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Some childhood dreams can become realities, others remain just that- dreams. For a 10-year-old boy growing up in Bendigo Australia, his childhood dream was to go faster than anyone else had done, powered by the wind. 

Barton Marine will host live demonstrations, competitions, and giveaways on stand F64 at the RYA Dinghy Show 26 – 27 February in Farnborough.   

Olympic gold medallists Eilidh McIntyre and Dylan Fletcher will be among a host of British Sailing Team athletes at the year’s RYA Dinghy and Watersports Show presented by Suzuki.

The Royal Yachting Association has joined forces with short story podcasters, ‘Our Voices,’ for a series of episodes focussing on real-life stories from the boating community.  

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is set to resume its 2019-20 edition after an almost two year delay caused by the pandemic.

If you are planning to visit the RYA Dinghy & Watersports Show presented by Suzuki (26-27 February, Farnborough International) the RYA will be on hand with the advice, offers and inspiration you need to make the most of your time on the water....

boatgen, a not-for-profit initiative, delivered in partnership by boatfolk and The Andrew Simpson Foundation, has announced a line-up of new events for 2022.

Freedom Boat Club has announced plans to open a new location in Southampton, its second company-owned location in the UK.

Hundreds of people have been rescued after a blaze erupted on a ferry sailing from Greece to Italy, according to the Greek coast guard.

As challenger for the 37th America’s Cup, New York Yacht Club American Magic has confirmed its leadership team for the 2024 event.

Candela’s C-8 electric boat has completed its maiden flight. After 16 months of development, the foiling electric boat took off from the waters outside the Swedish tech company’s headquarters at Lidingö, Stockholm.

Wally’s latest bespoke sailing yacht has just passed a crucial construction milestone with the demoulding of the hull at the shipyard in Forli, Italy. The carbon hull of the new 101-ft cruiser-racer was lifted out of its female mould.

Freedom Boat Club is opening a new location at Hythe Marina Village in Southampton, on the UK’s south coast. The new location is Freedom’s second company-owned location in the UK.

Leading supplier of marine equipment, C-Quip, has confirmed a new distribution agreement with Italian-based Douglas Marine.

Details have emerged of the range of artefacts uncovered from wreck salvage in UK waters during the past decade.

The Q Experience smart navigation plotter, developed and manufactured by Finnish tech company Nextfour, is on display at the BoatLife event in Birmingham, which is ongoing until February 20.

With the 2021/22 Seldén SailJuice and Great British Sailing Challenge Winter Series drawing to a close the line-up for the 2022 Great British Summer Sailing Challenge has been announced.

In the briefing to the assembled maintenance crew, Gerry Scutt, who was in charge, gave a warning.  “If the top mast falls while it’s being hoisted it’ll pierce the deck like a harpoon and won’t stop until it crashes t...

Spanish photographer Rafael Fernandez Caballero has been named Underwater Photographer of the Year 2022, for a spectacular image of whale sharks in the Maldives.

Mercury Marine has revealed details of its new Joystick Piloting for Outboards (JPO) with Bow Thruster, which the company says is the industry’s first outboard joystick system with full integration of a bow thruster.