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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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TE.P.AH to become mandatory for all recreational craft exceeding 7 metres in length in Greek waters.

A new tax payable in Greece for all recreational craft exceeding 7 metres in length has been on the cards for a number of years. Although legisl...

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Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 challenger team AkzoNobel, currently racing through the Southern Ocean from Cape Town to Melbourne on Leg 3 of the round the world race has suffered damage to the yacht’s mast and mainsail when a gybe in very strong ...

Action at the GC32 Championship in Oman last March. A record-sized fleet is expected on Lake Garda in May 2018. Photo ©: Jesús Renedo / GC32 Championship Oman 2017

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Brighton based skipper Robert Munns will travel to New Zealand in November 2018 to take 35 adults with Multiple Sclerosis on his award-winning sailing challenge.

Robert, who lives with Multiple Sclerosis himself, created the Oceans of Hope Chall...

The Simrad GO12 XSE and GO7 XSR are the newest additions to the GO standalone chartplotter series.

Loaded with the latest boating technologies, the GO12 XSE offers a new, 12-inch display option for the GO Series, while the upgraded GO7 XSR featu...

Cowes Week Limited, organisers of Lendy Cowes Week, say they will continue their youth initiative which offers discounted entry fees to boats with crews of under 25-year-olds.

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A new concept for yacht racing and running is coming to the Solent in March 2018.

It is the brainchild of extreme challenge sportsman Scott Dawson who was the first man to run, swim, cycle and sail around the Isle of Wight in aid for the Marine ...

Les Sables d’LOnne. The French port in the Vendee region will host the start and finish of the 2018 Golden Globe Race. Image: Alexandre Lamoureux/Les Sables d’LOnne/GGR