On 7 November 2021, 81 boats will take the start of the 15th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre. Created back in 1993 and run biennially, this legendary race enables some of the big names in sailing, together with amateur sailors, to take on the historic trading routes for coffee, from France…
Introducing Candela P-12 – Combining a supreme passenger experience with low operating costs Candela P-12 is a 12-person water taxi that lets passengers experience the magic of electric hydrofoiling. With an electric pod motor, P-12 can cruise in almost total silence, without disturbing marine wildlife with wake or sound pollution. P-12allows passengers to get up close…
Following an overwhelmingly positive response to the Pulse 58, the world’s first electric RIB with a fully integrated electric drive launched at Dusseldorf Boat Show 2020, RS Electric Boats has further developed the boat’s design and technology to bring out the next generation model – the Pulse 63. An evolution of the Pulse 58, the…
Sunseeker are delighted to announce its full line up of luxury motor yachts that will be on display at BOATS2020 presented by Southampton International Boat Show Ltd, including the show premier of its Manhattan 68. Show organisers, British Marine, alongside Sunseeker, are also excited to reveal that the largest boat on display at the show…
Pulse58 officially launched at boot Dusseldorf on the 18th January 2020. Joint RS CEOs Alex Newton Southon and Jon Partridge spoke passionately about the vision for this project and what they had planned for the future. “We are so proud and excited to have brought the first 100% fully integrated electric production RIB to market,…
Alex Thomson Racing has announced the completion of the new racing yacht, which it hopes will lead the team to victory in the 2020-21 Vendée Globe round-the-world race. The IMOCA boat, HUGO BOSS, is the product of more than two years of painstaking design and build work undertaken by the ocean racing team, together with…
Nigel Irens, a leading yacht designer, recently delivered a fascinating 2019 Hanson Lecture entitled “Slippery Boats” to a 60-strong audience at CA House in London. Irens is well-known in yachting circles for designing Adventurer, a 34.4m (113ft) trimaran motor yacht that completed a record-breaking global circumnavigation in 1998 – the first boat voyage around the world…
Lightweight, strong and with contemporary, progressive lines, the MC59p is the power cat of the modern era. McConaghy’s carefully considered use of carbon and precise hull forms makes for a particularly fuel-efficient vessel at the lower speeds, yet the MC59p is able to achieve top speeds well in excess of 20kts. The MC59p offers two flybridge layouts…
The first 13-metre ORC pilot boat to enter service in the UK will be part of a showcase at Europe’s largest commercial marine and workboat exhibition. The vessel will be exhibited on the pontoon at Seawork, in Southampton, next week, July 3-5, by boat builders Goodchild Marine Services Limited, and is one of the company’s…
British sailing team, Alex Thomson Racing, has announced that it will build a brand new IMOCA 60 race boat in the south of England. The boat, HUGO BOSS, will be constructed by Carrington Boats. Jason Carrington is one of the most accomplished and highly regarded specialists in the industry. The project marks a multi-million pound…
