The historic Port Dinorwic Marina (Y Felinheli) in northwest Wales, has been acquired by Castle Marinas Ltd.
Located in the Menai Strait, the marina is said to be one of the safest and most secure places for mooring in the UK. Its facilities include fuelling, a boatyard with a 20 tonne crane, on-shore boat storage, shops, and a pub-restaurant.
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The largest sailing regatta of its kind kicks off tomorrow for its 184th year.
This year Cowes Week welcomes a number of new classes and has made several improvements to ensure that 2010 is its best year yet.
Throughout Cowes Week you can tune-in to Cowes Radio on 87.7FM for the latest commentary, as well as news, entertainment, and the all-im...more
Four female rowers became the first women ever to row around the coast of Britain, their time of 51 days 16hours 42minutes has been accepted for a Guinness World Record.
Belinda Kirk, 35, from Bristol, Royal Navy nurse Laura Thomasson, 23, from Dover, IT support manager Beverley Ashton, 29, from Wantage, Oxfordshire and Angela Madsen, a wheelch...more
The Spanish government has introduced a new temporary sailing permit that allows boatbuilders, importers, distributors and dealers the possibility to sail leisure craft to shows, exhibitions and sea trials with prospective customers, prior to matriculation.
A maximum number of three guests are allowed on board (in addition to crew) for demonstr...more
The RYA is delighted to announce that Richard Falk who joined the RYA in February this year as RYA Cruising Manager has now been appointed the new RYA Training Manager, following the retirement of James Stevens.
After a long and illustrious career at the RYA, James Stevens will retire at the end of September, when Richard will take over the p...more
Grange International are proud to announce the launch of their new website www.grangeinternational.com
The website has been made much simpler to use with more information, and larger photographs.
Headquartered in Poole, UK, Grange International is Europe's premier brokerage, specialising in the re-sale of quality motorboats from all leading ma...more
A boat made from thousands of plastic bottles has sailed into Sydney Harbour, completing a four-month voyage.
The boat, called the Plastiki, left the US city of San Francisco in March, crossing the Pacific and then travelling via Western Samoa and New Caledonia before arriving in Australia.
The vessel is a catamaran, with the thousands of plas...more
14-year-old Dutch girl Laura Dekker has won a court's permission to attempt to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world.
The court in Middelburg lifted a guardianship order imposed last year, which placed Laura Dekker under the care of child protection services.
The experienced sailor was born on a yacht off the coast of New Ze...more
Linssen Yachts, a Dutch producer of steel motoryachts, have announced the opening of their new London facility; Linssen Yachts UK Ltd.
Based at Thames Ditton in Surrey, Linssen Yachts UK Ltd will be managed by Geoffrey Cook and James Troup, both of whom have many years' experience in the boating sector.
James Troup: “Geoff and myself have kn...more
Essex Boatyards are holding their annual open weekend this Saturday 31st July and Sunday 1st August.
There will be over 200 top brand boats on display, with 30 experts on hand to give advice throughout the weekend.
As well as browsing around all the boats that have been made ship-shape for the event, there will be Helicopter Rides, a Bouncy Ca...more
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