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Entries are invited for the RYA Women’s Winter Match Racing Championship as teams get set for the #rockupandrace event at Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy.

A 75-year-old Frenchman attempting to row across the Atlantic ‘to laugh at old age’ is missing, feared dead.

The past two seasons have been challenging for the whole industry. Between shipyards’ production lines being slowed down, raw material crisis across all sectors, and travel restrictions and regulations, every charter professional had to dra...

JST, the Southampton-based sailing charity, is offering ‘Big Weekends’ onboard its flagship, Tenacious.

The 2022 regatta takes place from the 30th April to 2nd May with over 150 yachts in eighteen classes expected to race for the Canford Cup. Dating back to 1849, the cup is one of the most historic trophies in yacht racing and is awarded bi-annuall...

An investigation will take place into why ro-ro vessel Admiral Bay III crashed into several yachts in the port of Bridgetown, Barbados, on January 20.

boot Düsseldorf’s cancellation means that the Blue Innovation Dock has been postponed until January 2023, however, two industry events will still take place online.

Saturday Night Live stars Pete Davidson and Colin Jost have bought a decommissioned ferry boat, according to the New York Post.

A cruise ship that was supposed to dock in Miami, has instead sailed to the Bahamas after a US judge granted an order to seize the vessel as part of a lawsuit over unpaid fuel.

Marine plastics will have outweighed the total mass of fish in the world’s oceans by 2050, and the production of plastic pollution constitutes a planetary emergency, a stark new report concludes. 

Bringing some warmth to the depth of February, on -the-water fans won’t want to miss the 2022 RYA Dinghy & Watersports Show (26 – 27 February) presented by Suzuki, which is heading to Farnborough International for the first time th...

Entries for Cowes Week 2022 opened today, 21 January, with Super Early Bird discounts available until 18 February.

Entries for the International Paint Poole Regatta 2022, taking place from 30 April – 2 May, are now open.  

Noss on Dart Marina’s £75m redevelopment has reached a number of milestones in the last year and this month one of the most significant green infrastructure components was installed.

Premier Marinas has announced that following the culmination of a three year monitoring programme of its marinas, a final audit of its flagship Swanwick Marina, as well as a review of its overall marina group processes, they have been awarded with...

A family dog has been rescued from rising tides, after a four-day search involving coastguards, firefighters, the police and a flying sausage attached to a drone.

The Brodosplit shipyard in Split, Croatia, has reportedly signed a contract to build two large vessels that, together, are worth more than 200 million euros.

A report released by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has concluded that a subsea explosion, resulting in crew injuries and damage to the crab potting vessel Galwad-Y-Mor (BRD 116), 22 nautical miles north of Cromer, Norfolk, on 15...

High-performance synthetic decking manufacturer Flexiteek International has acquired F3 Flexiteek Friesland B.V based in the Netherlands. 

The agreement was signed on 14 January 2022, and the newly acquired company will be known as Fl...

Gulf Craft is developing a new Maldivian facility, dedicated to the manufacturing of vessels for use in the Indian Ocean, which will see its national operations and production capacity double within 16 months.