Electrika 2025 – Tickets now available
Following on from the success of this year’s first ever boat show dedicated to electric narrowboats, by popular demand, Electrika 2025 will again take place at Brinklow Waterside and Marina…
New-look boatshed takes shape ready for waterfront offices, meeting rooms and workshop rentals in spring 2025
As we look forward to the 2025 sailing season, the new-look boatshed at Buckler’s Hard Yacht Harbour is taking shape. Steel framework adaptations and the roof have been completed, ready…
Remarkable Historic Places Listed in 2024
A total of 17 remarkable and unusual historic places have been granted protection in 2024 and across England, 256 historic places have been added to the National Heritage List for…
RNLI lifesaver heads to Antarctic to take charge of world’s southernmost post office
A Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) volunteer is spending Christmas in the cold of Antarctica as she’s begun a five-month expedition on Goudier Island. Lou in Antarctica. Image: RNLI Lou…
Boaters urged to support HVO Campaign for #GreenerBoatingDiesel
The Cruising Association (CA), alongside key partners, is calling on the UK’s recreational boaters to back its campaign to make Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) more accessible and affordable. HVO is…
Sea slugs, seaweeds and snorkel trails make headlines in The Wildlife Trusts’ 2024 marine review
Innovation, research and a mammoth volunteering effort by people helped conservationists learn more about wildlife in UK seas, reveals The Wildlife Trusts’ 2024 marine review, published today. Seaside volunteers clocked…
Three good men trading the Vendée Globe lead
The incredible three-sided battle, halfway across the frozen southern Pacific, midway between Tasmania and Cape Horn, continues at high speeds. Yoann Richomme (PAPREC ARKÉA) took the lead yesterday, Sébastien Simon…
Capital DJ Jordan North praises RNLI crew who rescued him
Lifeboat crew from Chiswick RNLI were called to help breakfast radio DJ Jordan North when he got into trouble after he rescued a dog struggling in the water. On Monday…
SZABOLCS WEÖRES RETIRES FROM THE VENDÉE GLOBE
Because of irreparable damage to the D2 shroud on his IMOCA, New Europe, Hungarian skipper Szabolcs Weöres has made the difficult decision to retire from Vendée Globe 2024-25. The shroud,…
Richomme’s downwind speed advantage is telling
Two days after snatching second from Sébastien Simon (Groupe Dubreuil) Yoann Richomme, skipper of PAPREC ARKÉA is hard on the heels of Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance). At just less…
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