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Women in Marine has announced the theme and speaker line-up for its 2025 panel and networking event, scheduled for Wednesday 24 September at the Southampton International Boat Show. The session, which is sponsored by DF Capital, LA Marine and Haven Knox-Johnston, returns this year with a new time and location. The 2025 event will take…

Skippered by Tom Laperche, the Trimaran SVR-Lazartigue will line up this Saturday, July 26, for the Rolex Fastnet Race – a legendary event the team won in 2023, setting a new race record.

Last weekend saw the 2025 River Exe Regatta dinghy racing hosted by Starcross Yacht Club. The Regatta includes activities run by all the River Exe clubs, this year having a windsurfer race at Exe SC.

Freedom Boat Club, a global members-only boat club, has launched a new mobile app for iOS and Android, designed to allow members to view, book and manage their reservations across its North American locations. The app, which was initially rolled out on iOS earlier in 2025, is now available to Android users. According to the…

Marine Components International (MCI), a UK-based distributor of maritime products, has reported that the Temo 1000 electric outboard motor was used throughout Salcombe Merlin Rocket Week (29 June to 4 July), a high-traffic sailing event in the UK dinghy calendar. The motor was deployed as part of a real-world test of its capabilities in the…

A very select group of Merlin Rocket crews arrived at Mumbles Yacht Club for the combined Craftinsure Silver Tiller and the HD Midland Circuit event anticipating the same great hospitality and race management we experienced at the last event.

Salcombe Merlin Rocket Week (29 June – 4 July), one of the most vibrant and fiercely competitive events on the UK dinghy calendar, proved to be the ultimate real-world test for the TEMO 1000 electric outboard motor.

Gunfleet Sailing Club hosted the 2025 Comet Nationals from June 6-8, a three-day event attracting 29 entries (including 9 ladies) from as far afield as Cornwall and Scotland. The competition was hot, because 5 Comet National Champions were in the fleet.

The photos are coming in thick and fast from the amazing racing in the Admiral’s Cup. Paul Wyeth has sent us this great selection of shots.

David McDiarmid’s Honda Marine 18 footer team had just completed its three-in-a-row winning run at the 2020 JJ Giltinan World Championship on Sydney Harbour when the Covid pandemic hit and suspended the New Zealand 18ft skiff challenge until 2024.