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Group Beneteau has made two new appointments to strengthen its Boating Solutions division. Beneteau says the new appointments will accelerate the company’s development of new activities such as digital and personalised services for end custo...

Marine electric drive manufacturer, Torqeedo GmbH has launched a new battery option for its Deep Blue series of powerful electric drives: Deep Blue Battery 80. The company says its new battery leverages lithium iron phosphate (LFP) chemistry and d...

The Europe managing director of yacht brokerage Northrop and Johnson, Patrick Coote, is attempting to row non-stop from Port Vell on the Spanish mainland to the island of Ibiza in the Balearics. The feat, which is part of an extreme endurance race...

The Polish-flagged team has stretched away to a 90 mile lead, winning the Vasco da Gama Mirpuri Foundation Prize in the process.

Cheetah Marine has revealed what it believes to be the world’s first EV-ready RIB, the Cheetah R630.

Last month, former Sea Cadet, Keith Gooch, donated his beloved vessel, a 24ft motor sailor named Alexandra, to raise funds for the Gosport Sea Cadets.

British boat rental and yacht charter marketplace Borrow A Boat has been acquired by a group of investors and CEO and founder Matt Ovenden. The company has made assurances to its customers that trading is continuing uninterrupted, as the business ...

Cheetah Marine has revealed what it believes to be the world’s first EV-ready RIB, the Cheetah R630. The Cheetah R630 comes with either a petrol or diesel outboard, but can be converted by RS Electric Boats into a fully operational 100 per c...

Swedish electric boat manufacturer X Shore and Bosch Engineering are partnering to improve the performance and efficiency of the electric drive system of the X Shore 1 model. Launched in September 2022, the X Shore 1 is an electric day cruiser pow...

Australian sailing brand Zhik has been appointed as the official technical partner to the US SailGP Team and US SailGP Team Foiling First.  Zhik says the USA is an important market for the company and with four SailGP events scheduled in the ...

New Zealand’s Millennium Cup, the South Pacific’s longest-running superyacht regatta, is moving from the Bay of Islands to the city of Auckland next year, organisers have confirmed. Auckland is around 200 kilometres south of the Bay of...

Sonar specialist FarSounder has expanded its IP portfolio with the issuance of its eighth patent. This US patent (number 11,609,316) expands the company’s patent portfolio for its sonar system and its 3D processing. Farsounder, a developer o...

Blues skies and sun welcomed the 90 vessels arriving in the port on Thursday 15th June to participate in the Atkins Ferrie Wealth Management Falmouth Classics.

Nobody will be breaking any records on Tuesday in The Ocean Race. Light winds mean speeds are still modest for both IMOCA and VO65 fleets as they slide down to the south along the west coast of the Iberian peninsula.

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, Princess Anne will officially open the 30th annual ACE Winches Scottish Traditional Boat Festival in Portsoy, on Saturday 1st July 2023. 

The French boatbuilder Catana Group has unveiled its power catamaran brand, YOT. Catana Group, known for the Catana and Bali brands of sailing and cruising catamarans, says YOT began in 2020 with the idea to design ‘innovative catamarans&rsq...

A rescue operation is currently underway in the Atlantic Ocean after a tourist submersible carrying five passengers to the wreck of the Titanic lost contact with its support vessel. OceanGate Expeditions confirmed that one of its submersibles has ...

Environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy, in partnership with the Environment Agency, has launched its #PennywortAlert scheme for 2023 as it urges the public to report sightings of the harmful aquatic weed, floating pennywort, on waterways. Floatin...

British luxury motor yacht manufacturer Fairline has announced Fairyachts as its new Greece and Cyprus dealer. Fairyachts is headed up by Aris Sophocleous, who has a 15-year relationship with Fairline, and is an owner of a Targa 65. Sophocleous sa...