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The 112-year-old tall ship, Bark Europa, fell on its side at the at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town on Saturday morning. One sailor has been injured.

According to Wayne Peters, a passionate ocean advocate (who runs Sail Electric, the engineering division of the North Devon Marine Project): “Policy standards and training will be critical elements to accelerating the transition [to electri...

Targeted for 2025, Volvo Penta has released details about its Inboard Performance System (IPS) professional platform aimed at superyachts and professional craft.

Floating event venue provider, Oceandiva, has received Green Award’s prestigious Gold Certificate with a Platinum Label for its new vessel Oceandiva London, making it the world’s first carbon-neutral floating event venue to achieve th...

Mercury Marine has entered into an agreement with JJE, an electric propulsion leader in components, assemblies and systems for global automotive applications.

Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) is purchasing a renewed fleet of ten Elliott 7 yachts for the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) Mastercard Youth Training Programme (YTP) and Performance programme.

Martin Hall, leading practitioner in marine casualty, has joined global commercial law firm Hill Dickinson after a career spanning more than 40 years at Clyde & Co.

Sixty-nine boats started the North Sea Race outside the Royal Harwich YC for the 180nm race bound for the Scheveningen Yacht Club, Netherlands. The overall winner after IRC time correction was the J/122 Ajeto! raced Two-Handed by Robin Verhoef &am...

Decked out and dressed overall in union jack bunting and signal flags, 30 Dunkirk Little Ships assembled in the centre basin of historic St Katharine Docks. This unique May event, showcasing these incredible and meticulously preserved war heroes, ...

The 2nd edition of the Plymouth Fastnet 500 takes place on 13 August. Starting on and finishing from Plymouth Sound, this is a great option to see the Fastnet rock in all its splendour without the logistical headaches before or after the race.&nbs...

The crew of cruise ship Carnival Dream helped to rescue 17 people stranded in the Belize Channel on Wednesday (17 May 2023), after the group’s boat capsized.

The RNLI has announced that in 2022, its lifeguards saw a staggering 155 per cent rise in paddleboarding incidents (compared with 2021) while volunteer lifeboat crews saw an increase of 20 per cent.

Renowned sailor and author, Tom Cunliffe has introduced a new interactive app using raster charts derived from UKHO data.

During the recent American Boating Congress (ABC), 8-10 May in Washington, D.C., Yamaha and other industry leaders conducted meetings on Capitol Hill to educate legislators about the benefits of sustainable marine fuel, the need to mitigate aquat...

Global engineering consulting company, Ricardo is working with the sustainable HYdrogen powered Shipping consortium (sHYpS) to design and develop hydrogen fuel cell propulsion technologies to power the next generation of zero emissions passenger ...

Renowned sailor, author and raconteur, Tom Cunliffe has introduced an exciting new interactive app using raster charts derived from UKHO data.

Freedom Boat Club has announced the planned opening of its newest club on Australia’s Gold Coast. Freedom’s third franchise territory in Australia, and fifth location in the region, will be based at Sanctuary Cove Marina to provide di...

Italian manufacturing specialist Quick Spa has added the new QSY line to its range of thrusters.

The start date for the 705nm biennial SSE Renewables Round Ireland Yacht Race has been announced.

The Canal & River Trust has published the results of its first-ever Boater Census of the 35,000 boats licensed on the charity’s 2,000 miles of waterways in England and Wales. The Census is intended to offer a snapshot of life on the wate...