Category: News

  • Round the Island Race Entries Open

    Round the Island Race Entries Open

        Press release from organisers: Round the Island Race entries for 2019 open Entry fees to remain at 2018 level The Round the Island Race 2019 is set to attract thousands of sailors from… […]

  • Beale Park is cancelled

    Beale Park is cancelled

    The boat show for small craft, at Beale Park on the Thames near Pangbourne, has been cancelled for this year, with no further plans to revive the show next year. The organisers, See it for… […]

  • Slats eats into Van Den Heede’s lead

    Slats eats into Van Den Heede’s lead

    Golden Globe Race:  199th day at sea –  Mark Slats is 34 nM behind Van Den Heede as they come within 1600nM of the finish line Difference in distance to finish now reduced to 34.3 miles… […]

  • British solo yachtsman is OK after All Ships Alert

    British solo yachtsman is OK after All Ships Alert

    All Ships alert for overdue British solo yachtsman Robin Davie aboard his Rustler 36 C’Est La Vie […]

  • New pilot gig to launch

    New pilot gig to launch

    Traditional clinker built wooden gig ‘Arwenack’ for Falmouth Pilot Gig Club launches at 12 noon at the Watersports Centre in Falmouth, Cornwall […]

  • Classic Transat begins

    Classic Transat begins

      Eight boats left the island of Lanzarote in the Canaries today racing to St Kitts in the Panerai Transat Classic. In light winds the boats started on a windward leg before turning a mark… […]

  • Sailor survives six days in the open sea

    Sailor survives six days in the open sea

    An Indonesian seaman survived six days in the open sea after his ship sank in the Bali Strait. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=””… […]

  • Boat operators told to look out for migrants

    Boat operators told to look out for migrants

    As the government dispatches another three patrol vessels to monitor the English Channel for migrant boats coming from France, civilian boat operators have also been warned by the coastguard to look out and report any… […]

  • Silent transition to electric vessels

    Silent transition to electric vessels

    Press Release from IDTechEx, Cambridge, UK The silent transition to electric and hybrid vessels The brand new IDTechEx report ‘Electric and Hybrid Boats and Ships 2019 – 2029’ expects investment to accelerate after 2020 Since… […]