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Ocean Walker opens new academy
Monday, 21 June 2021A new purpose built swimming and wellbeing centre, with a seven acre lake, four islands and three acres of elevated landscaped garden, has opened on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds.
Fantastic finish to The Ocean Race Europe
Saturday, 19 June 2021Class leaders Offshore Team Germany (GER) and Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team (POR) have been confirmed as the respective IMOCA and VO65 winners in the inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Europe, after an exciting final day of coastal racing in Gen...
COWES WEEK TO HOST UK SONAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Friday, 18 June 2021The biggest fleet of Sonar one designs for more than a decade will gather at Cowes Week 2021 for the UK Sonar National Championship which is being run as part of the Regatta.
British Boat Club opens Portland base
Friday, 18 June 2021The members-only boat club, the British Boat Club, is officially opening its new Portland base at an Open Day on 25 June.
University Sailing Sustainability Challenge returns
Friday, 18 June 2021The Green Blue’s University Sailing Sustainability Challenge returns for its sixth year.
Scottish Traditional Boat Festival goes digital
Friday, 18 June 2021Celtic rock band Skerryvore, Aberdeen FC legend Eoin Jess and the cast and crew of Peaky Blinders are among the high-profile names getting behind Ahoy Portsoy, the online version of the Scottish Traditional Boat Festival which goes live later this...
Swim the Big Blue 2
Friday, 18 June 2021 Swim the Big Blue 2 is a true world-first, 3,000km Atlantic swim from Africa to Brazil, which launches from Dakar in October 2022 with Sir Ranulph Fiennes as the expedition patron. This attempt follows the 2016 expedition in which Ben Hooper became...Bilgeaway wins Water Pollution Award
Friday, 18 June 2021Bilgeaway has won the British Safety Industry Federation’s Water Pollution Award for its environmentally-friendly bilge discharge filter.
Oil tanker rescues 81-year-old sailor from stricken yacht
Friday, 18 June 2021The crew of a local AMVER (automated mutual-assistance vessel rescue) vessel helped rescue an 81-year-old sailor from his disabled 36ft sailing vessel approximately 400 miles south east of Long Island, New York.
US recreational marine spending hit $49.4 billion record high
Friday, 18 June 2021According to the National Marine Manufacturing Association’s (NMMA) 2020 U.S Recreational Boating Statistical Abstract, total recreational marine expenditures reached a high of $49.4 billion in 2020.
Charity seeks wounded veterans for new sailing adventure
Friday, 18 June 2021Turn to Starboard has launched a campaign to find a team of wounded veterans for a 2,000-mile sailing expedition from Land’s End to John O’ Groats – and back.
Typhoon shelter provides 600 new berths in Hong Kong
Friday, 18 June 2021Up to 600 new fore-and-aft mooring spaces are now available at the new Delta Marina in Hong Kong’s Hei Ling Chau typhoon shelter.
New appointment and record sales at Vetus UK
Friday, 18 June 2021Boat systems supplier, Vetus, has appointed veteran employee Ray Browning as branch manager for its UK office.
320,000 rescues by RNLI Lifeguards since 2001 launch
Friday, 18 June 20212021 marks the 20th anniversary of the RNLI’s lifeguard service to coastal communities and their visitors around the UK and Ireland.
BMT secures multi-vessel design order for UK MOD Police
Friday, 18 June 2021BMT has announced its partnership with Marine Specialised Technology (MST) to provide the UK Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) with 18 state-of-the-art, high performance patrol vessels for operation across the UK.
Offshore Team Germany claim leg three IMOCA class victory in Genova
Thursday, 17 June 2021Offshore Team Germany – the non-foiling IMOCA 60 skippered by German Olympian Robert Stanjek – has pulled off a spectacular victory in the third and final offshore leg of The Ocean Race Europe.
Haven Knox-Johnston’s new colours are even greener than before
Thursday, 17 June 2021Haven Knox-Johnston is making a pledge to reduce its environmental impact and improve sustainability across all business activities.
Thousands of loved ones to be remembered on new RNLI lifeboat
Thursday, 17 June 2021A new Shannon class lifeboat will proudly carry the names of thousands of loved ones when it launches on service at Wells-next-the-Sea next year, thanks to the latest fundraising campaign from the RNLI.
Winning gambit in final hours sees Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team clinch leg three victory
Thursday, 17 June 2021The third and final offshore leg of The Ocean Race Europe came to an exciting conclusion in the early hours of Thursday morning in Genova, when the Portuguese entry Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team pulled off a come-from-behind victory in the VO65 c...
B&G partners with Oyster Yachts
Thursday, 17 June 2021In a new partnership announced this week, leading sailing navigation and instrument specialist B&G will be the preferred electronics supplier across Oyster Yacht’s fleet of 50ft to 120ft sailing boats, with the rollout commencing on the...
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