Category: News
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RNLI Poole’s new boathouse, and boat
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… […]
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Buckler’s Hard Museum affiliates with Royal Navy museum
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… […]
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20 new jobs at Oyster as Lloyd’s agrees to supervise all new builds
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… […]
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Oarsome fundraisers enjoy ‘row of a lifetime’ in first Portsmouth Pull
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… […]
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Joshua joins Golden Globe fleet in Brittany
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… […]
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Lifeboat called out twice to same yacht
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… […]
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Stella wins at Suffolk Yacht Harbour’s Classic Regatta
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… […]
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GOSPORT CHARITY PURSUIT 2018 raises £8,500 for charities
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… […]
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Les Sables welcomes Golden Globers after first feeder race from Falmouth
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… […]
