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Dame Ellen MacArthur is calling on Round the Island Race sailors to inspire young people to believe in a brighter future living through and beyond cancer while celebrating the race’s 90th anniversary by racing to raise ‘90 in 90’...

Boat owners can now safely dispose of all their out-of-date flares at one of Ocean Safety’s four branches around the UK, no matter the brand or where the flares were originally purchased.   

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston has entered Cowes Classics Week with his famous ketch Suhaili, in which he was the first to sail singlehanded non-stop around the world in the Golden Globe Race in 1968-69. 

A new, UK-based cruise operator, Ambassador Cruise Line, has launched. It’s being run by a senior management team previously with Cruise & Maritime Voyages.

Tourists may soon be able to sail from Portsmouth to Portugal as, according to the Portsmouth News, Brittany Ferries looks to capitalise on the country’s green light travel status – although Portugal won’t allow visitors from th...

Said to be ‘possibly one of the hottest powerboats of the year’, Ultimate Marine & HCB’s latest creation in the USA is using Shock-WBV P series units for its seating.

The Royal Western Yacht Club says B&G will be its technical partner for the key offshore races in 2021, namely the Plymouth Lonely Rock Race (PLR) and the Wolf Rock Race.

A new range of titanium heat exchangers, which are said to offer a cost effective cooling solution for electric and hybrid marine systems, is being launched by EJ Bowman.

Cowes Harbour Commission has appointed Fiona Fitzherbert-Brockholes to the board as the new commissioner for environment and sustainability. The appointment follows the commission’s successful open recruitment campaign, which this year attr...

Registration is now open for the Balearic Yacht Show, said to be the first hybrid yachting event in the Mediterranean.

Family run business Go-Stock, which provides environmentally friendly product solutions, is now offering ready to use and concentrated versions of its Oleonix Full Spectrum Boat Cleaner.

Giles Scott says he will ‘regroup’ for the upcoming Olympic Games after a “disappointing” ninth-place finish at the Finn world championships.

Pip Hare has renewed her partnership with Medallia for her next Vendée Globe campaign and has bought Bureau Vallee 2, the 2016 generation boat which Louis Burton sailed to third place in last year’s race.

Neil Chapman, founder of Boatshed talked to Nic Parton from Triangle Berth Brokers about the current berthing situation in the UK and Europe.

Skegness RNLI volunteers raced to rescue eight people cut off by tide last weekend (9May21) shortly before high water. Reports had come in of multiple stranded people.

GetMyBoat, the world’s largest boat rental and water experience marketplace, has reported record business growth in 2021. From January through April 2021, GetMyBoat says it achieved 700% year-over-year growth, with the rate accelerating eac...

Princess Cruises says while it continues to work with various government and port authorities to finalise its return to cruising, the company is already cancelling a selection of cruises.

The Ultimate Boat Company says it is racing ahead with its revolutionary sustainable material, Danu, as the recyclable composite material of choice for its mixed double-handed offshore keelboat.

Wooden Boats has created a new WB 10.70m LimoTender which features a movable deckhouse – specifically so it can be comfortably stowed in the garage of a superyacht.

A SpacePort feasibility project, funded by the Geospatial Commission in partnership with Innovate UK, says it has successfully concluded that a geospatial data platform can significantly streamline port operations. This will then improve efficien...