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News

  • Lender in optimistic mood about 2002

    01 May 2002

    Marine lender Bank of Scotland Marine Finance has reported record first quarter sales figures with both marine mortgages and unsecured marine loans "significantly up" year on year. 

  • Imports rise as demand for leisure craft increases

    01 May 2002

    Sales of leisure boats have held up well in recent weeks, says reporter John Aczel , and have shown a useful increase recently, with imports of foreign boats rising steadily - especially sailboats. 

  • British Waterways unveils next stage of restoration programme

    01 May 2002

    The largest ever programme of waterway restorations, valued at over £500 million, has been unveiled by British Waterways. The second stage of the twostage programme covers over 300 miles of canals and waterway structures to be restored or newly-built, which are backed by a broad range of partnerships and public support. 

  • BW works to overcome problems with boatlift

    01 May 2002

    The Anderton Boat Lift has now been restored to its original 1875 status with both caissons operational and has been officially reopened. 

  • IWA expresses concern over BW's Mooring Policy

    01 May 2002

    The IWA has written to British Waterways to express the Association's concern at the demise of the Moorings Matrix and the recent introduction of new arrangements that allow Waterway Managers to fix charges locally, seemingly based on 'what the market will bear'. 

  • Dehumidification on board: fighting the effects of damp

    01 May 2002

    The excellent, sunny spring weather enjoyed in the UK over the past few weeks has been good news for boatowners and for boatbuilders and dealers alike, but with many boats making increasingly use of a wide range of materials that are sensitive to moisture, dehumidifiers may offer a solution to "a mouldy, musty disaster" next winter. 

  • New SHURflo Piranha Series bilge pumps now available

    01 May 2002

    The SHURflo Piranha Series cartridge bilge pump is the second in a new range of product releases from SHURflo and includes a number of innovative features. 

  • New leisure boats to make their debut at RIBEX 2002

    01 May 2002

    The organizers of this year's RIBEX 2002 exhibition in the UK in May have provided Boating Business with new details about some of the new leisure RIBS that will make their debut at the show. 

  • Silva equipment for the RIB Market

    01 May 2002

    Equipment manufacturer Silva reports that it is enjoying a high level of demand for the range of instruments that it markets in the UK that are designed to measure up to specific requirements that the fast, wet conditions of RIB operations demand. 

  • Modern galleys offer home comforts

    01 May 2002

    The modern galley on a leisure craft is a far different place than of old, and offers all of the convenience and accessories to be found at home. 

  • Fresh water on board

    01 May 2002

    As Peter Snare, Managing Director at Seafresh Desalinators points out, the best equipped galley afloat would be useless without a supply of fresh water - usually nowadays both hot and cold pressurised - but with many lighter displacement faster craft, tankage space is often limited, and extra weight will slow a boat down. 

  • Easy to fit, easy to use Developments in on board plumbing and sanitation

    01 May 2002

    Developments in the plumbing sector of the marine industry may not be high profile but they remain important, particularly as the demand for such things as onboard showers and flushing toilets and the number of pump-out facilities installed at coastal marinas and harbours increases. 

  • BW embarks on "foreign affair"

    01 May 2002

    Well known for many highly successful regeneration projects in the UK, British Waterways is, for the first time, exporting its waterway regeneration expertise to the Far East. 

  • New improved schooner varnish

    01 May 2002

    International Coatings has announced the reformulation of its popular high quality varnish, Schooner, as part of its ongoing programme to globalize its product range. A number of improvements have been made which have resulted in an enhanced product, called New Schooner. 

  • Third volume of Maritime Communications now available

    01 May 2002

    The latest edition of the UK Hydrographic Office's (UKHO) Admiralty Maritime Communications NP 291 covering the UK and the Baltic (including the Norwegian coast between Bergen and Oslo Fjord) - has been published by the UKHO. 

  • Marlow introduces new packaged accessory range

    01 May 2002

    Marlow has created a range of seven different shockcord products in various different lengths giving a total of 18 products. These products range from sail tidies through to ball loops which are handy items to have on a boat. 

  • Yamaha's smallest four-stroke outboard now available

    01 May 2002

    Completing the 4-stroke range, the Yamaha F2.5, a new, highly compact, ultra-portable 2.5hp outboard, is now available. 

  • New communications products from Icom

    01 May 2002

    Communications company, Icom UK Ltd has launched four new marine products. 

