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Following the announcement of a new tariff deal between the US and the EU, four global leisure marine industry associations – British Marine, the International Council of Marine Industry Associations (ICOMIA), European Boating Industry (EBI) and the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) – have issued a joint statement calling for more predictable trading conditions across…

Two children were killed and two others critically injured on Monday (28 July 2025) after a barge struck a sailboat in Biscayne Bay off Miami Beach, officials said. The sailboat, which was participating in a youth sailing programme run by the Miami Yacht Club, was carrying one adult and five children when it was hit,…

Groupe Beneteau has reported first-half 2025 revenues of €403.8m, a decline of 27.5 per cent compared with €556.6m in the first half of 2024. The second quarter saw a sales contraction of 16 per cent at constant exchange rates, following a 43 per cent decline in the first quarter. Inventory levels within the distribution networks…

The Association of Sail Training Organisations (ASTO) has announced the appointment of Vice Admiral Sir Jeremy Kyd KBE, Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey, as its new president. ASTO is the membership body for UK-based sail training charities. In 2024, more than 11,000 young people and individuals with disabilities or additional needs sailed with its 31 member organisations.…

The third edition of the European Sustainable Boating Roundtable is set to take place on Friday, 19 September 2025 at 3pm, during the 65th edition of the Genoa International Boat Show. The panel will be hosted in the Forum Hall.  As confirmed by Piero Formenti, the president of Confindustria Nautica, on the same day of…

Ancasta will present a broad portfolio of new and updated models at the 2025 Cannes Yachting Festival, including several world premieres from renowned brands such as Prestige, Beneteau, Bluegame, Lagoon and McConaghy.  Prestige — world debuts Prestige will debut its new M-LINE M7, a multihull design offering the volume of a 75-foot monohull with enhanced…

In an emotional and historic departure, 12 intrepid solo sailors set sail from Fiji, embarking on the most perilous leg of the McIntyre Mini Globe Race (MGR)—a 10,000-nautical-mile journey across the Southern Ocean to Cape Town, South Africa.

Stefan Jentzsch’s Botin 56 Black Pearl (NYYC) leads the fleet on the water with 124nm to go. The immediate chasing pack on the same line and port gybe is Beau Geste, Jolt 3, Caro and Rán.

The 100-foot supermaxi Black Jack 100 has claimed line honours in the monohull class of the 51st edition of the prestigious Rolex Fastnet Race, held this year in celebration of its 100th anniversary.

With an unusually late Tuesday start, necessitated by tide times, almost seventy young people gathered at the Solway Yacht Club for the annual Cadet Week.