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Italy’s cabinet has declared Venice a national monument and will stop vessels weighing more than 25,000 tonnes from entering from 1 August 2021.

A crew has completed a three-month, 4,000-mile voyage to Antarctica in a resorted 28ft steel hull sailboat using only sail and a Torqeedo all-electric auxiliary propulsion system, which was recharged by solar and wind energy underway.

Icom has launched its IP730D series, a new hybrid radio that can provide nationwide coverage over LTE networks as well as conventional VHF/UHF professional radio mode (IDAS digital/analogue radio modes) in one unit.

Activities in and around this weekend’s Great Britain Sail Grand Prix are ramping up with local youth taking centre stage. Collaborations with the University of Plymouth and City College Plymouth, which is supporting the event, have produce...

Marine Resources has announced a “first-of-its-kind”, marine-based podcast called Inside Marine which is launching today.

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.