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Fairline Yachts announces production expansion
Friday, 17 March 2017Fairline Yachts has announced it is set to expand its manufacturing capabilities by adding a new 17,000 square foot production facility at Oundle Marina – the boatyard’s original location when it was launched 50 years ago.
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Swanwick Marina Motorboat & RIB Show
Thursday, 16 March 2017With less than two weeks to go, further boats have been added to the line-up up at the Motorboat & RIB Show at Swanwick Marina.
Taking place on 25 March and 26 March, from 10am – 4pm, this free to enter show will feature over 50 differ...
Derry-Londonderry returns as Host Port for Clipper 2017-18 Round the World Yacht Race
Thursday, 16 March 2017The crew of the winning transatlantic Clipper Yacht, Derry-Londonderry-Doire who received a rapturous welcome from the crowd of thousands at Ebrington Square before the Beach Boys took to the stage as part of the LegenDerry...
Award-winning Plymouth marina upgrades WiFi service
Thursday, 16 March 2017Marina Manager Mark Brimacombe trying out the new, faster download speeds.
Former Metropolitan Police Superintendent Selected as Skipper in World’s Largest Ocean Race
Thursday, 16 March 2017Image: onEdition 2017
Double award for charity sailing instructors
Wednesday, 15 March 2017Two sailors from a sailing charity in Cornwall have passed a coveted Royal Yachting Association exam.
Turn to Starboard CEO Shaun Pascoe and sailing instructor Dan Fielding both passed the Yachtmaster Instructor assessment at Falmouth.
Entries now open for 10th anniversary Charles Stanley Direct Cowes Classics Week
Wednesday, 15 March 2017Cowes Classics Week is back once again in July 2017 with a newly branded sponsor title, courtesy of Charles Stanley Direct, a new division of Charles Stanley, which will be sponsoring the event for the first time.
Celebrating its 10th anniversar...
Bucket Caddy
Tuesday, 14 March 2017Most boat owners store their supplies inside the bucket they use for cleaning. The problem is, when it is time to fill it with water, all the bottles and tools have to come out. The Bucket Caddy organises it all and fits inside a 13 or 20 litre bu...
Chatham Boat Shoes reviewed
Tuesday, 14 March 2017Why should it just be the adults that have boat shoes? Chatham have a great range of unisex footwear designed for the younger boaters in the family.
Some have laces while, for ease or those still mastering laces, there are also Velcro shoes. As ...
Mainstay Marine Solutions win contract for new fisheries patrol vessels
Tuesday, 14 March 2017A Pembrokeshire boat building company has won a £5.8m contract to build two new Welsh Fisheries Patrol vessels for the Welsh Government.
Mainstay Marine Solutions was awarded the contract after a competitive international bidding process. ...
Sailing with MS
Tuesday, 14 March 2017In May Brighton based Robert Munns is taking 65 adults with Multiple Sclerosis from 15 countries on a sailing challenge, which he has created, in Croatia for one week.
As someone with MS himself, he wants to give people the same life affirming e...
Crews undeterred by damp conditions in race 1 of the Helly Hansen Warsash Spring Series
Tuesday, 14 March 2017Andrew Adams, Close Hauled Photography
SAP Extreme Sailing Team clinch opening win of 2017 Extreme Sailing Series
Sunday, 12 March 2017Home team Oman Air took third position on the Act leaderboard in Muscat. Lloyd Images
RS Aero World Championship 2017
Sunday, 12 March 2017RS Aero World Championship 2017, Carnac, France, 23-28 July
Online entry has opened for the first RS Aero World Championship, which will be held at the French seaside resort of Carnac on the Brittany coast from 23 – 28 July.
The Princess Royal officially opens Navy exhibition
Sunday, 12 March 2017UK Crown Copyright 2017
Fourth Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 team to be revealed this month
Friday, 10 March 2017Image: Benoit Stichelbaut / Dongfeng Race Team
Solo Season Commences For The Offshore Academy Sailors
Thursday, 09 March 2017With the 2017 European sailing season fast approaching, British solo sailors from The Offshore Academy have been hard at work preparing for a programme of gruelling racing in the lead up to the 2017 La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro.
The 2017 season k...
Port sponsors Tenby Sailing Club’s new racing dinghies
Thursday, 09 March 2017Sara Andrew, PR and Communications Executive at the Port, with Tenby Sailing Club’s new racing dinghies
Sunseeker welcome Robert Halfon MP during National Apprenticeship Week
Thursday, 09 March 2017Sunseeker apprentices and staff welcome Robert Halfon MP during National Apprenticeship Week
UKSA cadets set sail on dream career
Thursday, 09 March 2017The Professional Yacht Cadetship 2016/17 cohort celebrate their successful graduation of phase one of the maritime training centre’s flagship course.
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