New canal moorings close to Macclesfield town centre are now open for boats. Boaters cruising the Macclesfield Canal often used to struggle to find a suitable place to leave their boats close to Macclesfield town centre. But now thanks to the Canal…
Always keen to innovate, the RS300 Class ran its first ever slalom championship at Bristol Corinthian YC on 9 May. The wind was fruity and from the west. This, and the extremely compact course, heightened the ‘highdramaadrenalinepumpinghugegrinshortcou…
The 2015 Powerboat GP British Championship got underway in style this weekend as it kicked off at the Lancashire GP at Carr Mill Dam in St Helen’s. 30 Powerboat Teams form all over the UK headed to the Lancashire Powerboat Racing Club for the start of…
Round 3 2015 RYA P750 ThunderCat British Championship ThunderCat Racing moved on to Watergate Bay, Cornwall last weekend (09-10 May) for the the first of this year’s ‘surf events’. An ever increasing entry into the series included a good few rookie tea…
The University of Rochester, NY, has used lasers to permanently transform metals into water repellent or super-hydrophobic materials, a potentially revolutionary development for the superyacht industry. Most superyachts are constructed from metal, incl…
The 3rd edition of the 2015 Gazprom Swan 60 World Championship will take place this week at Marina di Scarlino. This event is the most important on the Gazprom Swan 60 circuit which this year spans five events from May through to September, which…
Find out how your club, training centre or organisation can take advantage of this great scheme It was a case of win, win, win during April as RYA Joining Point members enjoyed double commission for every new member they signed up to RYA membership – w…
Lewmar is entering an exciting phase of development fuelled by product development, the creation of a new product line namely the Glass division and a worldwide recovering economy. To support this growth, Lewmar is strengthening its sales team with key…
With the reassurance of their Ocean Signal products on-board, two young rowers have started an unsupported Atlantic crossing to raise money for charity. Tom Rainey and Lawrence Walters, who replaced Sam Coombs less than a month before the departure dat…
The newly launched Princess East Coast, a strategic sales agreement between the UK’s number one sales centres, Boats.co.uk and Princess Motor Yacht Sales, opens Princess Poole at Salterns Marina, Poole on Friday May 1st. The office will be headed by Sa…
