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Based in Haslar Marina in Gosport, the new Andrew Simpson Yachting training centre of excellence offers a wide range of RYA-approved shore-based and practical courses.

Motor yacht builder Fairline Yachts is being acquired for an undisclosed sum by Hanover Investors, as the company seeks to capitalise on the buoyant global market, it has been announced.

Failine Yachts, which recently appointed a new UK dealer, is being acquired by Hanover Investors.

The Gosport Marine Festival will return on Saturday 4 September 2021, offering people lots of ways to get out and enjoy the water.

RS Electric Boats will present their latest generation of electric RIB, the Pulse 63, for the first time at The Green Tech Boat Show 2021 hosted by MDL Marinas at Queen Anne’s Battery, Plymouth, 19 – 20 June. 

Offering the people of Gosport a multitude of opportunities to get out on the water, the Gosport Marine Festival will return on 4 September 2021.

First, take a trip back to 2009 and a milestone for Broadblue Catamarans. The first electric drive model from UK production catamaran builder Broadblue was the Broadblue 345. This innovative 10.2m catamaran employed the Fischer Panda drive system ...

Holidays abroad may be a bit hit and miss at the moment, but if you take a staycation with MDL Marinas at one of its ‘Green List’ holiday destinations you will be on to a winner.

The E1 Series and Kreisel Electric are joining forces to bring the world’s first electric powerboat championship to the water. Kreisel Electric will supply the battery for each electric RaceBird powerboat competing in the E1 Series, set to ...

Holidays abroad may be a bit hit and miss at the moment, but MDL Marinas says that if you take a staycation at one of its ‘Green List’ holiday destinations you’ll be on to a winner.

The Auckland On Water Boat Show will return in October 2021 and will have a new home at the America’s Cup developments on Wynyard Point.

The Magonis Wave e-550 is the first model from the Italo-Spanish shipyard Magonis, and made its world debut last month, at the Venice Boat Show 2021.

Andrew Simpson Yachting is a new Training Centre of excellence based in Haslar Marina in Gosport, on the Solent.

Surveyors from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency are to carry out unannounced inspections of fishing vessels across the UK. The inspections are being carried out as part of ongoing work around fishing vessel safety in an industry recognised to b...

A lobster diver was swallowed by a humpback whale in Cape Cod, US, and spat back out.

A replica of Noah’s Ark has been moored in Ipswich for more than a year and a half after being deemed unworthy for the sea.

Seawork has announced its next ‘in-person’ event will be June 21-23 2022. Organiser, Mercator, says the decision has been taken given the international audience that Seawork attracts every year.

TPA Pontoons’ modular system has been installed at the new Bailey Bridge Marina on the River Stour in Christchurch, Dorset.

The NMMA (National Marine Manufacturers Association) has announced continued momentum of boat sales and boating demand, which it says is propelled by Covid-19. New boat sales, which reached a 13-year high in 2020, remain at elevated levels &ndash...

BMT’s Rembrandt has trialled its first virtually operated simulator-based ship navigation training programme. The company says this ‘digital advance’ will enable maritime operators and trainers to safely plan, train and prepare ...