More than 5,000 visitors helped to celebrate the city’s waterways this weekend. Sheffield Waterfront Festival, the city’s biggest festival of its kind, was organised by waterway charity, the Canal & River Trust and Kelham Island Museum with support from the River Stewardship Company and coincided with this year’s global celebrations for World Rivers Day. The…
A very relaxed and chatty Mike Golding captivated his audience at TheYachtMarket.com Southampton Boat Show yesterday. The sailing legend took to TheYachtMarket.com Knowledge Zone to entertain visitors with tales of his past adventures, but also had a thing or two to teach exhibitors who, by this stage of the Show, might consider themselves a touch sleep deprived. “Every waking…
The fourth year of the world’s largest sailing event, Bart’s Bash, got off to a terrific start in New Zealand at the Whangaruru Sailing Club in Oakura Bay, New Zealand as sailing and yacht clubs around the world were gearing up to run their own Bart’s Bash races. Mike Carter from the Royal Brunei Yacht…
This year’s Southampton Boat Show sees Europe’s leading marina operator, MDL Marinas, mark the next chapter of the highly anticipated £3.5million transformation of Ocean Village Marina, climaxing this October with the opening of the five-star, luxury Southampton Harbour Hotel & Spa. Ocean Village Marina has undergone an extensive redesign and refurbishment since 2015, as part…
TheYachtMarket.com Southampton Boat Show opened today in glorious sunshine. Running from now until Sunday 25 September, the UK’s biggest festival of boating celebrates the fun and lifestyle that being on the water has to offer. Offering brand new attractions for this year alongside live music and entertainment the event, this year’s event will get more people…
If you’re visiting the YachtMarket.com Southampton Boat Show this year (15-24 September) make sure you pay a visit to the RYA (Stand B032). To kick off the week, on preview day (Friday 15 September) the brand new RYA Powerability scheme for Sailability is being officially launched. Powerability enables disabled boaters to log their achievement and build confidence…
It was a case of weather perfect; dry, little wind and a beautiful sunrise as the teams from Hamble’s Royal Southern Yacht Club and the Island Sailing Club in Cowes met on the newly emerged ‘island’, the infamous Bramble Bank in the the central Solent, for the annual Bramble Bank cricket match. So perfect were…
Southampton Boat Show, September 15th to 24th, Stand E020 Fischer Panda will demonstrate the quiet operation of its leading range of marine generators by displaying a selection of working models on its outside stand at this year’s Southampton Boat Show. Allowing customers to experience the renowned Fischer Panda low sound levels for themselves, the marine generator…
The Docks’ annual celebration of historic and traditional boats to be bigger and better than ever Central London’s only marina, St Katharine Docks by Camper & Nicholsons Marinas, is hosting its 9th annual celebration of colourful classic boats this September, set to be bigger and better than ever before with a display of over 40…
Today the Lendy Cowes Week spotlight shone brightly on the Andrew Simpson Foundation (ASF) with the day being officially designated Charity Day and with Founding Trustee and America’s Cup sailor Iain Percy OBE in Cowes to fly the FUNdraising flag. The ASF is delighted to have been selected as the official charity in this first…
