The Royal National Lifeboat Institution) (RNLI) commissioned its new floating Boathouse at Poole on June 23 and named its latest inshore inflatable D class, the D-804 Gladys Maud Burton. The boat is named after Gladys Maud Burton, who lived locally in Lilliput, and died in February 2010 aged 100. Gladys lived by the sea all [...]
Buckler’s Hard Maritime Museum has been formally welcomed to The National Museum of the Royal Navy’s affiliate partnership scheme. With a shared history dating back to the 18th century, where warships were built on the Beaulieu river using oak from the New Forest the two museums look forward to developing new stories together on the [...]
Oyster Yachts will be creating 20 new jobs by bringing its moulding production in house for the first time with a new facility in Norfolk. The move coincides with Lloyd's Register EMEA (LR) agreeing a safety certification process which will be implemented on all newly built yachts. The renowned maritime safety classification society will now [...]
Four teams of fundraisers for the youth development charity, Oarsome Chance, enjoyed the ‘row of a lifetime’ around Portsmouth Harbour in the inaugural Portsmouth Pull on Saturday (16 June). The 10km (5.3 nautical mile) course took the 21 rowers in identical 23-ft St Ayles rowing skiffs Little Victory and Little Warrior past Portsmouth’s iconic landmarks [...]
And no, she didn't round Cape Horn before Robin Knox-Johnston... Two great men of the sea, Britain’s Sir Robin Knox-Johnston and French hero Bernard Moitessier never met or communicated with each other during the first Golden Globe solo round the world Race 50 years go, but their equally famous yachts, Suhaili and Joshua finally came [...]
From RNLI: The volunteer crew of the Sheerness RNLI all weather lifeboat The George and Ivy Swanson launched at 11.15 pm on Friday 15 June after a call from the UK Coastguard reported that a yacht had run aground and was taking on water in the area of Grain Power Station outfall off the Isle [...]
Stella Timoa races to victory as East coast’s largest regatta for classic yachts delivers on sailing, sunshine and socialising The east coast’s largest independent marina, Suffolk Yacht Harbour (SYH), in conjunction with Haven Ports Yacht Club, hosted its 18th annual Classic Regatta last weekend (9th-10th June). The event sees classic yachts from across East Anglia [...]
Press release: On 16 June 2018, 17 yachts competed in the Gosport Charity Pursuit 2018 on the Solent. Organised by Gosport Marine Scene, this is the second year that the competition has taken place to raise £8,500 for a variety of charities including £2,000 Gosport Marine Futures. Gosport Marine Scene was set up in 2013 [...]
Main photo: GGR skippers congregate in Les Sables d'Olonne. Back row left to right: Loic Lepage (FRA) Uku Randmaa (EST), Tapio Lehtinen (FIN) Don McIntyre - Race Founder, Abhilash Tomy (Ind) LSDO sport) Are Wiig (NOR) Jean Paul Dubreuil (Vice President LSDO) Agglomeration Yannick Moreau (President LSDO Agglomeration; Mark Sinclair (AUS) Ertan Beskardes (GBR) Mark [...]
