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Armel Le Cléac’h, one of the favourites to win the Ultim class in the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo race from Saint Malo to Guadeloupe, is heading to Lorient after breaking the daggerboard of his Maxi Banque Populaire XI ...

Postponed for three days due to stormy conditions in the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay today’s rescheduled start to the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe was blessed with near perfect weather conditions as the record sized f...

A nail-biting RNLI and Irish Coast Guard rescue of a sailor forced to cling to his stranded vessel for six hours, 70 miles out at sea will feature in the final episode of Saving Lives at Sea on BBC Two.

This Christmas Gunwharf Quays will welcome back its exciting festive attraction, ‘Gunwharf Quays Christmas Village’, after a fantastic debut season in 2021. The Village will open Saturday 12 November in the Plaza and run until Monday 2...

This December, Maritime Yacht Services are continuing their UK expansion plans by adding an 8,000sq. ft workshop and office complex in the heart of the Solent.

With the time and date now set for the start of the 12th Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe on Wednesday 9th November at 1415hrs, it looks like being a fast race.

Swedish mast and deck hardware manufacturer, Seldén Mast is expanding its range of electronically driven sail handling products with the launch of the CXe45.

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Postponed from 1302hrs (local) today (Sunday) due to forecasted stormy winds and huge seas expected in the English Channel, the re-scheduled start for the 12th edition of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe – the solo ocean race from Sa...

Ian Wyllie, who bought a boat via Boatshed IOW in February 2021 is taking on the challenge of sailing around Britain single handed. Here is his latest update:

The start of the 3542 miles Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo race across the Atlantic from Saint Malo to Guadeloupe, which was due to be on Sunday at 1302hrs local time has been postponed, because of the forecast for storms which would ha...

UKSA has announced a partnership with multi-award-winning tour operator Neilson Active Holidays which sees watersports instructor training students guaranteed job roles with Neilson as well as course fee support.

The Princess Royal has re-commissioned a unique historic yacht for charity work in a special ceremony at Haslar Marina, Gosport.

Newark Marina, on the river Trent in Nottinghamshire, has had it first Pump Out Station installed.

Back in the ‘hood… British star Alex Thomson in Saint Malo at Route du Rhum start. “For all  the new boats it is really touch and go if they even make it to the other side.”

NormCyber, sponsor of team Two-Inna-Row in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, has announced a new milestone in the rowing pair’s journey to raise funds for children’s cancer charities.

The Beaulieu River has successfully carried out an oil spill exercise in partnership with marine and conservation agencies, with the marina being put to the test with its response to a simulated emergency situation, protecting both people and wild...

The Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe which starts on Sunday from Saint Malo is set to see a record 138 boats spread across six classes, Ultim 32/23, IMOCA, Ocean Fifty, Class40, Rhum Multi, Rhum Mono. They will set off on Sunday November 6 at...

Cape Town is a traditional fixture in round the world sailing, and the last po...

The work of Kate Fortnam, Campaign Manager at The Green Blue, has been celebrated at The British Association for Sustainable Sport’s (BASIS) annual Sustainable Sport Awards.