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The Wildlife Trust is set to launch National Marine Week with this year’s theme Sea the Connection, inviting people across the UK to explore and share their connection with the ocean. 

Ferretti Group has announced the launch of its fourth hull in the Pershing GTX116 series. The 35-metre motor yacht splashed in Fano, Italy, earlier this month. 

The fourteenth and final race of the epic 40,000nm Clipper 2023-24 Round the World Yacht Race got underway from Oban, Scotland on 21 July.

A British tourist who drowned in Lake Como on Wednesday has been named as 21-year-old Sam Rigby.

The Iranian Navy has suffered an embarrassing incident with one of its destroyers – in port. Local reports suggest that Sahand was being repaired at a port on the coast of ​​Bandar Abbas, but capsized and sunk after ‘the r...

Dutch bluewater yacht builder Contest Yachts has partnered with the Ancasta Group to form Contest Yachts UK.

The world’s largest reconstruction of a Magan boat from the Bronze Age period has successfully sailed off the coast of Abu Dhabi.

Organisers of The International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition and Conference (IBEX) are calling for entries to the 2024 IBEX Innovation Awards programme.

ProCast Group, the home of SeaDek in the UK, has confirmed a new deal to allow EU supply and distribution of its cleaning product Marine Magic. The product is now available to wholesalers throughout the EU and north Africa and can be ordered from...

New York Yacht Club American Magic has introduced the youth team that will represent the United States at the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup. This lineup features some of the best sailing talent in the country, set to compete against 11 other...

The Ocean Race is announcing a new transatlantic, fully-crewed race for the IMOCA class for the summer of 2026. The event is a celebration of the ocean and ocean health initiatives, and a showcase for top-level sport, and the teams and sailors who...

The Royal Yachting Association, in collaboration with the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, is extending its use of robotic race mark technology at national and high-level events throughout the 2024 season.

Dutch bluewater yacht builder Contest Yachts has partnered with the Ancasta Group to form Contest Yachts UK

Following a lively Friday evening Champagne Taittinger Reception party on the waterfront lawns of the RSYC in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, the first day of racing in the 16th edition of The Taittinger Royal Solent Yacht Club Regatta (12-14 July) on Sa...

Last summer, citizen scientists in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight spotted 100,582 butterflies and day-flying moths during the Big Butterfly Count. Wildlife conservation charity, Butterfly Conservation, is issuing a rallying cry to people in the r...

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has taken a plunge in the River Seine to demonstrate that it is clean and prepared for the upcoming 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which will start later this month.

Organisers of the annual METSTRADE trade show have revealed details of the newly redesigned Superyacht Forum, which will take place from 18 to 19 November 2024 in Amsterdam.

Brunswick Corporation has revealed details of Boating Intelligence, a new initiative to incorporate AI features into its products.

Survival solutions manufacturer Wescom Group has appointed David Mossman as its head of sales for electronics.

The free MyCoast beach information app is now live across all 60 RNLI Lifeguarded beaches in Cornwall, on the UK’s south coast. It provides users with real-time information alongside built-in safety parameters provided by the RNLI.