriggers for Dinghies
- A Cruise in Port Albert-Corner Inlet
- Book Reviews Dinghy Cruising (2nd Edition) by Margaret Dye Adlard Coles Nautical 2001
- A Cruise to South Brittany
- Last Tack at the Needles
- Cruising In Company With the Hostellers Sailing Club
- Langstone Harbour Development and Trust Ports - re-printed from Solent Protection Society News
- DCA 50th. Anniversary
- Memories of a Graduate
Bulletin 180 (2003) — 16 articles
- Letter to the Editor from Jason Friend Jason provided the above picture of himself and the boat he made with four other apprentices
- Letter to the Editor from Terry Hughes Dear Joan
- North-West Rally Reports Coniston 12-13 April Tim Bowden Topper Kathryn
- North-East Rally Report Holy Island 2003 Bill Jones & Rachel Ryan Cruz Arion
- South Coast Rally Reports Snowhill Creek 12/13 April 2003
- East Coast Rally Report Deben River Cruise 10-11 May 2003
- Jady Lane in Denmark
- Singing in the rain
- Experiences with the Drascombe Dabber
- Moreton at last!
- Advice on the entrance to Poole Harbour
- A Cautionary Tale
- From your public library
- What about two old fools?
- On Catamarans
- Des Sleightholme
Bulletin 181 (2003) — 11 articles
- Northwest Section Rally Reports Keith Jones Memorial Meet: St. Just in Roseland, Cornwall 27 June - 4 July 2003 Brian McClellan
- Southwest Area Rally Report Plymouth 16 August
- From your public library
- Where no ships ever approach unless driven by tempests
- The Loch Broom Post Boat Mystery
- PARADOX “A statement that seems self contradictory” : Collins Concise Dictionary
- The Sunspot 15
- Book Reviews
- The Otter Dinghy
- Pilotage
- A Dream Come True?
Bulletin 182 (2004) — 8 articles
Bulletin 183 (2004) — 7 articles
Bulletin 184 (2004) — 12 articles
- The Sail of My Life
- The Ultimate Cruising Dinghy?
- Attention Span and Fatigue When Sailing
- Up the Outside to Harwich
- Farewell Sweet Sixteen
- The Davey Hook
- Further Thoughts on the Davey Hook
- Alas Smith and Jones
- A Southerner Goes North
- A Day on Kielder Water
- The Ness Yawl
- Rachel's Circumnavigation of Anglesey
Bulletin 185 (2005) — 12 articles
- Boat Reflections
- Tacking, Capsizing and Other Matters
- Man Overboard Procedures and the Dinghy Sailor
- Across the North Sea
- Sun, Sea and Cicadas
- That's an Odd Sort of Craft!
- Boat Reflections
- The Poet of the Sea
- A Single-Handed Cruise in the North Sea
- Living With Geese
- Plastic Rowlock Strength Data
- The Summer Isles
Bulletin 186 (2005) — 12 articles
- Tacking, Capsizing and Recovery in Rough Weather
- Flying Dutchman as a Potential Cruising Dinghy?
- Hobie 15 – The Cruising Catamaran
- Two Can: An Example of DIY Design
- Saga of a Rebell
- Dinghies to Live Aboard
- BSRs and Me
- Winning Answers to Len Wingfield's Quiz
- A Present For Your Next Birthday?
- La Manche
- Sea Marks 1
- In Our Wake
Bulletin 187 (2005) — 14 articles
- Chichester Harbour
- Fat Foils with Parabolic Noses
- Lament for The Seagull
- Weight Watching
- Doctor! Doctor!
- Another Fine Mess...
- Drowning and Hypothermia - a 'Near-Death Experience'
- A Cautionary Tale
- 5 Bob goes to The Gulf!
- Backwards through France
- Amble to Edinburgh - Part 2: Aberlady to Cramond
- Topper Cruz Tiller Modification
- Sea Marks 2
- In Our Wake
Bulletin 188 (2005) — 17 articles
- Foiled Again
- A Tale of Two Trailers
- From the Tyne to Holy Island
- Global Warming?
- A New Mast for Mollie
- Little Brittany
- How Not To Make Ballast
- Trial by Lightning
- Mukti's Environmental Adventures
- To Fell Foot, A Bridge and A Capsize
- Worlds Apart
- Caribee
- Mods & Repairs to a Mirror Dinghy
- Some Lesser-Known Boats
- Salty Heaven
- Sea Marks 3
- In Our Wake