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 [...]
Arctic sailors wanted
Integrity sails from Iceland to East Greenland in the summer of 2019, there are two berths available for a period of around two weeks each
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 [...]
Susie Goodall close to Punta Arenas
Susie Goodall's rescue ship – the Hong Kong registered Tian Fu, is in the Magellan Strait heading for Punta Arenas in a few hours where she will be met by her mother. The MV Tian [...]
Free berths at Bembridge
FREE berths over Christmas and the New year are being offered on Bembridge Harbour's Duver pontoon, on a first come first served basis. Berths are free on 25th/26th December and 31st December/1st January, at the [...]
Panerai ends sponsorship, except Cowes
Nine regattas lose sponsorship Flagship Eilean will continue Organisers working hard to find a new sponsor Organisers of classic sailing regattas are busy trying to find new sponsors after the Italian watch specialist Panerai announced [...]
The Fully-Rigged Ship
The full-rigged or fully-rigged ship was an excellent example of early industrial standardisation, writes Dan Houston. With the trade of the sailor being international there was a need to rig ships in the same way, [...]
Seahorses found in the Thames
Marine biologists from the Zoological Society of London, a conservation charity working on the River Thames have reported more evidence of seahorses living in London’s iconic waterway. The sighting of a sixth individual animal in [...]
Olaf Harken dies aged 80
• Co-founder of the blocks and rigging multinational dies in Pewaukee Wisconsin. • He is survived by Ruth, his wife of 47 years, three daughters, four granddaughters and a grandson. • Preliminary plans include a [...]
Charlotte – A Wooden Boat Story
2011, Dir Jeffrey Kusuma-Hinte, 96 mins This film charts the life of the Gannon & Benjamin boatyard on Martha's Vineyard – the island off Massachusetts, where they restore wooden boats and have built a series [...]
LIGNIA Wood Company joins Water Revolution Foundation
Global foundation aims to drive sustainability in the yachting industry. LIGNIA Wood Company, the manufacturer of the sustainable real-wood alternative to Burmese teak, LIGNIA Yacht, has joined Water Revolution Foundation as a Corporate Partner. Both organisations have similar aims and [...]
How Nelson was carried home
Trafalgar Day, 21 October, not only marks one of Admiral Nelson's great sea victories, in 1805, but also his demise and the beginning of a tradition known as the Immortal Memory – where basically you [...]