On Wednesday, 24 September 2025, Women in Marine will be holding its annual panel and networking event at the Quarterdeck Bar & Restaurant, located at the Southampton International Boat Show.…
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How the traditional boatbuilding community is facing the UK skills crisis
On 14 June, the launch of Norfolk boatbuilder Abbey Molyneux’s new and expanded yard brought together more than 60 professionals from across the boatbuilding and heritage marine sectors. Yard owners,…
Stride Forward charity to race in Cowes Week for the first time ever
A charity that helps participants recover autonomy and a sense of possibility through sailing, called Stride Forward, will take part in Cowes Week for the very first time from 2-8…
RYA OnBoard turns 20
The RYA celebrates 20 years of its beloved OnBoard initiative, one of the UK’s largest grassroots programmes for getting kids into watersports. The RYA Onboard story so far The RYA…
Tall Ships Race 2025 brings the ‘tourist event of the year’ to Aberdeen
The Tall Ships Race 2025 fleet will soon set its sights on the shores of Aberdeen. Between the 19th and 22nd of July, the Scottish city will welcome race participants…
Celebrating Conor O Brien on the centenary of his pioneering circumnavigation
This June marks the centenary of legendary Irish yachtsman Conor O Brien returning from a history-making circumnavigation aboard his yacht Saoirse. The iconic sailor, mountaineer, architect, and author first set…
Gipsy Moth IV Parading Down Thames for Royal Thames Yacht Club 250th Anniversary
On Saturday, 28 June, 40 boats will participate in a ceremonial pageant from Greenwich Pier to HMS President in London to mark the 250th anniversary of the Royal Thames Yacht…
Disabled athlete and engineer Jazz Turner ‘smashes’ charity fundraising target
Jazz Turner, a GB para-athlete and engineer from Seaford, East Sussex, set off on 2nd June, hoping to become the first wheelchair user to sail solo, unassisted, and non-stop around…
YM Celtic Triangle sailors arrive in Kinsale
A mix of experienced and Corinthian shorthanded offshore racers started the Yachting Monthly Celtic Triangle Race from Falmouth on Sunday 8th June, with the final boats finishing in Kinsale in…
Ella casts off to sail solo 10,000 miles around the Arctic
Ella, a 28-year-old Yachtmaster instructor, is sailing her 1978 38ft Bruce Roberts offshore steel ketch, Yeva, to highlight the dramatic melting of the Arctic ice and to campaign for change.…