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Freedom Boat Club, a Brunswick Corporation business, will open a new location at d’Albora Rushcutters Bay Marina in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs on 1 October 2025. The site, close to Sydney’s CBD (Central Business District), is launching just two years after Freedom Boat Club’s debut in the region. The announcement coincided with last week’s Sydney International…

Boat Fix, a water support provider, is partnering with Zodiac Nautic Group to launch Zodiac 24/7 (emergency helpline). “Over the span of the past several years, a growing number of notable boat manufacturers have understood how important around the clock customer support and after sales services is to growing and protecting their brand,” says Steve…

Globally maritime enforcement and operational agencies are rethinking how they specify and deploy their operational craft, says Protector Boats. And that includes their choice of high-performance rigid inflatable boats (RIBs). The long-established model of maintaining multiple specialist vessels – each dedicated to a single role – is steadily being replaced by a preference for multi-role…

Collin Heimensen, who has been general manager of MarineMax Clearwater since 2017, has been named national sales and brokerage director for MarineMax. The recreational boat and yacht retailer says Heimensen will lead and support sales and brokerage operations across MarineMax’s extensive network in this expanded roles, driving strategic growth and elevating the customer experience. Heimensen…

Greenpeace UK has commissioned XS RIBS to build a custom XS 700 boat. The idea is that the RIB will support the charity — which champions sustainable solutions — in its various environmentally led operations. This isn’t the first time XS RIBS has been approached by Greenpeace to create a purpose-built boat for its operations.…

Southco, a Worcester-based company which manufactures access solutions – has launched its new T6 Friction Hinge. It’s describing it as a cost-effective access hardware solution that helps designers remove play from their panels without breaking their budget. Friction and torque hinges have been used to add resistance to panels for decades, and come with several…

Sailing apparel brand Gill has been appointed the official technical clothing partner for ExpeditionZero, an adventure sailing firm. ExpeditionZero aims to produce the world’s first fleet of net-zero expedition yachts, designed with recyclable materials and powered by renewable energy. The company’s vessels aim to be optimised for commercial operators such as marine research, filming and…

The Voyage of Madmen – a documentary about 2018’s golden globe – has been released on YouTube. It’s an independent production funded entirely and produced by Don McIntyre – ‘McIntyre Adventure’. In 1968, the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race was the first ever around-the-world solo yacht race. Known at the time as a voyage for…

Seemingly only two people were onboard when these terrifying videos were taken of a passenger vessel losing control near Kewalo Basin in Honolulu last Saturday (9 August 2025). Both the vessel’s captain and one crew member escaped unharmed. Exact details of what happened are under investigation by Sector Honolulu (the US Coast Guard command responsible…

Marine Chandlery has announced it has entered a partnership as the sole authorised dealer of Selva outboard engines in North East England.  Selva’s Italian-engineered outboards are used on a wide range of vessels, from tenders and dinghies to small recreational boats.  Marine Chandlery will stock five key Selva models, each catering to different needs. The…