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Will you be sailing around the Solent this summer? Keep your eye out for a strange looking ocean rowing boat with the ‘Grandads of the Atlantic’ on board….

From their base in Port Solent Marina, Neil Young and Peter Ketley are...

Britain’s America’s Cup team, INEOS TEAM UK, is set to join the 2018 GC32 Racing Tour.

Four-time Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie will be at the helm for the team’s debut in the 32ft foiling catamarans, later this month at th...

Sir Ben Ainslie and Geoff Holt

2018 marks a special year for the Trust as it celebrates its 15th year of operation. From the first trip in 2003 where just fiv...

Don McIntyre introducing information about the Race in the GGR Race Village. Image: PPL

Fairline Yachts has released the first images of its 2018 48ft range.

This is the first time the British boat builder has shot its main campaign imagery in Australia. The move comes as Fairline’s Australian dealer recently took delivery of...

The National Watersports Festival delivered another superb three days of windsurfing, stand up paddle boarding, diving, kayaking and new this year, dinghy sailing at Rutland Water, East Midlands over 8 – 10 June.

For the first time in the ...

Leg 10, from Cardiff to Gothenburg, day 04 on board Turn the Tide on Plastic. 14 June, 2018.
Image: Jen Edney/Volvo Ocean Race

Sunseeker International has welcomed HRH The Earl of Wessex.

His Royal Highness was in Poole as part of his commitments to promote The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE).

Participants in this year’s Round the Island Race in association with Cloudy Bay, are being encouraged by Raymarine, as official Tracking Partner, to sign up to use the Race’s new tracking app. This will not only help organisers observ...

Around 150 sailors gathered for the Magenta Project in Cardiff Bay, held during the Volvo Ocean Race, which inspired the scheme to get more women and girls in sailing.

Supported by RYA Cymru Wales, the Magenta Project ties in perfectly with the ...

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston at the helm of his famous yacht SUHAILI after the start of the GGR SITRaN Challenge Race to Les Sables d’Olonne France. Image: PPL

Image: Clipper Race

At 13:45 on June 14, 1968, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston bid farewell to his parents and the comforts of land, not knowing when he would see either again.

As has been well told over the years, it would be an incredible 312 days before his return which...

SUPPORTING WOUNDED VETERANS ANNOUNCE PLANS TO HOST THEIR FIRST ‘OCEAN CHALLENGE’ EVENT IN JULY 2018

SUPPORTING WOUNDED VETERANS’ mission is to help medically discharged wounded veterans back into meaningful civilian life and em...

Take on the Marine Conservation Society’s ‘Plastic Challenge’ to try and detox your life of the planet’s substance of convenience

With more plastic than fish (by weight) in our seas predicted to be a possibility by 2050, ...

Portsmouth Regatta overall winner

A maritime welfare charity that helped The Beatles when they fell on hard times has released a new book, which includes how it fed George Harrison horsemeat in Hamburg.

Whenever they played Hamburg, the band visited Sailors’ Society’...

The official FIFA World Cup mascot, Zabivaka has been spotted on board a Sunseeker yacht taking in the sights of Poole Harbour.

The Russian grey wolf jetted into Dorset last week ahead of the tournament kicking off. He spent the week with Britai...

New for the summer is Helly Hansen’s Verglas line of jackets for the warmer months. Designed for men and women, this hybrid jacket with 800-fill Allied down in a 25D lightweight fabric and softshell mix is designed to offer warmth when neede...