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Our January 2022 BoatBid auction opened this morning for entries. The auction will be held:
Monday 11th January 2022 - 0900hrs (GMT)
until
Sunday 17th January 2022 - 1900hrs (GMT)

Following the RYA’s meeting with HM Treasury and HMRC, the Government has confirmed that from 1 January 2022, legislation was brought in to give certainty to recreational boat owners that they will not be required to pay a second amount of U...

Walcon Marine is now in the final stages of a major project to remove and replace Premier Marina’s Noss on Dart Marina in the west of England. The project began in the winter of 2020/21 and today an all-new, 232-berth facility is all but com...

Yesterday, the owner of a car and trailer who blocked in the RNLI Calshot lifeboat while they went out on the water, later called for help from the same lifeboat station.

Elite pro surfers gathered on the Portuguese coast last week as the 2021 Nazaré Tow Challenge got underway, where pro surfers are tackling some of the biggest waves on the planet.

Tom Slingbsy delivered when it mattered for his Australia SailGP Team. Dominating the final race after an inconsistent weekend of results, the home team claimed victory in the Australia Sail Grand Prix presented by KPMG to secure its place in the ...

OneWater Marine has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in Quality Boats, a move that cements the company’s presence on Florida’s west coast.

Premier’s Noss on Dart is now taking bookings for its dry stack facility which will open in March 2022. The brand new dry stack facility will accommodate boats up to 9m; providing boat owners with a flexible and cost effective alternative to...

The RS Aero Class has announced the production launch of a new rig specifically designed for smaller adults.

Marine insurance specialist Pantaenius UK has appointed Simon Hedley as its head of commercial partnerships. Hedley will join the team in January 2022.

Thames Freeport opened for business last week with estimates that it will draw £4.5 billion of new investment and create 21,000 skilled jobs, as well as ‘turbocharge’ the region’s green credentials.

Inland waterway businesses and boats owners are coming together to help the newly-established Forces Vets Afloat Project restore a boat so it can be used and enjoyed by British veterans.

The Great British SailGP Team are out of the Australian Sail Grand Prix presented by KPMG, after a collision with the Japan SailGP Team in the final race of the opening day.

At the start of the final race of the opening day of the Australian Sail Grand Prix, Sir Ben Ainslie’s British F50 catamaran ploughed into the Japan boat, slicing off its bow. The collision left neither boat able to continue.

Brittany Ferries says France’s new travel restrictions are as “unnecessary as they are unwelcome.”

The number of exhibitors attending boot Düsseldorf remains strong, with the show occupying 13 exhibition halls from 22-30 January 2022.

British performance boatbuilder Ring Powercraft has launched the Vampire – a collaboration with marine leaders including EP Barrus and Simrad to form a rapid deployment transporter on a fully modular RIB platform.

Ferguson Marine has appointed David Tydeman as its new chief executive officer, effective from 1st February 2022. Tydeman’s appointment at the Port Glasgow shipyard will see him return to shipbuilding on the Clyde where he began his career ...

Just over a month after MIN reported that thousands of dead crustaceans had washed up along the North East coast, more than a hundred dead or ill puffins have washed up on shores around the north east coast of Scotland, and the Orkney and Sh...

Robert T. Healey Sr., the co-founder of the Viking Yacht Company who led the fight that repealed the federal luxury tax on yachts in the USA, passed away last week at the age of 92.