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HH Catamarans has named Multihull Central as the brand’s exclusive distributor for Australia and New Zealand. HH Catamarans is an up and coming brand of high performance catamarans, releasing innovative designs, including their new 44 and 50 foot models. This…
Australia’s one remaining manufacturer of production cruising catamarans last year celebrated its 25th anniversary after weathering the Covid-19 storm in an extremely competitive marketplace. I talked to Lightwave Yachts Australia co-founder Louise Overell who revealed the secrets to holding your…
The Hanse 460 has been named European Yacht of the Year 2022 by an international jury of experts. In the Family Cruiser category, the Hanse 460 was able to claim the world’s most important award in the sailboat industry. In…
We are pleased to share with you that Beneteau, Lagoon Catamarans and Excess Catamarans have made great achievements at the 2021 China Yachts Awards (OCYA) ceremony in online format on January 23, 2022. Jointly organised by China Cruise & Yacht…
Sleek and razor sharp, the nine metre trimaran, El Toro is a labour of love, brought to life by some of the Australia’s top talent and has undergone her commissioning at The Boat Works on the Gold Coast. El Toro…
Australian maritime experts claim the final resting place of Captain James Cook’s ship, Endeavour, has been found, in an announcement that has drawn criticism from the principal research team as “premature”. At an event in Sydney at 11am, the Australian…
It is one of the most unreachable shipwrecks in the world. We know with good accuracy where Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance vessel ended up after sinking more than 100 years ago. So far, however, all attempts to sight its wooden…
Once more, Lagoon is stretching its legs and moving ahead with bold statements and a clear intention towards a greener future. Not only is the future greener, but it is also smarter, with the integration of our exclusive Seanapps technology. …
Using offshore sailing as an analogy to sailing one’s own life in the autobiography Sailing Bear Cub, author Paula Vickery reflects back on her life-long affiliation with water and boats and how they are intertwined with relationships in her life….
The Dutch city of Rotterdam on Thursday walked back plans to dismantle part of the historic Koningshaven Bridge so that a superyacht built for Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, could pass through the city’s river, saying that a decision had not…
Outremer’s latest catamaran, the Outremer 55, took first place in the bluewater cruiser category at the European Yacht of the Year 2022’s ceremony on Friday, January 21, 2022. Usually held during the BOOT boat show in Düsseldorf, the event was…
A historic steel bridge in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam is to be partly dismantled to allow a superyacht built for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to pass, local authorities have announced. Bezos’s gigantic, 430-million-euro ($485m) yacht is too big for the…
A dog believed drowned in Kamloops, B.C.’s Thompson River, Canada, returned home last week in a recovery being described as something of a miracle. Sammie-Marie, a two-year-old Boston terrier cross, had just been adopted by Joshua Knaak and his partner on January 11…
Boating just got a little easier for vessel owners in the Whitsundays with the installation of ProFender’s super fender at the region’s busiest fuel facility. Prior to the busy holiday season Coral Sea Marina installed ProFender’s super fender across its…
Raymarine is pleased to announce that its Cyclone™ open-array radar series has won a Good Design® Award in the Research and Technology category. The accolade follows shortly after the open-array radars were recognised by the Dame Design Award jury in the ‘Marine Electronics and…
Our 2022 begins in spring, with an important meeting that will kick off the Solaris Yachts events season. At the end of April in the setting of the Marina Monfalcone, Italy there will be the in-water presentation of the new…
Marine technology company savvy navvy founded by ex-Google software engineer, Jelte Liebrand from the UK, has started overfunding on investment platform Seedrs only hours after opening its doors to investors today, with offers still pouring in. savvy navvy has raised…
The U.S. Navy is seeing success in trials of small unmanned surface vessels in the Middle East, particularly a militarized version of the ubiquitous Saildrone, a self-sailing instrument platform which is popular in the scientific community. “The initial Saildrone assessment…
Ronstan’s newest shackle range features a latch mechanism for quick and intuitive one-handed operation. Release under load is easily accomplished by using a spike (available as RF1322) to safely actuate the trigger. Heat treated, investment cast 15-5PH stainless steel components…
Just days after a 33-year-old woman died on Australia Day, another group of boaters were involved in a near tragedy on Nepean River in Penrith this afternoon. A family boating day turned to trouble as three adults and two children…
