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Emirates Team New Zealand and Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei today christened the land yacht to be used in their Wind Powered Land Speed World Record attempt as ‘Horonuku’ in front of team members and land speed suppliers and ...

EDIT: this story was edited to note that it was two employees of the event company who took the balloons to the boat and subsequently popped and dumped them. It was the event company employees who were arrested.

Peter Cardy reflects on the chequered history and mixed reactions to a new appeal for funds by the Jubilee Sailing Trust.

The Royal Western Yacht Club has announced a new Round Iceland Yacht Race (RIR) for 2023. The event is a new addition to the club’s four-year cycle of oceanic events.

The first Aqua superPower marine fast charger has been installed at MDL’s Sant Carles Marina in Spain.

Shakespeare Marina on the River Avon in Stratford-upon-Avon will be welcoming dignitaries and boaters to its opening ceremony on 27 May 2022.

A group of boys from a Deptford secondary school have benefited from a residential voyage with Tall Ships Youth Trust – a charity that provides young people with unique and challenging experiences at sea – thanks to funding from wealth...

West System G/flex 655-1 toughened epoxy is now available in a handy twin syringe which dispenses resin and hardener at the same time, in alignment with each other, ready for equal mixing.

Icom’s new IC-M510 fixed VHF/DSC marine radio recently won one of the most renowned design competitions in the world, the iF Design Award. The IC-M510 won in both the ‘product’ and ‘telecommunication’ categories.

Brunswick Corporation has announced new locations for BoatClass, its on-water training programme designed to teach boating safety and assist boaters in gaining confidence on the water. The programme will now be available in Los Angeles, Milwaukee...

With the 2022 cruising season upon us and the pandemic restrictions eased for travel, the appeal of crossing the channel to France is attractive for many UK based sail and motor cruisers.

RYA, RORC Rating Office and SW Yacht Time Correction Factor join forces for YTC launch.

Following the huge success of the inaugural London Luxury Afloat boat show, organisers British Marine have announced it will be back, bigger and better in 2023.

The SSL Gold Cup is designed to crown the best sailing nation of all. The world’s top 56 countries, selected on their SSL Nation ranking, will battle their way through to raise the coveted and only Sailing World Cup trophy. 

The RNLI has issued footage of two people and their private fishing boat being rescued from the ‘notoriously dangerous South Tail’, Instow / Appledore (North Devon).

Rooster has launched what it deems as an integral addition to its range – polarised floating sunglasses. These come in three frames, classic, sports and bi-focal.

A freighter, Ilse-Marie, caused destruction on Friday morning in the Leeuwarden residential area Suderbuorren, Netherlands.

Barrus has created a new, power-products sales division and appointed Lance Lewis as its sales manager.

British sailor Pip Hare and sailmaker OneSails are working together to recycle the sails that Hare used in her race around the globe, in a bid to improve the sustainability of the materials used in offshore racing.