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Maritime technology company ZeroNorth announced yesterday that it has acquired the Copenhagen-based digital vessel performance company Propulsion Dynamics Inc.

The Great Britain Sail Grand Prix takes place in the stunning natural amphitheatre of the Plymouth Sound this weekend, with the British team looking to put on a strong performance for their home crowd.

Spectra Watermakers, producers of energy-efficient desalination systems, has announced the launch of a new line of controllers for its Ventura 150, Ventura 200 and Catalina 340 remote manual watermakers.

The search has begun for this season’s most inspirational young boaters with nominations now open for the RYA Musto Youth Awards, celebrating the achievement of young people in sailing, windsurfing and powerboating.

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Jotun UK & Ireland are working alongside Imperial War Museums supporting vital conservation work on HMS Belfast, one of the largest and most powerful cruiser in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, and now a floating museum on the Thame...

SailGP has announced the third installment of its Adopt-a-Club program in Plymouth, initiating partnerships with sailing clubs and local organizations including Plymouth Youth Sailing, Mount Batten Centre, Horizons (Plymouth), as part of the globa...

A star of the TV show Jackass has been bitten by a shark when a wakeboarding stunt went wrong.

Silicon Valley startup Navier has recruited Oracle Team USA’s principal design engineer for the 35th America’s Cup, Paul Bieker, as lead naval architect for its first all-electric hydrofoil performance craft, the Navier 27.

Ocean Independence has unveiled its 72m superyacht concept Vast 72. 

Florida-based Gillen Yacht Services has been announced as one of the first dealers in the USA to sell and install Smartgyro gyroscopic stabilisers.

The search has begun for this season’s most inspirational young boaters with nominations now open for the RYA Musto Youth Awards, which celebrate the achievement of young people in sailing, windsurfing and powerboating.

Universal Yachting, Dufour Yacht’s South Coast dealer, will be exhibiting five models at Southampton Boat Show 2021 – the Dufour 360, 390, 430,470 and the 56 performance cruising monohull yachts. Launched in early 2021, the Dufou...

Atlantic Towing has announced it is integrating Vard Electro’s hybrid battery technology on its platform supply vessel, Atlantic Shrike. It is the first company to implement this multiple mode application of battery technologies on a single...

Last week Boatshed Grenada sold this 2002 Beneteau 505.

By beating conventional electric boats that pack ten times more power, the ultra-efficient C-7 shows why future boats will be foiling.

Despite the Bembridge Gig Fest being cancelled when Coronavirus restrictions were extended, the event weekend of 10 – 11 July saw rowers from four mainland clubs and the Island’s own Yarmouth Gig Rowing Club gathering informally in Bem...

Universal Yachting, Dufour Yacht’s South Coast dealer, will be exhibiting five models at Southampton Boat Show: the Dufour 360, 390, 430, 470 and the 56 performance cruising monohull yachts.

Yarmouth’s Severn class all-weather lifeboat (ALB), Eric and Susan Hiscock (Wanderer), launched yesterday to assist a 40ft sailing vessel with electrical failure and a potential engine fire following a lightning strike.

Plymouth Sound, the home of UK’s first National Marine Park, has been awarded £9.5 million from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to make its vision of a park in the sea a reality.