Velsheda prevails at Maxi event
Report by James Boyd, Porto Cervo, Sardinia The J Class raced a 34.5 mile anti-clockwise lap of the La Maddalena archipelago in northeasterly to easterly winds that rarely exceeded 10 knots on day three [...]
Transat yachtsman breaks down off Dorset
A yachtsman who had just completed a 75-day Atlantic crossing had to call the Coastguard early in the morning on Friday, August 24, when his 55ft ketch Maid of Crete suffered engine failure 20nM SE [...]
Vets halfway towards their new boat
A sailing charity for injured veterans has been given a boost after reaching the halfway mark of its campaign to buy a new training boat. Turn to Starboard is saying a huge thank you to [...]
Body found aboard sailing boat under Tamar Bridge
A police investigation has been launched after a body was found on board on a sailing boat moored under the Tamar Bridge. The body of a 51 year old man was recovered from the moored [...]
Scotland to ban unclear fishing markers
The Cruising Association (CA) is delighted that the Scottish Government has now decided to take steps towards the better marking of creel/lobster pots and also towards making unlicensed fishermen more identifiable for the purposes of [...]
Sailors smuggled silver in their voyages to the east, wreck reveals
New evidence from the wreck of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) ship Rooswijk, off the Kent coast, tells a tale of smuggling and reveals who was on board, during major shipwreck excavation Dives [...]
Flensburg’s America’s Cup exhibition
The Robbe & Berking Yachting Heritage Centre, in Flensburg, N Germany, is hosting an exhibition dedicated to the American schooner America and the birth of the America´s Cup. Opening on August 22nd - the date [...]
RNLI returns boat after two years adrift
James Walker from Lancaster and co-owner Phil Smith were delighted when their boat, which had been missing at sea for nearly two years, was found and returned to them by the RNLI. Fleetwood RNLI launched [...]
Climate change pirates colour Falmouth in pink
Falmouth Week wakes up to a call for Climate Change as 200 Pink Flags are placed on boats overnight Pirate Rebels brave Friday night’s wild weather warnings to board boats under cover of darkness and [...]
Ester sails again
The 1901 rocketyacht Ester – the so-called mini Vasa rescued from the deep in 2015 by Bo Eriksson and friend Per Helgren, has launched after a four year restoration and started some sailing trials at [...]
Cowes issues safety codes
As Cowes Week is set to begin the harbour master at Britain's home of yachting, Capt. Stuart McIntosh, has issued a guide to essential harbour safety for all boat users. Cowes Harbour Commission’s number one priority [...]
Borrow A Boat sponsors Southampton Boat Show
Borrow A Boat is the proud new sponsor of British Marine’s Southampton International Boat Show which will take place from 13 to 22 September. The UK’s fastest growing and only peer-to-peer boat charter platform, Borrow A Boat, has [...]