  • PEOPLE

    01 May 2002

    Botterill joins Barton Board Barton Marine Equipment, one of the UK's leading manufacturers of yacht deck hardware, has announced the appointment of Paul Botterill to its Board of Directors. 

  • GRP tower ensures yacht is ship shape

    01 May 2002

    SGB, who specialize in supplying access products and services, has trialed its BOSS Zone 1 GRP towers in conjunction with one of the UK's leading yacht builders. 

  • Instant displays for Clamcleats products

    01 May 2002

    Clamcleats Limited has introduced a range of display posters to help increase sales of Clamcleat® products and to create an enhanced in-store presence. 

  • Low power reading light

    01 May 2002

    Taylorbrite has introduced a new series of compact, lowpower fluorescent Euro-style reading lights for boats. 

  • Multi-purpose mitre saw from Freud

    01 May 2002

    Freud Tooling (UK) has launched a multi-purpose and portable mitre saw that it anticipates will be of interest in the boatbuilding and shipbuilding industries. 

  • Typhoon launches Care4 range

    01 May 2002

    Following an announcement recently by UK-based Typhoon International that it is providing a three-year warranty on all of its wet and dry suits, the manufacturer has launched a new range of care products designed to make wearing and caring for suits easier. 

  • New range of batteries from Exide

    01 May 2002

    Why do boat builders and boat owners fit car batteries, and expect them to give a good service life, asks Exide Technologies? 

  • More new products from Raymarine

    01 May 2002

    True Motion Display, 10-target MARPA and chart overlay, three of the most popular features offered on Raymarine's Pathfinder series of radars and RayCharts are now being introduced in a standalone version with full daylight viewable 7in colour or monochrome displays. 

  • RIBs riding high

    01 May 2002

    The RIB market has been one of the fastest growing sectors in the marine industry in recent years, with a combination of new designs and package deals manufacturers continue to sustain growth. 

  • Raymarine re-structures for growth

    01 May 2002

    Just over a year ago Boating Business reported on the management buy-out and re-branding of this major electronics company. 

  • Online renewals available at Navigators & General

    01 May 2002

    Navigators & General, the yacht and motorboat insurer which is part of Zurich Financial Services Group, has launched an on-line renewal facility for its policyholders. 

  • Concept Boat concept attracts worldwide response

    01 May 2002

    BMF Marketing Director James Gower has confirmed to Boating Business that to date more than 400 applications to enter the Concept Boat competition the BMF launched with the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) last year have been received from 29 different countries. 

  • Distributor picks up two more agencies

    01 May 2002

    Marathon Leisure, the well known distributor, has added two more well-known product ranges to its growing list of marine equipment. 

  • Leading firms attend buyers meeting

    01 May 2002

    Well known boatbuilders and boat repair yards including Sunseeker (International) Boats Ltd, Fairline, Princess Yachts International, and Moody (Services and Construction) attended a buyer's meeting in Fareham in mid-April, giving smaller suppliers an opportunity to pitch to them that they might not otherwise have got. 

  • Broads Authority promotes training for unemployed

    01 May 2002

    The Broads Authority and BTCV are working together to help unemployed adults into work, and have 'match funded' a 21-month European Social Fund project, EcoLink, which is providing training, work experience, qualifications and personal development for volunteers on environmental projects, indoors and outdoors, across Norfolk. 

  • New forum to advise on Broads policies

    01 May 2002

    The Broads Authority is appointing a new consultative panel to represent the diverse views of Broads interest groups. 

  • LSH reduces rating assessment for marina

    01 May 2002

    Acting on behalf of Whilton Marine Ltd, Lambert Smith Hampton's (LSH) Rating Division has succeeded in reducing the assessment of its marina in Daventry, Northamptonshire by over £60,000. 

  • COMMENT . . .Improvements required at ExCel?

    01 May 2002

    Although National Boat Shows (NBS) has been organising regular tours of ExCel, the new venue for the London Boat Show from 2004 onwards, only a small percentage of the regular exhibitors at the London Boat Show can have actually experienced a show in Docklands. 

  • CLYDE MARINE GROUP REPORTS LOSS FOR 2001

    01 May 2002

    Rhoddy Swire, Chairman of the Clyde Marine group (Clyde Marine Plc) - the deck hardware company that owns Lewmar and Navtec - says the Group's results for 2001 are "a major disappointment". 

