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Meet Ian Walker, double Olympic medallist, Volvo Ocean Race-winning skipper and new Director of RYA Racing.

A warming wassail will bring some mid-January cheer.

“Love and joy come to you and to you your wassail too,” goes a traditional Yuletide song. It is not a carol but rather the basis for a mediaeval (1600s at least) January ritual for...

Zhik and Ocean Leisure have teamed up, for the second year in a row, to support the new format London Boat Show (10-14 January 2018), where they will be demonstrating the award winning new Isotak X Ocean gear, supporting British talent, and some p...

Making their debut at the London Boat Show next week are more than 75 of the latest, highly-anticipated sail and power boats, innovative watersports craft, plus an array of exciting new marine equipment, gear and services for 2018.

The new-five ...

Icom UK will be launching three new marine radio products on stand LB049 at the revamped London Boat Show to be held between 10 and 14 January.

Highlights of the stand will be the first glimpse in the UK of the IC-M330GE VHF/DSC Marine Transceiv...

The Adventure Park marks the latest interactive addition to the all-new Boating & Watersports Holiday Show set to entertain and wow visitors to the London Boat Show in January.

Dedicated to promoting the world’s fastest growing waters...

Lee Spencer, The Rowing Marine, enjoyed a cup-of-tea and chat with Prince Harry ahead of leaving the UK on the 4 January for final preparations in becoming the world’s first physically disabled person to row solo and unsupported from ma...

Ocean Safety is inviting yacht owners to familiarise themselves with their essential on board safety equipment when the company opens its doors to customers at its Southampton depot on 3 and 4 February.

Ocean Safety Glasgow and Plymouth will run...

UK veterans preparing to board the Invictus Games Sydney 2018 GAME ON (CV10) yacht in Sydney, Australia.

Ocean Signal’s ATA100 Class A AIS Transponder is a combined SOLAS and Inland approved solution capable of exchanging dynamic and static ship data with other AIS systems to aid collision-avoidance and improve safety.

The ATA100 is the only ...

Suzuki GB has announced the addition of three new outboard models to its range in the UK, which are all available to buy now.

LIGHTEST IN CLASS – DF100B

B&G has announced the launch of the new Vulcan family of sailing chartplotters. The B&G Vulcan range brings dedicated sailing features and radar to club racers and cruisers in new 12 and 7” models.

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UK Sport and Sport England have confirmed high levels of full compliance with the ambitious new Code for Sports Governance.

The two sports councils have written to 55 of the 58 national bodies for sport involved in the process so far, to confirm...

RS Aero Christmas Stadium Racing at Lymington Town Sailing Club
16 December 2017
by the Lymington RS Aero fleet

Twenty-two RS Aeros pitched up to a frosty morning at Lymington with several visitors joining the large local fleet. An early s...

HRH The Princess Royal meets members of the Spirit team including CEO Sean McMillan and managing director Nigel Stuart

Unbelievably close action in the Southern Ocean as leg leaders Dongfeng and MAPFRE continue their match race to Melbourne…

Current Leg 3 frontrunners Dongfeng Race Team and MAPFRE have been racing practically neck and neck on Monday as th...

François Gabart has set a new singlehanded round the world record of 42 days, 16 hours, 40 minutes and 35 seconds.

Skippering the 30m MACIF trimaran, Gabart beat the previous time by Thomas Coville on December 25 2016 by six days, 10 hour...

Lowrance got in touch to tell us about the newHOOK2 series of fishfinders/chartplotters.

At the heart of the HOOK2 fishfinder/chartplotter series is Lowrance Autotuning sonar — a solution that actively corrects sonar settings for the clear...

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