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Stoneways Marine VPRS National Championship 2021
Stoneways Marine VPRS National Championship 2021
Tuesday, 29 June 2021

The Stoneways Marine VPRS National Championship is to be held at Lymington Town Sailing Club on 28 – 29 August. 

Applications sought for 2021 Eric Twiname Team Racing Championships
Applications sought for 2021 Eric Twiname Team Racing Championships
Tuesday, 29 June 2021

Applications for entry to the 2021 RYA Eric Twiname Youth and Junior Team Racing Championships are open ahead of the event’s return to Oxford Sailing Club this autumn.

Spirit Yachts announces recruitment drive
Spirit Yachts announces recruitment drive
Tuesday, 29 June 2021

Spirit Yachts is recruiting staff to add to its existing team at the company’s headquarters in Ipswich, Suffolk.

WATCH: ‘Flying surfboard’ on the Thames
WATCH: ‘Flying surfboard’ on the Thames
Tuesday, 29 June 2021

Watch as Olympian Amiee Fuller tests a ‘flying surfboard’ on the River Thames.

Survitec receives £15 million bank guarantee facility
Survitec receives £15 million bank guarantee facility
Tuesday, 29 June 2021

Global marine survival and safety solutions provider, Survitec, has announced it has completed a £15 million bank guarantee facility with Barclays Corporate Banking which will complement the company’s recent £270 million refinan...

Boat Club Trafalgar extends range
Boat Club Trafalgar extends range
Tuesday, 29 June 2021

Boat Club Trafalgar is extending the cruising areas and destinations available to club members to include Christchurch Bay, Swanage and Studland Bays, and Poole Harbour. 

Walstrom Marine receives investment
Walstrom Marine receives investment
Tuesday, 29 June 2021

Continuum Ventures and Colony Marine are investing in Walstrom Marine, as part of the company’s long-term succession plan.

New season, new outlook for Melges IC37
New season, new outlook for Melges IC37
Tuesday, 29 June 2021

The 2021 sailing season brings with it a new outlook for the Melges IC37, says Ancasta Race Boats.

Double points this summer with MDL’s Otium Rewards
Double points this summer with MDL’s Otium Rewards
Tuesday, 29 June 2021

Visitors to any of MDL Marinas’ 19 waterside destinations can earn double points this summer on visitor berthing and boatyard services through MDL’s Otium loyalty programme.

BOATING POST-BREXIT AND BEYOND: WHAT’S THE LATEST?
BOATING POST-BREXIT AND BEYOND: WHAT’S THE LATEST?
Monday, 28 June 2021

Since the UK voted to leave the European Union in 2016, the Royal Yachting Association has been lobbying tirelessly on key issues that directly affect UK boaters as third country nationals.

Spirit Yachts announces recruitment drive
Spirit Yachts announces recruitment drive
Monday, 28 June 2021

Spirit Yachts has announced it is recruiting staff to add to the existing team at the company’s headquarters in Ipswich, Suffolk on the east coast.

Fairline Yachts brings the sunshine with new images of F//LINE 33 and one of its design inspirations
Fairline Yachts brings the sunshine with new images of F//LINE 33 and one of its design inspirations
Monday, 28 June 2021

Standing out for all the right reasons, luxury British motor yacht manufacturer, Fairline Yachts, brought the sunshine to Ipswich with a photoshoot of its award-winning dayboat, the F//LINE 33, posed with a 1960s GT40, both in eye-catching yellow....

Golden Horizon sails into UK
Golden Horizon sails into UK
Monday, 28 June 2021

Tradewind Voyages’ Golden Horizon has arrived in the UK ahead of a revised schedule of coastal voyages.

Scotland’s west coast turns turquoise
Scotland’s west coast turns turquoise
Monday, 28 June 2021

In the absence of any known samples being analysed, experts think a coccolithophore bloom is currently turning the west coast, around the Isle of Arran, into a Mediterranean vista.

Williams Jet Tenders’ Dieseljets to gain SOLAS approval
Williams Jet Tenders’ Dieseljets to gain SOLAS approval
Monday, 28 June 2021

Williams Jet Tenders is set to offer its Dieseljet 505 and 565 as fully certified SOLAS rescue tenders from this October.

Vaikobi sailing gear now available in UK
Vaikobi sailing gear now available in UK
Monday, 28 June 2021

Vaikobi’s range of technical sailing gear, popular in Australia, is now available in the United Kingdom through three marine retailers.

GMBA expands global reach with Croatian appointment
GMBA expands global reach with Croatian appointment
Monday, 28 June 2021

Global Marine Business Advisors (GMBA) has announced Boris Miškić has been appointed as its consultant in Croatia.

500 miles of UK inland waterways discovered
500 miles of UK inland waterways discovered
Monday, 28 June 2021

New research from the Inland Waterways Association (IWA) has revealed a total of 7,000 miles of waterways in Great Britain; 5,000 of the miles identified are navigable today, with the other 2,000 miles either derelict or under restoration.

Groundbreaking ceremony held for Canal Istanbul amid controversy
Groundbreaking ceremony held for Canal Istanbul amid controversy
Monday, 28 June 2021

A groundbreaking ceremony for the Canal Istanbul’s first bridge has taken place, amid controversy about the ambitious and risky nature of the project.

Van der Valk Shipyard confirms custom-built yacht
Van der Valk Shipyard confirms custom-built yacht
Monday, 28 June 2021

Van der Valk Shipyard in the Netherlands has confirmed another new assignment: Project Capella, a custom explorer due to launch in spring 2023.

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