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The first apprentice at Buckler’s Hard Yacht Harbour has won the ViewHR Award for Apprentice of the Year in the 2024 New Forest Brilliance in Business Awards.

MDL Marinas has outlined plans to invest £13.6m in its network during the 2024/25 season. A further £4.1m will be allocated by March 2025 as part of a broader £40m strategy aimed at improving infrastructure, sustainability and s...

New research highlights that three of the world’s five major hotspots for marine microplastic pollution are in European waters. The findings are based on data collected during The Ocean Race 2022-23, during which samples were taken from var...

The Canal & River Trust is increasing boat licence fees from 1 April 2025 for both private boat owners and boating businesses by four per cent. The rise is based on the latest Bank of England forecasts that inflation will remain at around 2.5...

Following the closure of the disabled sail training charity Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST), the Disabled Sailors Association (DSA) has announced plans to expand its services, aiming to provide increased accessible sailing opportunities for disabled ...

Salt has launched its new app which will seemingly allow customers to access marine finance quotes in a minimal amount of time.

Less than nine miles separates the top three Vendée Globe competitors after 20 days of racing, while fourth-placed Thomas Ruyant (VULNERABLE) is only 20 miles adrift of the leading trio as the fleet heads south and west into the roaring 40s...

Despite vicious head winds and encounters with potentially dangerous Orca, who have been known to sink small boats, 21-year-old university student Zara Lachlan is passing the Canary Islands having completed the first 1000 miles (869nm) of her reco...

As they track north eastwards this morning anticipating their passage of the first Great Cape of this Vendée Globe – Good Hope – the leading quartet of skippers are making slightly more modest speeds as they transition to the ne...

SALT. has announced the launch of its app, bringing a new era of boat financing. Designed with innovation and ease in mind, this platform is lending now, combining speed, simplicity and expert support to get boaters on the water faster and more ef...

Buckler’s Hard is set to take centre stage in a special 30-minute feature episode of Villages by the Sea on BBC Two on Monday 9 December. The picturesque village will be showcased as part of the program’s exploration of Britain’s...

MDL Marinas has announced a significant investment of £13.6 million in the ongoing 2024/25 season, reaffirming the company’s commitment to enhancing facilities and services for its berth holders, tenants and visitors. 

Williams Jet Tenders proudly celebrates the remarkable achievement of its apprentice engineer, Anisha Roberts, who has been awarded the BAE Systems Advanced Apprentice of the Year Award at the 21st Annual National Apprenticeship and Skills Awards....

The Yachting Journalists’ Association has announced the opening of public nominations for its 2024 awards: the Yachtsman of the Year and Young Sailor of the Year.

Captain Manuel Rodríguez, director of the Colombian navy’s anti-narcotics unit, has delivered what could be the press statement of his year. He’s revealed that in a 62 cooperating countries sting, 225 tonnes of cocaine have bee...

Tourists who are on the ‘cruise of a lifetime’ aboard SH Diana are hunger striking after their trip has not gone as expected. Seemingly they’re seeking much higher compensation than they have been offered by providers Swan Helle...

It’s been a good year for AkzoNobel, says Matt Anzardo, global segment manager. The company’s been building on its technology innovations, taking its VR in a suitcase across the globe and training a whole raft of people on paint appli...

Water UK — the trade association for the UK water industry — has launched the National Storm Overflow Hub (NSOH), a new platform that provides real-time data on sewage spills across England. The map offers an integrated view of discha...

New boat rental forecast research commissioned by new-on-the-block, boat-rental marketplace, Boatsy, posits that increasing consumer demand for boat rentals will continue apace. And, boat rental holidays are now effectively competing with traditi...

Marine breakdown assistance firm River Canal Rescue (RCR) is advising boaters to revise their winter fuel storage strategies following a rise in cases of ‘sticky fuel’. This issue, which differs from typical fuel contamination, can le...