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The 2.4mR Inclusive World Championship has officially begun in Malcesine, marking the start of the first-ever Inclusive Sailing World Championship. Until October 12, Paralympic & able-bodied athletes will compete side by side on the waters of Lake Garda.

FPT Geneva is right around the corner, kicking off October 8th! Once again, the world’s best freestylers have gathered for the first half of the Freestyle Pro Tour’s two-stop finale.

In the build up the 44th Hamble Winter Series, all eyes were focused on the Grib files to see how Storm Amy would affect the proceedings. Try as they might, the Race Team could not find a forecast that would allow racing on Saturday 4th October.

Winter sailing is back, and this year Hayling Island Sailing Club is opening its doors to non-members for an unmissable series of racing weekends.

Simrad Marine Electronics, part of Brunswick Corporation, has launched the Simrad AutoCaptain autonomous boating system at IBEX in Tampa, Florida. Simrad says the technology features automated docking, undocking, and short-distance manoeuvring, with integration into Mercury Marine propulsion and a dedicated Simrad display app. In a statement, the firm claims that, “unlike assistance-based systems currently on…

Groupe Beneteau has acquired BMS, a shipyard based in Canet-en-Roussillon that specialises in the maintenance, customisation, and refit of large catamarans, particularly Lagoon vessels. French boating giant Beneteau says the acquisition expands Lagoon’s global network of service centres and strengthens the group’s service offering in the Mediterranean. Each year, more than 50 Lagoon catamarans are…

Despite the biblical forecast as Storm Amy rolled inexorably across the country on Saturday, 26 Mirrors weren’t deterred from entering their Inland Championship at Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club.

The International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition and Conference (IBEX) has announced the winners of the 2025 IBEX Innovation Awards Programme, managed by the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) and judged by Boating Writers International (BWI). A total of 12 products were selected as winners, with an additional four receiving honourable mentions, from 112 entries submitted by exhibiting…

Yacht agency and services company Pesto Sea Group has launched Pesto Sea Group South Africa to offer visiting yachts and the growing local fleet full service high-standard support operations needed. Pesto Sea Group has been an established yacht and maritime services company in the Mediterranean for 50 years, operating from its base in Genoa, Italy.…

The winners of the 2025 Brian Black Memorial Award (BBMA), which recognises outstanding writing and photography that highlight the changing marine environment, have been announced. The award, now in its fifth year and supported by antifouling specialist Coppercoat, aims to showcase how journalism can shed light on environmental issues through personal stories. This year, two…