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MarineMax, a major US-based marina operator, superyacht services company and boat and yacht retailer, reported a net loss of $8.2m on revenue of $2.2bn for the year ended 30 September 2026. Its fourth-quarter loss widened to $13m from $0.9m a year earlier as boat sales fell and the pending takeover by Safe Harbor Marinas added…

Hugo Andreae, former editor of Motor Boat & Yachting magazine, has joined yacht marketplace YachtBuyer as editor-in-chief. With more than 20 years of marine journalism and hands-on boat-testing experience, he joins the company to lead its editorial strategy and support its international expansion. The YachtBuyer platform combines independent yacht reviews with advanced data tools. Andreae…

ICOMIA – the International Council of Marine Industry Associations – is aiming to move beyond being an organisation that connects its members. It wants to provide the collective intelligence, influence and common frameworks that allow the global leisure marine industry to develop more effectively. Under CEO Joe Lynch, three priorities have been identified: collaboration, data…

With the sun setting on the summer season and the hardy sailors readying themselves for winter sailing, this was the perfect transitional event. Itchenor SC welcomed 16 Musto Skiffs for the final gathering of this year’s UK class events calendar.

The 2026 Route du Rhum is proving a complete challenge for its solo skippers, with retirements throughout the six classes and three capsizes in the multihulls. But thankfully, all the skippers involved are safe.

In the 20th year of the Frosite Series at Royal North of Ireland YC, we welcomed back the RS200 class back to join the racing with the RS400 fleet.

Nineteen boats gathered at Waldringfield for the Cadet Open on Sunday 1 November, with six races completed in challenging but enjoyable light winds.

With just two more races left to sail in the SIXT Spring 18ft Skiff Championship, only five points separate the leading four teams in a series where there is no discard available.

The pursuit of the first X-15 World Championship titles began in Ibiza, Spain on Wednesday 4 November, bringing together 107 competitors from 24 nations for a defining moment in X-15 wingfoiling.

Three storms in 10 days, winds above 60 knots, broken gear, a skipper knocked unconscious and an unforgiving test of the human mind. The Atlantic was only the beginning. The Southern Ocean lies ahead.