  • RYA voices doubts over competing professional sailing qualifications

    01 May 2002

    The arrival in the UK of an American company that claims to be "the McDonalds of yachting" could lead to public confusion and make learning to sail a more expensive proposition, the RYA has warned. 

  • Seastream's 650 well underway - with new management team

    01 May 2002

    The first hull has been produced in the new 25m oven at Seastream's Falmouth shipyard. 

  • More agents appointed for high performance craft

    01 May 2002

    Following the 1st March 2002 appointment of Chandlery Direct, who are based in central England, as the first agent for Zapcats in the UK, Shamrock Quay, Southampton- based RIBs UK Ltd has announced that a further three companies have become agents for the high performance boats. 

  • Volvo Penta opens new Watford headquarters

    01 May 2002

    Volvo Penta's new headquarters building in Imperial Way, Watford, has been officially opened by the company's President, Staffan Jufors. 

  • Peters to use car industry research techniques

    01 May 2002

    As part of what it calls "its ongoing research into customer service" Peters Plc, the pleasure boat sales company, has introduced techniques used in the car industry to measure existing customer satisfaction levels from which it will develop and improve the customer service of its extensive dealer network. 

  • Name change for Moody Marketing & Development Ltd

    01 May 2002

    Following a recent announcement, Swanwick marina based Moody Marketing & Development Ltd is now known as Moody Yachts International Ltd. 

  • Hindle Group takes control of Morse products in UK

    01 May 2002

    TeleflexMorse has appointed the Hindle Group as sole distributor of its industrial products. The family-run Hindle business, now third generation, started by working purely in the industrial sector distributing industrial gears, controls, transmission and engines for world-renown companies. 

  • British firms get a 'foot in the door' in China

    01 May 2002

    A delegation of British marine companies led by the BMF has just returned from China, where it discussed helping the Chinese authorities with the 2008 Olympics. In the longer term, however, it is thought that the trip could yield commercial opportunities for the marine industry here in the UK. 

  • Boat show dates issue goes to law

    01 May 2002

    Faced with on-going argument within the marine industry over the decision to move the London Boat Show to the ExCel exhibition centre in London's docklands in 2004, National Boat Shows (NBS) has an even more pressing problem on its hands - a clash of dates for the last show at Earls Court next year. 

  • Kelvin Hughes closes Minories business

    01 May 2002

    Kelvin Hughes, the well known supplier of nautical chart services and books to the marine industry is to close its longstanding retail outlet at 142 Minories in the City of London as part of the on-going process of transforming itself into a wholesaler and distributor of yachting books, pilot guides and charts, and says its website, www.bookharbour.com, will "replace" the retail outlet. 

  • Sunseeker reaffirms commitment to UK production

    01 May 2002

    Following press reports to the contrary, Sunseeker International has issued a statement in which it says it would like to make it known that no negotiations have taken place with Sunseeker Europe (formerly Sunseeker Germany), or anyone else, with regard to the building of Sunseeker motor yachts outside the UK under license. 

  • Hyde opens custom loft in Benfleet

    01 May 2002

    Hyde Sails has opened a custom sail-making facility at its Benfleet loft on the East Coast of the UK. 

  • New records for Volvo Penta

    01 May 2002

    Volvo Penta says it sales continued to increase during the first quarter of 2002. Total sales increased by 13 per cent compared with the same period in 2001, with Volvo Penta thus achieving the best sales results ever in the company's history. 

  • BMF makes radio waves

    01 May 2002

    The British Marine Federation (BMF) is undertaking a ground breaking new initiative to raise awareness of boating and encourage more people to get on to the water. 

  • Senior appointment at Brunswick Europe

    01 May 2002

    Brad Jorgensen has been relocated from Brunswick headquarters in Illinois in the US to Belgium, to take up the post of Finance Project Development Manager for Brunswick Europe. 

  • Budget boost for yacht clubs

    01 May 2002

    The RYA has applauded the Chancellor's budget proposals for a tax relief package for sports clubs. 

  • Crest Marine celebrates 10th anniversary

    01 May 2002

    Crest Marine Limited held an open weekend 19th-21st April to celebrate its 10th anniversary at its Poole showroom in Salterns Marina. 

  • BMF 'intends to phase out Big Blue brand'

    01 May 2002

    The British Marine Federation (BMF) has confirmed that it intends to "phase out" the controversial 'Big Blue' brand mark and associated products as part of the on-going re-evaluation of the way the Federation markets itself to the public. 

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