SSCA is one of, if not the, oldest, largest and premier cruising associations. It is a non-profit, international organization with nearly 10,000 members, and has been supporting liveaboard cruisers for over fifty years.

The goals of the original founders are still the goals of SSCA today: sharing cruising information, camaraderie, and leaving a clean wake. The key benefits of being an SSCA member are:

• Monthly Commodores’ Bulletin written BY cruisers FOR cruisers.
• Over 150 volunteer Cruising Stations world-wide that offer a variety of information and guidance and can welcome member cruisers when they arrive in an area.
• SSCA’s Concerned Cruisers’ Committee advocates on behalf of cruisers’ rights and has been instrumental in helping to defeat a recent amendment in Florida that would be detrimental to cruisers and has helped extend anchoring laws in Florida and Georgia.
• SSCA’s website has an on-going equipment survey that over 1000 members have contributed to where members can find out what others say about equipment before spending their cruising budget on equipment.
• SSCA’s website has Member Only Special Offers and Discounts offered by vendors and marinas as well as a variety of useful resource links for the cruising boater.
• SSCA’s website offers a member locator feature to assist in finding members wherever they may be.
• SSCA holds Gams; some small and informal, some large multi-day events with world-renown speakers and presentations. Upcoming, Essex, CT June 21-23, Annapolis, MD Sept. 26-28, St. Petersburg, FL Oct 18, Melbourne, FL Nov 14-16
• SSCA offers SSU, an online educational arm offering affordable webinars on a variety of topics taught by experienced professionals.

All this and more for a very reasonable $55 per year per boat.

www.ssca.org