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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.

Undoubtedly one of the most watched teams in the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup has been the Challenger of Record, INEOS Britannia who, from the very start, have placed design innovation at the heart of their campaign. It is often said tha...

Around 1,700 workers will be impacted by temporary layoffs at Mercury Marine’s Fond du Lac headquarters, in the US state of Wisconsin, as the company continues to be impacted by declining sales.

US boatbuilder Malibu Boats has appointed Steven D. Menneto as its new chief executive, effective from 5 August 2024.

After its launch at last year’s London International Shipping Week, an exhibition spotlighting the inspirational stories of women in maritime is coming to Portsmouth, on the UK’s south coast.

UK explorer yacht builder Arksen has revealed details of its new Arksen 65 model. It is the latest in the yard’s Explorer Series, following the recently delivered Arksen 85.

Asian yacht dealership Simpson Marine is expanding into Vietnam in partnership with O2H2O Vietnam, represented by Alexandre Heng, a yacht and jet sales brokerage company in Asia; and Sassy Nguyen, CEO of the SS&Sons Group, a holding company r...

US boatbuilder Sailfish Boats has appointed three new dealers in the US: Carefree Marine Group in Pompano Beach, FL, Atlantic Coast Marine in Jacksonville, FL, and Total Marine in Norwalk, CT. 

Penguin Refrigeration, a supplier of marine refrigeration and air conditioning solutions, has announced its latest Vitrifrigo product – the C85 BD Nano.

The Round Iceland Race (RIR) will be in its second edition and will start on 31 August 2025 from Plymouth Sound National Marine Park. The course, quite simply, is to leave the Eddystone Lighthouse to Starboard, Iceland to Starboard and finish on t...