Australian sailboat hardware company, Ronstan has launched new keelboat spinnaker pole ends suitable for tube sizes from 50mm to 100mm. The new outboard spinnaker pole ends, RF1664 and RF1665, feature anodised aluminium bodies with grade 316 stainless steel hardware. Opened…
The Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Spey arrived at Tonga on Wednesday. Her crew have unloaded disaster relief supplies for communities hit by the Tonga-Hunga volcanic eruption and tsunami. The forward-deployed vessel delivered UK aid stores, including 30,000 liters of bottled water; 300…
A skipper and his daughter who “didn’t even get wet” when their launch capsized on a reef has praised the skills of marine search and rescue organisations. The man, who wants to remain anonymous, said he and his daughter were…
Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show (SCIBS) is ready for a blockbuster of a year when it returns from 19 – 22 May 2022. Attending the show will be a showstopping line-up of exhibitors across everything from the latest marine gadgets…
Immersing audiences in the history of Sydney Harbour, with music specially created for each site, Acoustic Life of Boatsheds is everything you could want from a festival celebrating its city. Acoustic Life of Boatsheds from Big hART, happening as part of…
Just over 11 months since Emirates Team New Zealand’s AC75 ‘Te Rehutai’ crossed the finish line to claim the 36th America’s Cup, its younger sister class – the AC40 is already in production. While much of the world was having a…
It’s the first time it’s been officially used as a key berthing point and Geelong’s floating breakwater ‘Wangim Walk’ has proven to be a hit with local and visiting yachts during this year’s Festival of Sails. Officially opened last February,…
More than 100 years after a Dutch sailing vessel first took to the seas, she is set to return to her origins becoming the first modern commercial sail cargo ship operating in the North Sea. The Dutch start-up EcoClipper, which plans…
A large-scale search continues after a boat capsized on Friday night in Sydney’s North Harbour, with one man missing after his dog and another man were found alive. NSW Police said the man, 49, his dog, Max, and another male, aged…
Passengers traveling along the Thames in London now have the opportunity to catch a ride on the UK’s first hybrid high-speed passenger ferries. Uber Boat by Thames Clippers, which reports running a river bus service that carried four million people…
Sydney Harbour was once, some might say, blissfully free of party boats and glistening white private cruisers. There was a time when the harbour foreshore was crammed with wharves, jetties and sheds, and ferries and work boats ran non-stop. And…
Australia Day 2022 in Sydney marks the return to a jam-packed outdoor Sydney Harbour program. It starts early with the dawn projection and flag raising and continues through to the Australia Day Live concert at the Sydney Opera House Forecourt,…
Modern hatches are usually waterproof when new but eventually the rubber parts and sealant can perish, leading to ever-increasing leakage. The gasket on the lid is often the first to go. For most, it is best to buy a replacement…
France’s Michelin Group, best known for its long history of innovations in tires, announced that it is moving forward with its designs for an inflatable wing sail system. The company hopes that this will bring the same level of innovation…
For nearly 20 years Australian luxury motor yacht manufacturer, Maritimo has been a brand synonymous with industry leading design, engineering excellence, and exemplary level of build quality. Maritimo has built this long reputation as one of the boating industry’s most…
As Australia’s largest importer of high-end performance power dayboats from Europe, it was only fitting for Eyachts to bring the world’s largest day boat manufacturer to our shores down under. “Most sailors nowadays only take their boats out during the…
The Australian Commercial Marine Group (ACMG) is fulfilling an industry need through the production of an ‘Australian Major Haul Out, Repair and Maintenance Directory’. It contains key information, contacts and locations of marine related businesses in Australia with the ability…
A golden autumn in Europe has brought a hugely successful close to the first full year of competition for the new Scuderia 65 racer-cruiser. On the racecourse, the full carbon yacht has repeatedly shown her pace, with line honours and…
For a number of years Sail Canada and Provincial Sailing Associations have been advocating Transport Canada in support of the approval of alternatives to the requirements for recreational boats to carry pyrotechnic distress signals. The Small Vessel Regulations were recently…
An expedition to locate the lost ship of renowned polar explorer and Kildare native Sir Ernest Shackleton will set sail 100 years after his death. The Endurance22 Expedition aims to find, survey and film the wreck of Endurance, which sank during Shackleton’s quest to Antarctica in…
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