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For the first time in the history of the Olympic Summer Games, tonight’s opening ceremony will not take place in a stadium. Paris 2024 is holding its ceremony in the heart of the city, along its main artery, the Seine. Recently Paris’...

The first-of-its-kind study by Brazilian scientists has uncovered an alarming connection between human drug consumption and marine life contamination. Wild sharks caught off the coast of Brazil have tested positive for cocaine, with concentration...

MarineMax, which bills itself as the world’s largest recreational boat, yacht and superyacht services company, has announced its results for its fiscal third quarter ended 30 June 2024. It says its revenue is up five per cent (year-over-yea...

The Marine Accident Investigation Brand (MAIB) has published its accident investigation report into the grounding of swim support motor vessel Channel Queen near the Needles lighthouse off the Isle of Wight in July 2023. 

The ASEAN Cup International Regatta (ACIR) has announced, in partnership with RS Sailing, the selection of the RS21 keelboat as the official vessel for its 2024 series. 

Seldén Mast has launched a foldable mast climbing step. Made from anodized aluminium, Seldén says the step is ideal for helping users reach the main halyard or sail cover. It can also be strategically fitted at the head to provide a...

Gunwharf Quays has announced a full weekend of free family activities to celebrate the return of the world’s greatest ocean adventure, Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, to Portsmouth after an 11-month, 47,000-mile race around the world....

Britain’s Ocean City is proud to host this year’s 57th Cadet World Championship, a premier sailing regatta organised by the UK Cadet Class Association.

The 16th Cowes Classics Week took place in Cowes on 7 – 12 July. Throughout the week the wind gods were kind to the race committee and competitors and 120 crews took part in races across The Solent over 5 days.  BODs, Dragons, Mermaids,...

Brunswick says its 2024 second quarter isn’t quite working out how it predicted. Brunswick CEO, David Foulkes believes that significantly slower retail sales in the peak sales months, means the company now expects full year retail unit sale...

Groupe Beneteau boat division has reported a significant downturn in its revenues in the first half of the year. The French boatbuilding firm has announced a 32 per cent decrease compared to the record year of 2023, primarily due to the expected ...

Two fishermen were catapulted from their boat when a whale breached on top of their vessel earlier this week. The stunning footage was captured by brothers who immediately went to the fishermen’s rescue. None were hurt in the incident &ndas...

With boats in Peru’s Lake Titicaca, San Francisco Bay, New Zealand and the Namib Desert, Tiwal (the 12 year old French company based in Brittany) has shipped its 3,000th boat.

The International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition and Conference (IBEX) says it’s expanding pavilions and trade routes for this year and will focus on start-ups, industry education, as well as cutting-edge technologies and processes.

Torqeedo, electric boat manufacturer, has announced it has retrofitted at least four of the 90 boats transporting athletes for the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony parade on the River Seine. 

Dutch yacht builder Holterman shipyard is marking its 60th anniversary with an expansion of its services: Holterman Refit.

The Wharf – office premises at The Boat Works superyacht facility in Australia – is set to accommodate up to eight yachting businesses, and it is now welcoming Sydney-based yacht management team Chapman, and Geoff Lovett International...

A bronze cannon from one of England’s most important protected shipwrecks – the 17th century warship the London – has been revealed by chance on the seabed in the Thames Estuary. The discovery was made by one of Historic England&...

A bronze cannon from the 17th-century ship London has been uncovered in the Thames Estuary after spending 360 years buried under silt and clay. The discovery was made by licensed Historic England diver Steve Ellis, who has been exploring the wrec...

The renowned anti-whaling activist and co-founder of Greenpeace, Captain Paul Watson, was reportedly arrested on 21 July in Greenland by Danish police. Watson, a Canadian-Amercian who has dedicated his life to protecting marine life, was taken in...