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This is where we publish our boat related stories and articles, which range from world circumnavigation to rescue missions, humour and much, much more. So make yourself a coffee and settle yourself down to a good read.

Freedom Boat Club seeks to expand UK franchise initiative
Freedom Boat Club seeks to expand UK franchise initiative
Wednesday, 22 March 2023

Freedom Boat Club says it is now embarking on a growth strategy to further open access to top boating destinations throughout the UK for its global membership base.

Freedom Boat Club set to expand UK franchise initiative
Freedom Boat Club set to expand UK franchise initiative
Tuesday, 21 March 2023

Freedom Boat Club, a division of Brunswick Corporation, is looking to scale up its European footprint.

Freedom Boat Club set to expand UK franchise initiative
Freedom Boat Club set to expand UK franchise initiative
Tuesday, 21 March 2023

Freedom Boat Club, a division of Brunswick Corporation, is looking to scale up its European footprint.

Sir Michael Arthur set to take the helm as RYA Chair
Sir Michael Arthur set to take the helm as RYA Chair
Tuesday, 21 March 2023

The RYA has announced the appointment of Professor Sir Michael Arthur, an experienced racing and cruising sailor and accomplished British academic, as the new Chair of its Board.

Trilleen - Sailing around Britain Update
Trilleen - Sailing around Britain Update
Tuesday, 21 March 2023

Ian Wyllie, who bought a boat via Boatshed IOW in February 2021 is taking on the challenge of sailing around Britain single handed. Here is his latest update:

UK debuts and award winners at this year’s South Coast & Green Tech Boat Show
UK debuts and award winners at this year’s South Coast & Green Tech Boat Show
Tuesday, 21 March 2023

With the backdrop of MDL’s flagship Ocean Village Marina, this year’s South Coast & Green Tech Boat Show, 21-23 April, is hosting the UK and show debuts of an exclusive selection of global power and sail brands. 

Hunt for missing shark’s head continues
Hunt for missing shark’s head continues
Tuesday, 21 March 2023

Historian Dan Snow is leading an appeal to recover the head of a rare smalltooth sand tiger shark.

Sewage-related litter washing up on UK beaches
Sewage-related litter washing up on UK beaches
Tuesday, 21 March 2023

The Marine Conservation Society has been running its Beachwatch litter survey programme for almost 30 years. The charity’s year-round beach cleaning programme asks volunteers to record all litter that they find within a 100m stretch of beach...

Candela raises $20m for mass electric ferry production
Candela raises $20m for mass electric ferry production
Tuesday, 21 March 2023

Candela says it has raised $20 million to bring its passenger hydrofoil vessels to mass production.

Te Rehutai Returns
Te Rehutai Returns
Tuesday, 21 March 2023

Te Rehutai, Emirates Team New Zealand’s 36th America’s Cup winning yacht is set to return to the waters of Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf just over 2 years since the last time it was sailed for the final race of AC36.

Ferretti Group expands in Ravenna with site acquisition
Ferretti Group expands in Ravenna with site acquisition
Tuesday, 21 March 2023

Ferretti Group has acquired a production site of over 70,000 square metres, including a dry dock, in San Vitale (province of Ravenna), Italy.

Debuts and award winners at this year’s South Coast & Green Tech Boat Show
Debuts and award winners at this year’s South Coast & Green Tech Boat Show
Tuesday, 21 March 2023

The South Coast & Green Tech Boat Show is planning to have award winning global boating brands on display and a selection of UK and show debuts among its motor and sailing boats at this year’s event, which takes place at MDL’s Oce...

HP Watermakers’ app included with Raymarine Axiom
HP Watermakers’ app included with Raymarine Axiom
Tuesday, 21 March 2023

HP Watermakers communication app has been installed on the multifunction displays in the new Raymarine Axiom range. The two companies have been working together since 2019.

Clipper announces skippers for 23/24 race
Clipper announces skippers for 23/24 race
Tuesday, 21 March 2023

The 11 skippers set to lead their teams on the Clipper 2023-24 Race have been revealed.

£66k raised to protect seagrass meadows and seahorses
£66k raised to protect seagrass meadows and seahorses
Tuesday, 21 March 2023

Local marine and conservation groups have banded together in a successful fundraising effort to save the Studland Bay seahorse and seagrass population as part of the Studland Bay Marine Partnership. 

Canada claims maiden SailGP event win
Canada claims maiden SailGP event win
Monday, 20 March 2023 Canada became the fifth different team to win a SailGP Season 3 event with a thrilling victory over New Zealand and Australia in the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix | Christchurch event final. In front of SailGP’s biggest sell-out crowd to da...
Red Bull Dominate in the Shadow of the World’s Superyachts on the Jeddah Corniche
Red Bull Dominate in the Shadow of the World’s Superyachts on the Jeddah Corniche
Monday, 20 March 2023

Red Bull continued their F1 domination on the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, as a fleet of the world’s superyachts looked on from the Jeddah Yacht Club Marina.

Disparity between boat and car accident penalties highlighted
Disparity between boat and car accident penalties highlighted
Monday, 20 March 2023

Nicola Lewis, mother of Emily Lewis – the teenager tragically killed on a RIB ‘thrill ride’ in August 2020 – has criticised how offences involving boats are dealt with. She says there is a disparity between the charges bei...

New lease of life for Collective Spirit
New lease of life for Collective Spirit
Monday, 20 March 2023

Collective Spirit, the sailing yacht that was built using over 1,200 donations of wooden items to celebrate the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, has been acquired by Universal Yachting.

August Race signs distribution deal with Barrus
August Race signs distribution deal with Barrus
Monday, 20 March 2023

As August Race is focused on aggressive expansion internationally, it’s placed its UK and Ireland distribution for cleaning and protection products in the hands of Barrus.

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