The new 'Fairline Collecton' eShop www.fairline-collection.com has been launched and features a contemporary new design with easier navigation for a seamless shopping experience.

The online shop includes a stunning selection of Fairline branded clothing and accessories, specially selected to appeal to Fairline customers and aspirational Fairline motor yacht owners.

The latest 'Fairline Collecton' offers an online boutique of only the finest products, such as the popular Quba jackets which have been custom-made for Fairline and will equally look as good on land as at the helm of a Fairline.

Visitors to the eShop will also be able to get their hands on the newly introduced Fairline branded Dubarry cap.

Hempel has launched a comprehensive range of Boatcare products for 2010 to help boat owners keep their craft ship shape.

The range includes over twenty products formulated to clean, renew and protect all parts of the boat. There is a top quality product for every job from getting the gelcoat gleaming to protecting the rigging or cleaning covers.

Hempel also produces an easy to follow Boat Cleaning Guide so customers can find out exactly the right product for the job and when they should be used.

Boatcare products are user friendly and safe and ensure the boat stays in top condition. Cleaning Gel for example is a high-strength non-abrasive cleaner to remove marks and stains on gelcoat and does not run when applied to vertical surfaces.

RYA Sailability, the charity which helps disabled people to sail, hit London on Thursday with a fundraiser hosted by Coutts Bank and with HRH Princess Anne and the 2008 Paralympians as guests of honour.

The evening raised over £35,000 which will be split between grants for the purchase of specially adapted boats and the disability racing development programme.

Special guests were Skandia team GBR's SKUD world champions Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell who recently returned from the IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championships in Athens with Gold.

Clyde Marine Training, the UK’s largest maritime training provider, has recently won a prestigious Glasgow Business Award in the category of Best Performing Business with 25 employees or less.

The Awards ceremony, which took place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on 8th October, is firmly established as the highlight of the Glasgow business calendar.

Attracting high profile industry support and involvement, the Awards offer Glasgow businesses the opportunity to promote major achievements and celebrate success. Compere for the evening, Fred McAuley, entertained guests at the glitzy black tie dinner.

Forty-two British forces service personnel have set off from Perth in WA on three 67ft steel-hulled yachts leaving Fremantle Sailing Club at 1200 local (0400 UT) to tackle a 2,200 nautical mile voyage through the Australian Bight and the notorious Bass Strait en route to Sydney on the east coast of Australia.

This is the 5th and a relatively short stage of a year-long, 13-leg adventurous sail training exercise that rehabilitates, restores and revitalises its crew members, many of whom are  complete sailing novices, and many of whom have only very recently returned from serving in Afghanistan and Iraq.