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Svea finished with something of a flourish, triumphing in both of today’s light wind races and the Swedish flagged team are winners of the J Class Barcelona Regatta by a margin of five points.

Athena Pathway, the British team supported by Cobham Ultra and racing for the Royal Yacht Squadron Ltd, has secured a place in the first ever PUIG Women’s America’s Cup Final. The Brits will face the Italian team Luna Rossa Prada Pirel...

INEOS Britannia, the British Challenger of Record competing for the Royal Yacht Squadron Ltd, is ready to take on the All Blacks on water, Emirates Team New Zealand, in its bid to win the America’s Cup.

Marking a significant expansion of its renowned Shamrock Quay marina in Southampton, MDL Marinas has confirmed its recent acquisition of the 3.2-acre plot at Lower William Street is to be utilised for additional boat storage, manufacturing and boa...

To mark International Disaster Risk Reduction Day on 13 October, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and DisasterReady, a free humanitarian online learning resource portal, are hosting a Q&A session about understan...

Ahead of the climax of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup, the ‘Match’ between the Defender Emirates Team New Zealand and the Challenger of Record INEOS Britannia, Barcelona became the ‘Lighthouse to the World’ with...

When the too gentle and shifting breeze died away during the second race of the day, Rainbow were denied a probable double victory, but the newest team to J Class racing were nonetheless pleased to have put their first race win on the leaderboard ...

Athena Pathway, the British team competing in the PUIG Women’s America’s Cup, is top of the leaderboard after five races of the qualifying series.

The Puig Women’s America’s Cup stuttered back into action for the Group A teams in what proved to be tricky, shifty and fluctuating conditions for the world’s best sailors, with only one race sailed after a long day on the water....

A multi-agency counter pollution exercise is being led by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in Falmouth, Cornwall this week.

Two students from the Royal Hospital School in Holbrook, Suffolk have earned coveted places in the Athena Under 21 Squad. The selection of Harriet George, Year 13, and Toby Smith, Year 12, comes as a result of their impressive performances during ...

Deputy Harbour Master Adam Lewis has worked with the Beaulieu River team to create a new design of safety ladder which make rescues from the water even safer.

After four excellent, hard fought races in brisk winds at the J Class Barcelona Regatta, it may be Velsheda which is credited with the overall lead, but that is only on tie break which falls the way of the beautiful 91-year-old as winners of today...

BoatLife has announced a new partnership with British Marine; this collaboration emphasises British Marine’s continued support for BoatLife, as both organisations work together to promote the UK leisure marine industry and deliver a fantasti...

Actor Daniel Craig has donated his personal limited edition 007 x Triumph motorcycles to raise funds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) for their 200th anniversary year of lifesaving.

The bond between the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup and the fleet of Patí de Vela beach-launched catamarans continues with a celebratory regatta over the weekend of 19-20 October, that is expected to beat all records and see more th...

Last weekend saw the second edition of the Knox-Johnston Cup take place, with over 100 guests taking part in a weekend of big-boat racing in the Solent. This flagship race, hosted by Clipper Events and named in honour of Clipper Race founder Sir R...

After a spectacular first day of racing at the J Class Barcelona Regatta, which saw the beautiful, majestic big yachts of the America’s Cup past in close and exciting action, honours are shared equally between the three-boat fleet’s ne...

The mountain of Montjuïc and its eponymous ‘Castell’ that loom over the city of Barcelona helped dictate the conditions on the third day of the Puig Women’s America’s Cup, after overnight storms gave way to a westerly ...

Donald Campbell’s record-breaking hydroplane, Bluebird K7 travelled to Poole to be reunited with the World Water Speed Trophy for the first time since Donald Campbell CBE’s tragic death on Coniston Water in 1967.