Hunton Yachts Ltd and Rib-X Ltd have today announced a joint venture to produce the Hunton range of Rigid Inflatable Boats (RIBs) The joint venture constitutes a profit share agreement, combining the manufacturing skills of Rib-X with the design, and technology of Hunton. Under the 3 year agreement, Rib-X will manufacture the Hunton ribs and…
Europe’s leading commercial marine and workboat exhibition, Seawork International, has opened its doors today, at Mayflower Park in Southampton, UK and will welcome attendees from across the globe until Thursday. Since its inception, Seawork International has been a sell-out success and this year is no exception. It is home to over 10,000 products, equipment and…
Summer is here and yesterday the newly refurbished Camper & Nicholsons Marinas (CNM) St. Katharine Docks officially relaunch the marina to key stakeholders and the public before the highly anticipated opening of London on Water Show on 8th June 2017. The relaunch of St. Katharine Docks took place on the floating events pontoon, and was…
After a seven-year search, E.P. Barrus Ltd has found a new site enabling the company to consolidate its operations under one roof and remain in Bicester. The company will be relocating to a 16-acre site which forms part of commercial space allocated on the edge of the unique Graven Hill Development to the south of…
A stunning development of new beach huts on the south coast has been added to OS’s geospatial database ahead of the summer season. The development, in Milford on Sea, replaces the old beach huts which were damaged and destroyed during a fierce storm on 14 February 2014. With building work on 119 beach huts and…
The Lymington (UK) based Rating Office, headquarters of the world’s most popular rating system IRC, is to be managed by Dr Jason Smithwick. Following on from academia, roles in the research industry and sailing’s international federation Smithwick will take up his post at the head of a team of four full-time staff and several external…
Torqeedo, the market leader in the fast-growing electric propulsion industry, announces the appointment of Marcia Kull as President of Torqeedo Group, Inc., from 1 May 2017. As a newly created position within the company, Kull’s Presidency will expand the current management system, overseeing Torqeedo’s growth activities in America, EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. She will be…
East coast marina is named UK’s busiest application centre for the leading long-term antifoul solution Suffolk Yacht Harbour is celebrating a record-breaking year for the number of Coppercoat antifoul applications it completed during 2016. The east coast’s largest privately-owned marina treated 39 yachts with Coppercoat last year and already has 29 applications booked and scheduled…
MDL Marinas is excited to support Ocean Youth Trust South as it introduces its new sail training vessel, Prolific. The marina operator is offering six young sailors from its annual Sail Training Awards, now in its 29th year, the chance to set sail with the Hampshire-based charity, which specialises in using ‘Adventure Under Sail’ to…
Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey visited Birmingham yesterday to find out more about the vital role that local people are playing in helping to care for and promote the city’s famous network of canals. Dr Coffey met staff and volunteers from the Canal & River Trust, the charity that cares for 2,000 miles of the nation’s…
