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With boats in Peru’s Lake Titicaca, San Francisco Bay, New Zealand and the Namib Desert, Tiwal (the 12 year old French company based in Brittany) has shipped its 3,000th boat.

The International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition and Conference (IBEX) says it’s expanding pavilions and trade routes for this year and will focus on start-ups, industry education, as well as cutting-edge technologies and processes.

Torqeedo, electric boat manufacturer, has announced it has retrofitted at least four of the 90 boats transporting athletes for the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony parade on the River Seine. 

Dutch yacht builder Holterman shipyard is marking its 60th anniversary with an expansion of its services: Holterman Refit.

The Wharf – office premises at The Boat Works superyacht facility in Australia – is set to accommodate up to eight yachting businesses, and it is now welcoming Sydney-based yacht management team Chapman, and Geoff Lovett International...

A bronze cannon from one of England’s most important protected shipwrecks – the 17th century warship the London – has been revealed by chance on the seabed in the Thames Estuary. The discovery was made by one of Historic England&...

A bronze cannon from the 17th-century ship London has been uncovered in the Thames Estuary after spending 360 years buried under silt and clay. The discovery was made by licensed Historic England diver Steve Ellis, who has been exploring the wrec...

The renowned anti-whaling activist and co-founder of Greenpeace, Captain Paul Watson, was reportedly arrested on 21 July in Greenland by Danish police. Watson, a Canadian-Amercian who has dedicated his life to protecting marine life, was taken in...

MarineMax has announced the appointment of Patrick Coote as vice president for brand marketing for its superyacht division. 

The Sydney International Boat Show has announced its official partner lineup for the 2024 edition. The four-day event, scheduled for 1-4 August at the International Convention Centre Sydney and Cockle Bay in Darling Harbour, will feature a c...

Marine electronics brand Lowrance has unveiled its latest innovation for fishing technology with an addition to its Eagle Eye.

Turkish sail brand Mishi Yachts has revealed the first renderings of its 31-metre cruiser, the Mishi 102, which will be revealed at the Monaco Yacht Show this September.

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and Swim England have this year joined forces with the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) to add 30,000 extra spaces to their free swimming programme, ‘Swim Safe.’

From the Euros to Wimbledon, it’s already been a Summer of fantastic sports and now it’s nearly time for the most anticipated sporting event of the year: the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games! Ahead of the Olympics starting lat...

LKQ Leisure and Marine has been appointed as the exclusive distributor partner for Dometic UK Blind Systems Ltd in the UK.

A highlight of the 2024 Olympics will be the opening ceremony on July 26, featuring a grand parade of 90 boats on the river Seine, and at least four of these will be powered by Torqeedo’s electric motors and batteries.

It was a week of two halves in terms of the weather at this year’s British Classic Week hosted by the British Classic Yacht Club (BCYC), but when the results were in it was 6mR Sioma (small yacht winner) and 8mR Anne Sophie (large yacht winn...

Superyacht UK has introduced the judges and competitors of the 2024 Superyacht UK Young Designer Competition, in partnership with Sunseeker. This prestigious event, set to take place at the Southampton International Boat Show from 16-18 September,...

PredictWind has announced new upgrades to its ocean and tidal current maps, offering “unparalleled detail and accuracy” to all users, including the athletes sailing in the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Cowes Week Ltd has announced that Garmin has joined the event as the Official Weather Sponsor.