C&N 'to stop yacht building'

01 Jul 2005

After more than 140 years as one of the world's premier yacht builders, Camper and Nicholsons is set to abandon yacht building and concentrate on powerboats, writes Iain Sutherland . 

Marine park for Husbands site

01 Jul 2005

The South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) wants to build a marine industry park on the five-hectare Husbands Shipyard site in Marchwood, near Southampton, writes Iain Sutherland. 

Ronstan recalls SS cheeked blocks

01 Jul 2005

Ronstan has recalled Series 60 & 75 all purpose stainless steel cheeked blocks with universal head post distributed from October 29, 2004 to May 12, 2005. 

IFBSO names new president

01 Jul 2005

The International Federation of Boat Show Organisers (IFBSO) has elected Paul Streeter as its new president. 

MBO at Fairline Boats plc

01 Jul 2005

Fairline Boats plc has been bought from The Renwick Group plc in a deal worth £40m. 

BW removes unlicensed narrowboat

01 Jul 2005

Last month British Waterways removed an unlicensed and illegally moored houseboat from the Grand Union Canal at Cowley. 

Gillette to sponsor P1 Championship

01 Jul 2005

The UIM Powerboat P1 World Championship has announced Gillette as title sponsor for the British Grand Prix in Cowes August 26-28, writes Iain Sutherland . 

New shows

01 Jul 2005

IFBSO voted to admit two more boat shows into the federation: 

ICOMIA: what industry wants from boat shows

01 Jul 2005

The annual International Council of Marine Industry Associations (ICOMIA) Congress was held in Hamburg from May 25 -28 May. 

OBITUARY George Gould

01 Jul 2005

George Gould, co-founder of Reading Marine Services and latterly of George Gould Marine, died last month after a nine month hard fought battle with cancer. 

Spectator boats behave well

01 Jul 2005

Arrangements for spectator boats to view the Inter - national Fleet Review on Tuesday June 28 proved a great success, according to the Review's Royal Navy organisers. 

Fischer Pander teams up with Catalina Yachts

01 Jul 2005

Fischer Panda has signed a deal with Catalina Yachts in the USA that will see the company's Whisperprop diesel electric propulsion system on a new CatalinaMorgan 440 production cruiser. 

Record crowd at Beale Park

01 Jul 2005

A record 7,400 people went to the Beale Park Thames Boat Show in Pangbourne last month and, according to the Environment Agency (EA), nearly 2,000 got out on the water. 

Broadblue moves sales to Ipswich

01 Jul 2005

Broadblue Catamarans, the UK's largest catamaran builder, is moving its sales division to new premises at the prestigious Neptune Quay Marina in Ipswich. 

Fund raiser

01 Jul 2005

Crewsaver/RNLI

01 Jul 2005

Clase/Geonav

01 Jul 2005

RYA reporting regulations success

01 Jul 2005

Following its earlier legal challenge, the RYA can report success in its campaign to get the government to amend its ill-considered reporting requirements of the Merchant Shipping (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Reporting Requirements) Regulations 2004, which applied to all recreational craft. 

Walton pair get Marina Operatives awards

01 Jul 2005

Walton Marine's John Izod and Alwyn Williams from Upton Marina, on the River Severn, were presented with their Marina Operatives awards last month by Upton town mayor, John Thompson, accompanied by mayoress Deirdre Thompson. 

He can't be a buyer with those shoes!

01 Jul 2005

I could hardly believe my eyes the other day when our little internal enews sent round each morning, cunningly titled "Pinch of Salt", listed at the top "First Southampton Boat Show preview copy dates for magazines June 15". 

Southsea 2nd phase complete

01 Jul 2005

The second phase of Premier's £1m refurbishment at Southsea Marina is complete, says the company. 

Lakey & Middleton in AMP MBO

01 Jul 2005

Atlantis Marine Power Ltd (AMP) of Plymouth has undergone a management buy out by two of its senior managers Paul Lakey and Peter Middleton. 

Diesel laundering closes canal

01 Jul 2005

The Grand Union Canal was closed recently after thousands of gallons of diesel spilled into the canal from a road drain at Linslade, Beds. 

Rod Carr, OBE

01 Jul 2005

Rod Carr, CEO of the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) has received an OBE for his services to sailing in the Queen's birthday honours list. 

Wappat's final farewell to Fairline

01 Jul 2005

Fairline's long standing operations director, Ken Wappat, has left the company after 17 years of outstanding service. 

All time record at Braunston rally

01 Jul 2005

Some 5,000 canal enthusiasts joined at Braunston Marina last month to see 63 historic narrowboats from all parts of the English canals at the annual Braunston Historic Narrowboat Rally. 

Onward Trading onward to Hamble

01 Jul 2005

Onward Trading has moved from its Shamrock Quay premises to Eastlands Boat Yard on the Hamble, 1/2 mile north of Moody's. 

METS: facilities to be upgraded

01 Jul 2005

According to the organisers, Amsterdam RAI, over 90% of the exhibition space at the Marine Equipment Trade Show (METS) 2005 has been reserved in record time. 

BMF takes trade award

01 Jul 2005

The British Marine Federation (BMF) has been named trade association of year in the 2005 Trade Association Forum Best Practice Awards. 

Southampton's ITV deal

01 Jul 2005

Southampton Boat Show organiser, National Boat Shows (NBS), has tied up a deal with ITV Meridian to be this year's official media partner, replacing the Daily Telegraph. 

Dame Ellen opens East Cowes Marina

01 Jul 2005

Dame Ellen MacArthur officially opened the newly refurbished East Cowes Marina on the Isle of Wight last month. 

Derogation of duty on diesel

01 Jul 2005

Dear Sir, I can only assume that you published Bill Woodhouse's letter to produce a vigorous debate as if this was not such a serious matter, the content of his letter would be laughable. 

Geldof and Sail 8

01 Jul 2005

Dear Sir, With reference to your June front page article regarding SAIL8, I really must object to your assumption that everyone agrees with Geldof's way of doing things.