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Sea the connection: National Marine Week 2024 will map people’s love of UK seas
Monday, 08 July 2024This year’s National Marine Week theme is Sea the Connection, which is celebrating the diverse ways people feel connected with the sea. The Wildlife Trusts are encouraging people to share favourite seaside memories, adventures and places on ...
SUNSEEKER OCEAN 156 TO DEBUT AT SOUTHAMPTON
Monday, 08 July 2024Sunseeker will be showcasing a display of 10 new yachts at the Southampton International Boat Show with anticipation building for the arrival of the all-new Sunseeker Ocean 156.
Harry’s Round Britain eRIB Challenge comes to Falmouth Harbour
Monday, 08 July 2024 Falmouth Harbour is getting e-prepared to welcome the young skipper of an electric RIB as he drives around the coast of Britain to highlight a greener future with the marine industry’s transition to electric propulsion. The not-for-profit Roun...Modification of vessel led to death of two men, and £100K fine
Monday, 08 July 2024A fishing company operating vessels from Brixham has been ordered to pay more than £100,000 after a highly modified vessel capsized, causing the deaths of two people onboard. Joanna C had a major refit in 2019, including the addition of a w...
VIDEO: Ice cream van swept ‘quietly’ out to sea in ‘surreal moment’
Monday, 08 July 2024A Cornish beach witnessed a dramatic rescue mission on Sunday afternoon after an ice cream van was swept out to sea.
Vita and Evoy join forces as electric drives forward
Monday, 08 July 2024Vita and Evoy are set to integrate. Both companies are experiencing increasing demand from operators and boatbuilders and the electric marine market is in a period of growth so they’re saying it makes sense to do this now.
Help with EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on offer with British Marine
Monday, 08 July 2024British Marine says it’s witnessing a surge in enquiries seeking guidance on meeting new border requirements and how UK businesses can provide the relevant data to their EU based customers as the implementation of the European Union’s...
Elan Impression 43 to appear at Haslar Marina
Monday, 08 July 2024Haslar Marina is set to be the location for the Elan Impression 43’s first visit to the UK on 2 and 3 August 2024. Unveiled at boot Dusseldorf in January 2024 it’ll be located at boatpoint’s experience centre for viewing and tri...
Italy’s Wider Yachts launches second catamaran in WiderCat 92 series
Monday, 08 July 2024A second catamaran – WiderCat 92 – has been launched in Fano, Italy by Wider Yachts.
MB92 Barcelona becomes preferred shipyard partner for America’s Cup
Monday, 08 July 2024Superyacht refit and repair facility MB92 Barcelona has been selected by the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Event Authority (ACE) and BWA Yachting as the preferred shipyard partner for superyachts attending the show. This, the company say...
REAL CLUB NAÚTICO BARCELONA AND AMERICA’S CUP EVENT TO HOST PREMIER REGATTA SERIES
Saturday, 06 July 2024Barcelona is set to be alive with the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup, the Louis Vuitton Cup, the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup and the Puig Women’s America’s Cup all taking place from late August through to October 2024.<...
The RNLI helps celebrates the IMRF’s 100th anniversary in the same year that the charity turns 200
Friday, 05 July 2024As the International Maritime Rescue Federation turns 100-years-old, the RNLI helped celebrate the occasion with the two organisations coming together at the RNLI Lifeboat Festival at the RNLI College in Poole, Dorset earlier this year.
...Bluefin reels in Yamaha-powered top prize at Sea Angling Classic 2024
Friday, 05 July 2024Team Bluefin was crowned the winner of the 2024 Sea Angling Classic, held in the picturesque waters of the Solent, claiming the event’s prestigious first prize; an Extreme 646 Game King fishing boat fully rigged with a powerful Yamaha 150hp ...
Exclusive: BM’s new president sets out his hopes for the new government . . . that it’s boring
Friday, 05 July 2024Labour has swept to office today with what’s being described as a ‘historic landslide’ in the UK’s general election. It could be argued this is a time of political upheaval in the country, but really, in the past nine or s...
Celebrating Women in Marine at the 2024 Southampton International Boat Show
Friday, 05 July 2024The Southampton International Boat Show has announced the return of Women in Marine Day, sponsored by DF Capital, to be held on Thursday, 19 September. This day-long celebration highlights the significant contributions of women in the marine indus...
Highfield EJET330 electric jet tender is now in production.
Friday, 05 July 2024Highfield Boats has announced that its brand new Highfield EJET330 electric jet tender is now in production.
Boat for breakfast? Fibreglass on the menu along UK’s southern coast
Friday, 05 July 2024The marine industry is bracing itself for an outcry as mainstream media outlets, like Sky, pick up the story that MIN reported earlier this week. Specifically, a ‘disturbing level’ of fibreglass has been found in oysters and mussels. ...
boatpoint introduces Elan Impression 43
Friday, 05 July 2024 boatpoint has announced the arrival of the first Elan Impression 43 sailing yacht in the UK, which will be unveiled at a launch event at Haslar Marina on 2 and 3 August. The Elan Impression 43, which was unveiled at boot Dusseldorf in January and &n...Recall of Sun Odyssey 410s, 440s, and 490s due to ‘risk of drowning’
Friday, 05 July 2024For over a year Jeanneau has been working with its dealers to contact clients and recall Sun Odysseys. The recall’s been aimed at reinforcing the gluing of the Sleipner-Sidepower retractable bow thruster modules in the hulls of Sun Odyssey...
Lombard-designed Lift45 being built in Lymington’s new yard
Friday, 05 July 2024SR Structures has been commissioned to build a Lombard-designed Lift45 in its new yard in Lymington, Hampshire.
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