The DCA Lending LibraryThe first reference to the DCA Library was in 1955 when the Journal mentioned that one Admiralty chart of the Isle of Wight was available for borrowing. Postage was 6d each way, paid by the borrower. For two decades there were no more than 19 books in the library, all but two were pilot books and tidal stream atlases. In the next two decades the library increased, reaching 425 books by 1991, including 92 pilot books. A decade later in 2000, library usage was first quantified. By then the books had reached 600. Borrowing peaked with 300+ items borrowed per year; 6 items per week. About half of these were back copies of the Journal but now that back copies are available on CD, this no longer occurs. |
You can click here to download a DCA Library Catalogue. You will find the books are grouped into the following sections:
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Celebrating the Years of Dinghy Cruising AccountsThe Naylor Noggin is awarded to the best cruise account published in the Journal each year. A folder entitled The Naylor Noggin: A Celebration of the Years of Dinghy Cruising Accounts was put together by Paul Constantine after he won the Noggin himself in 2003. It contains a comprehensive introduction to the DCA, the Award, Brian Naylor's full cruise accounts, and thumbnail sketches of all the other winning cruise accounts up to 2012. Paul's outlines enable you to appreciate the diversity of cruises that DCA members have undertaken and in many cases make you want to read the original winning accounts. This you can do if you have past copies of the Journals or the CD which contains back copies of the Journal from their inception to 2017 or you can also borrow back copies of the Journal from the DCA LIbrary.
You can download a pdf copy of Paul's folder by clicking here... |
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