Saturday sees the Volvo Ocean Race fleet continuing the perverse scenario of sailing away from the finish line in New Zealand. While the fleet is split in two, reflecting differing tactical choices, all six boats have pushed well to the north, with the…
Marlow Ropes, the world’s leading leisure marine rope manufacturer, is pleased to announce its official supplier partnership with 2018 Golden Globe Race skipper, Susie Goodall – the only female competitor and also one of the youngest. Susie Goodall’s R…
Manufacturers of vessels and equipment in the offshore wind farm sector sign up to exhibit at Seawork Asia 2018. China’s offshore wind power started relatively late, however, offshore wind power is rapidly developing in various regions due to the stabi…
The J/111 Northern European Class (J/111 NE Class ) has a full programme of events for 2018. The sleek, speedy, one-design 36 footer is the ultimate one design flexible race boat. The Northern European circuit offers friendly yet highly competitive one…
Skipper Simeon Tienpont’s team AkzoNobel led the Volvo Ocean Race fleet away from the Hong Kong start line on Monday morning as Leg 6 got underway. Racing started in a light, 8-10 knot easterly with AkzoNobel, SHK/Scallywag, and Team Brunel the first a…
The Cruising Association (CA) is delighted to announce the appointment of Peta Stuart-Hunt as its new Press & PR Manager with immediate effect. Peta joins the CA team with an impressive track record having served for many years as Press Officer for…
A ground-breaking Atlantic rowing team sponsored by Ocean Signal as Electrical Safety Equipment Partner is celebrating an historic success after completing the 2017/18 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge. In addition to facing all the daunting trials an…
Mercury Marine continues to enhance the boating experience through its family of VesselView displays. In November 2017, Mercury introduced VesselView903, the company’s largest and most advanced multifunction display. Mercury has just announced the intr…
Vestas 11th Hour Racing has undertaken steps to repair their Volvo Ocean 65 yacht, which was involved in a collision with a non-racing vessel at the end of Leg 4 near Hong Kong. The time required for repairs means the team will not be rejoining the rac…
Raymarine’s propritary SeaTalk 1 interface was standard on a huge range of instruments, autopilots and chart plotters up until about 2012. Many of these systems are still installed and functioning perfectly but users may want to add additional sensors…
