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This is where we publish our boat related stories and articles, which range from world circumnavigation to rescue missions, humour and much, much more. So make yourself a coffee and settle yourself down to a good read.

National visas and Schengen interaction
National visas and Schengen interaction
Wednesday, 26 May 2021 The EU has confirmed to the Cruising Association that days spent in an EU country where you have a visa/residence permit granted by that country do not. count as days spent in the Schengen zone in calculating either the 90 days or the 180 days in the...
RIOT set the Benchmark for Round the Island IRCRecord™
RIOT set the Benchmark for Round the Island IRCRecord™
Wednesday, 26 May 2021

Kai Hockley, Christopher Joel-Fredrick, Jaydon Owusu, Jessye Opoke-Ware, and Tyler Harriott are the young crew of the Greig City Academy Intro22 mini-tonner Riot, who have just had their circumnavigation of the Isle of Wight ratified and are the f...

MDL Marinas to host the new Sea Angling Classic
MDL Marinas to host the new Sea Angling Classic
Tuesday, 25 May 2021

MDL marinas has announced that its Northney Marina will host the all new Sea Angling Classic in 2022.

Dorset sailor, 15, joins forces with creative legends
Dorset sailor, 15, joins forces with creative legends
Tuesday, 25 May 2021

A young sailor from Bournemouth who lives with epilepsy and is recovering from a stroke has been chosen to sit alongside some of the UK’s greatest creative icons, including Sir Quentin Blake, Joanna Lumley OBE and Gerald ...

Fischer Panda UK Powers Ground-Breaking Mayflower Ship for Unmanned Atlantic Crossing in June
Fischer Panda UK Powers Ground-Breaking Mayflower Ship for Unmanned Atlantic Crossing in June
Tuesday, 25 May 2021

Fischer Panda UK’s electric drive system and generators will power the world’s first fully automated vessel, the Mayflower Autonomous Ship, when it sets sail on its historic maiden voyage across the Atlantic this June.

RYA CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCE TO BE REINSTATED IN SPAIN
RYA CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCE TO BE REINSTATED IN SPAIN
Monday, 24 May 2021

The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) has received confirmation that its International Certificates of Competence (ICC) and several of its course completion certificates and other Certificates of Competence remain valid for skippering Spanish flagg...

Carrier Strike Group sets sail on seven-month maiden deployment
Carrier Strike Group sets sail on seven-month maiden deployment
Monday, 24 May 2021

Britain’s new flagship aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, is leading six Royal Navy ships, a Royal Navy submarine, a US Navy destroyer and a frigate from the Netherlands in the largest concentration of maritime and air power to leave the...

Boskalis funded Seabin installed at Hythe Marina Village
Boskalis funded Seabin installed at Hythe Marina Village
Monday, 24 May 2021

A Seabin, funded by dredging specialist Boskalis Westminster, has been installed at MDL’s Hythe Marina Village as part of the marina’s ‘binfrastructure’.

Pip Hare to make Poole Harbour her home once again!
Pip Hare to make Poole Harbour her home once again!
Monday, 24 May 2021

Poole Harbour Commissioners have announced that they have renewed their partnership with British Vendée Globe Sailor Pip Hare.

Top tier international fleet assembles in Lorient for The Ocean Race Europe start
Top tier international fleet assembles in Lorient for The Ocean Race Europe start
Monday, 24 May 2021

International ocean racing teams from around the world are assembling in Lorient, France this week ahead of the start of the inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Europe on 29 May.

RNLI applies for RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden
RNLI applies for RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden
Friday, 21 May 2021

The RNLI will be one of the first two charity beneficiaries of a new scheme, Project Giving Back, established to enable charities and not-for-profit organisations to create a garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

#SailToWellbeing with UK Sail Training
#SailToWellbeing with UK Sail Training
Friday, 21 May 2021

Sail Training organisations around the UK are highlighting how taking part in a Sail Training voyage can boost young people’s mental health.

New Generation Sunbeam Classic to be built at Mylor
New Generation Sunbeam Classic to be built at Mylor
Friday, 21 May 2021

Twenty years after the master shipwrights of Mylor Yacht Harbour built a trio of classic wooden Falmouth Sunbeam yachts, they are now embarking on a new generation challenge: an immaculate Sunbeam finished to the specification of the 1920s origina...

IMOCA Globe Series Championship set to fire up again for four seasons on 29 May
IMOCA Globe Series Championship set to fire up again for four seasons on 29 May
Friday, 21 May 2021

Devised in 2017, the IMOCA Globe Series Championship, which combines the world’s superlative offshore races, enjoyed its first great success with its inaugural cycle from June 2018 to March 2021.

Support for Landsail Tyres J-Cup
Support for Landsail Tyres J-Cup
Friday, 21 May 2021

Now in its 22nd year, the annual J Boats celebration, the Landsail Tyres J-Cup, is an absolute must-do event for J Boats owners. Hosted by the Royal Southern Yacht Club, located on the banks of the Hamble River, the regatta provides three days of ...

The Ocean Race Summit Europe to tackle urgent threats to the seas
The Ocean Race Summit Europe to tackle urgent threats to the seas
Friday, 21 May 2021

The Ocean Race will host a high-level Summit on 16 June to help drive new and improved policies to tackle some of the most urgent issues facing our blue planet.

Olympic Gold medallist joins Great Britain SailGP team
Olympic Gold medallist joins Great Britain SailGP team
Thursday, 20 May 2021

Olympic Gold medallist and three-time Moth World Champion Paul Goodison is joining tthe Great Britain SailGP team for the Italian and Great Britain SailGP events.

New sponsor for YJA Awards 2021
New sponsor for YJA Awards 2021
Wednesday, 19 May 2021

Stoneways Marine steps up for return of YJA Yachtsman of the Year and Young Sailor of the Year Awards.

Ocean superheroes
Ocean superheroes
Tuesday, 18 May 2021

A total of 1,300 native oysters have been returned to waters in the Firth of Clyde, as part of a restoration project to bring back these ‘ocean superheroes’ from the brink of extinction.  

Internationally renowned boat designer revolutionises hydrodynamic hull performance
Internationally renowned boat designer revolutionises hydrodynamic hull performance
Monday, 17 May 2021

The Ultimate Boat Company has launched a new range of high-speed powerboats designed by internationally renowned naval architect, John Moxham.  

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