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If you are visiting the YachtMarket.com Southampton Boat Show this month pay a visit to the RYA.

Now in its 49th year, the Southampton Boat Show is one of Europe’s biggest purpose-built marinas showcasing the very best that the internation...

Jeremy White, Loft Manager Elvstrøm Sails UK, considers the factors involved in choosing the right downwind sail.

There are times when drifting downwind with the jib not pulling simply will not get you home fast enough. And motoring is no...

Pembrokeshire’s Neyland Yacht Haven is situated within the UK’s only coastal national park.

Positioned within the spectacular Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Neyland Yacht Haven is the only marina in west Wales to offer full-tidal...

Which came first – the bottle or the wine?

In the case of J.P. Chenet the answer is the bottle. And, if you are looking for a rosé to take on a September afternoon boat party, my small tasting panel recently gave the thumbs up for J...

Captain Stephen Moorhouse. © Crown copyright 2017

Hamble Winter Series
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The Northern Boat Show is moving to new dates on 25 to 28 May 2018 and a four day format because the Mersey River Festival is being combined with Tall Ships Liverpool 2018 and the start of the 2018 Biscay Tall Ships Regatta.

The Tall Ships was l...

As a monster made out of wet wipes heads to the Thames, the Marine Conservation Society says there’s widespread support to ditch ‘flushable’ claim from wet wipe packaging

The Marine Conservation Society is bringing Wallace, its...

Musto are official suppliers to Turn Tide on Plastic, skippered by British Sailor and MBE recipient Dee Caffari.

Turn the Tide on Plastic will compete in the Volvo Ocean Race starting in Alicante, Spain on 22 October...

Sunseeker International has announced that two time world hurdles champion Colin Jackson CBE, sports commentator Suzi Perry and X Factor winner Ben Haenow, will be the brand’s special guests at this year’s Southampton Boat Show on 15 S...

The Extreme Sailing Series 2017. Act4. Barcelona, Spain.
Pictures of the fleet racing close to the city of Barcelona on day 3 of racing
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Antigua Super Yacht Challenge 2017. ©Onne van der Wal 2017

AkzoNobel’s International range of yacht coatings and high performance paints will be on show at the Southampton Boat Show, from 15 – 24 September.

Visitors to stand number J370, will be able to find out more about International&rsqu...

Team Glorious Fools collecting the Town Cup – photo Alan Hanna

If you’re visiting the YachtMarket.com Southampton Boat Show this year (15-24 September) make sure you pay a visit to the RYA (Stand B032).

To kick off the week, on preview day (15 September) the brand new RYA Powerability scheme for Saila...

Ramora UK, a Explosive Ordnance Disposal company, are aiming to establish a compliant and sustainable, long term solution for the removal and disposal of out of date distress flares through a crowd funding campaign.

If successful, Ramora UK is l...

Throughout September the RYA is giving members the chance to take home not one but two special gifts when they sign up their friends and family to RYA membership.

The RYA Refer a Friend scheme, which has been running since 2014, rewards existing...

An entry of 330 boats and more than 500 individual competitors from 52 clubs confirmed Chichester Harbour Race Week 2017 as the biggest dinghy regatta on the south coast – and there was glorious sailing for dinghies ...