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Enterprise Northern Series unveils 2026 calendar to celebrate 70 Years of iconic dinghy racing. The legendary ‘Cock of the North’ Enterprise series returns in 2026 with a six-event calendar to mark the 70th anniversary of the Enterprise dinghy class.

Thanks to a substantial grant from the Dumfries and Galloway Coastal Benefit Fund, serious building alterations are now well under way to create a fully accessible changing, showering and toilet facility within the main Clubhouse at Solway YC.

The 37th edition of Metstrade, which runs from 18-20 November 2025, opened this morning at RAI Amsterdam with the traditional Breakfast Briefing and the presentation of the DAME Design Awards. The first speaker, National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) CEO Frank Hugelmeyer, highlighted that the marine industry is undergoing a transformational moment. Addressing a large audience,…

Andrea Frabetti, chief executive of Sunseeker International, has confirmed he is to leave the company. A search is now underway to find a replacement. Frabetti has not yet formally left his role at the UK-based boatbuilder, and is currently on leave. In the meantime, the firm is being managed by the senior leadership team. A…

The final day of any boat class Worlds can often an odd one. Sailors battle each other all week. Throughout that time, as in real battles, small skirmishes, pockets of unseen individual personal heroism and little victories happen all over the field.

Climate change isn’t just rewriting weather patterns — it’s rewriting the rules of yacht insurance. At Metstrade’s Marine Impact Lab, long-time yacht and superyacht insurance broker Richard Power warns that the cost of climate inaction is already hitting the marine market. With reinsurance losses soaring, insurers retreating from volatile regions and the threat of named…

SailGP has announced the introduction of its first Athlete Transfer framework, set to take effect ahead of the global racing championship’s 2026 Season.

ICOMIA’s Technical Director, Patrick Hemp, presented the globally recognised DAME Design Awards 2025 to LXNAV’s E360 chartplotter at the Metstrade Official Opening this morning.

November at Blithfield Reservoir in Staffordshire can only mean one thing: the opening round of the Blithfield Barrel. This popular winter series once again attracted an excellent turnout, with 33 boats and more than 50 sailors.

LXNAV’s E360 Round Chartplotter has been announced as the overall winner of the 34th edition of the DAME Design Awards at Metstrade 2025. LXNAV Marine is a branch of LXNAV, an aviation navigational equipment manufacturer based in Slovenia. The E360 chartplotter is a 4″ round touchscreen chartplotter. It offers NMEA2000 connectivity, built-in charts, Navionics support…