Dinghy cruising means different things to different people…

the Dinghy Cruising Association welcomes them all…

DCA member no 4, Frank Dye, famously sailed from Scotland to Norway and Iceland in his Wayfarer dinghy - and along the east coast of North America. He described the latter voyage in his book Sailing to the Edge of Fear.

And 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.

Cruising in company at Cobnor

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. 

Read Nowhere Near The Edge of Fear to find out more about dinghy cruising, and read the Origins of the DCA to find out how it all started.