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Image of the ferry (Mont St Michel), with hundreds of veterans onboard, leaving from Portsmouth today (03/06/2019).
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Wightlink has introduced a new early summer break offer, so customers can enjoy £30 off long breaks of five nights or more, and £25 off short stays of two to four nights until 18thJuly. Available exclusively online, it’s perfect ...

What can be more fun for little ones than splashing around in puddles, getting as soaked as can be? Or a day spent afloat – whatever the weather. With Muddy Puddles’ Originals Trousers, which are 100 per cent waterproof, wind...

From March to April 2019 the RYA undertook its biennial membership survey engaging with members, non-members and ex-members to get a better understanding as to what members and people in the boating community know, and feel, about RYA Membership.<...

The 2nd Irish Sailing and Mountaineering Adventure Challenge – The ISAMAC – will start at 6pm on Saturday 1 June 2019 in Kinsale, Ireland.

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Princess Yachts Ltd has announced record financial results, plus new records for yacht sales and employment at its Plymouth headquarters. The results make 2018 the British manufacturer’s most successful year in its 54 year history.

Financi...

Water and dust proof to IP67 ensures these junction boxes from ASAP Supplies are suitable for the marine environment. They come with up to 10 flexible ports with double-membrane seals and up to 12 connector blocks.

£14.21 – £24...

Bainbridge has announced its latest range of woven sailcloth, which maximises the advantages of a double ripstop in an all polyester construction.

HSX-P has been developed to expand the popular Bainbridge HSX range. From the outset the brief to ...

From Simrad Yachting comes the Simrad® Cruise, a chartplotter designed for straightforward navigation featuring a simple, easy-to-use interface, sunlight–viewable display, mounting bracket and sonar transducer.  

 Taking...

My Song, a luxury superyacht owned by an Italian billionaire Pier Luigi Loro Piana was lost into the Mediterranean after slipping from a cargo ship. The 130ft Baltic 130 Custom sailing yacht was being transported between Mallorca and Genoa when th...

The Royal Ocean Racing Club’s 2019 North Sea Race has attracted 79 boats for the 1100 BST start on Friday 31 May. Hosted by the Royal Harwich Yacht Club in their fabulous modern clubhouse, the North Sea Race starts outside Harwich and meande...

Annual coastal fatality figures1 released by the RNLI reveal that, of the 128 people who lost their lives at the UK coast in 2018, 90 per cent were male. Although coastal deaths were higher last year compared to the 2017 figure  of 109, 20...

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Goodwood Festival of Speed is the largest outdoor show in the UK, with over 200,000 attendees. It takes place on the magnificent estate of the Duke of Richmond, north of Chichester.

Goodwood has always been very well known for its motoring, and ...

If you are looking to get your kids away from the screens, into the fresh air and more active outdoors this summer – then look no further and get OnBoard!

A recent landmark report* has revealed that enjoyment is the single biggest influen...

Peter Weide, Director of Marine 16, considers diesel bug fuel treatments – enzymes or biocide. Which one and how do they work?

Gone are the days of filling up your fuel tank and forgetting about it.

The GC32 Villasimius Cup has a worthy winner in Oman Air supported by EFG Private Bank Monaco, but her lead of nine points as the ten flying catamarans returned to Marina di Villasimius this afternoon was no reflection of the competition&rsqu...

British sailor Lorenzo Chiavarini claimed his maiden senior major title finishing top of the European Laser Championships in Porto, Portugal.

Chiavarini was also joined on the podium by two-time world champion, Olympian...