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15 Years Ago

  • The news in March 1993

    01 Mar 2008

    This is what the UK leisure marine industry was reading about in Boating Business in March 1993.
     

A Public Relationship

  • We all need to be reminded of the obvious

    01 Mar 2008

    A recent survey on news absorption showed that people in their twenties and thirties are significantly more likely to take note of news and information from online sources than from national newspapers. 

BBEx Review

  • Where next for BBEx?

    01 Mar 2008

    The third Boating Business Exhibition (BBEx) ran at the popular Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) last month and offered its mix of new products, awards and networking opportunities to the UK leisure marine industry. 

Business Matters

  • CGT can make a sizeable dent in your gains

    01 Mar 2008

    Capital Gains Tax is an important tax, particularly in a business context, says John Whiting. It may not raise a lot of money for the government, but it can make quite a dent on what someone retains when selling something. 

Comment

Electronics Advertorial - editorial

  • GLAs demand a European Radio Navigation Plan

    01 Mar 2008

    The General Lighthouse Authorities of the United Kingdom and Ireland (GLAs) last month applauded the US decision to implement Enhanced Loran (eLoran) in the US as a complement to the Global Positioning System (GPS), particularly in the event of an outage or disruption in service. 

Electronics Advertorial - products

  • Spotting a need...

    01 Mar 2008

    Safety is at SPOT’s core, but it does a lot more than provide emergency assistance. Tracking progress, checking in with loved ones and non-emergency assistance are all available at the touch of a button. 

  • Be seen and heard at sea

    01 Mar 2008

    Digital Yacht has introduced a new Class B AIS Transponder suitable for use on leisure and small commercial vessels. 

  • The Airo Hand-Held PC incorporates GPS distress button

    01 Mar 2008

    Digital Yacht, the Bristol-based manufacturer of marine PC systems and software, has introduced a new hand-held PC system with chart plotter, GPS and GSM communications device all incorporated into one hand-held unit. 

  • The go-everywhere, do-everything chart plotter

    01 Mar 2008

    The new Geonav 3 is a unique multifunction GPS chart plotter which combines marine, land, hiking and skiing navigation in one easy to use unit. 

  • Digital TV receiver for maximum capability, minimal space

    01 Mar 2008

    New to the market, CA Clase is introducing the outstanding TechnoTrend Scart TV S100, an extremely small, compact 12V digital receiver, ideal for smaller leisure craft. 

Export

Interior Fitting Out Advertorial - products

  • Ship Shape beds (an end to the crumplies)

    01 Mar 2008

    It’s not often a whole new market sector opens up for chandlers, boat manufactures and outfitters, but that is exactly what East Anglian company Ship Shape Bedding has achieved. 

  • Fastmounting a revolution

    01 Mar 2008

    Fastmount Panel Mounting Systems revolutionises the placing of ceiling, wall, floor and other panels in yachts and launches. 

  • Boyriven launches new vinyls pattern card

    01 Mar 2008

    Boyriven Ltd are pleased to announce the launch of their new Marine & Leisure Vinyls pattern card, which contains 40 samples of marine suitable PVC materials. 

  • Tek-Dek - the look of teak, the benefits of technology

    01 Mar 2008

    Tek-Dek is a fantastic looking, high quality, UV stabilised composite decking material, which can be supplied and fitted to just about any surface to create a beautiful and practical deck in a very short time. 

  • Jabsco: flushed with success

    01 Mar 2008

    The new Twist ‘n’ Lock manual toilet system launched by Jabsco at METS found favour with the judges who awarded the innovation a Special Mention in the Interior Equipment Category. 

Internet Fraud

Legal

  • Policies or people?

    01 Mar 2008

    The government's recent decision, seemingly of its own instigation, to block Premier's imminent development of its Swanwick site, pending determination of how this may accord with 'national policies', forms a dangerous precedent for all future such applications. 

News

  • Mylor wins in Olympic build up

    06 Mar 2008

    OLYMPICS: Mylor Yacht Harbour was announced yesterday (Monday) as one of the centres to be included in a pre-London games online guide, which will be made available to all national Olympic and Paraolympic committees from the countries competing in this year’s Beijing Olympics. 

  • Dinghy sailing show ends with a bang

    06 Mar 2008

    DINGHY SHOW: The RYA show once again raised the enthusiasm of dinghy sailors to an explosive finale when a spectacular parade of dinghy sailing’s national champions and the firing of confetti cannons signalled the end of the 2008 RYA Dinghy Sailing Show at London's Alexandra Palace. 

  • America's Cup racing this summer?

    04 Mar 2008

    AMERICA'S CUP: According to various Internet newsletters, we may see a new series of America's Cup Acts this summer between some of the key players already entered for the 33rd edition of the cup. 

  • Red Diesel: honesty is the red policy

    03 Mar 2008

    RED DIESEL: The RYA and the British Marine Federation (BMF) say Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has decided private users can continue to use marked fuel (red diesel) provided they make a simple declaration to the supplier and pay the full duty rate for heavy oil. 

  • Government enquiry into Swanwick Marina plans

    01 Mar 2008

    ENQUIRY: Multi-million pound plans to transform Premier's Swanwick Marina into one of the world's flagship marine developments have been dealt a major blow, writes Iain Sutherland. 

  • Shakespeare acquires Communication Aerials

    01 Mar 2008

    ACQUISITION: Two world-leading marine antenna manufacturers are now under single ownership after the US Shakespeare Electronic Products Group, a business unit of Jarden Applied Materials, announced the acquisition of Communication Aerials. 

  • Ainslie to open RYA Dinghy Sailing Show

    26 Feb 2008

    BOAT SHOW: The RYA Dinghy Sailing Show runs next weekend - Saturday March 1 and Sunday March 2 - at London's Alexandra Palace with Olympic medallist and five times Finn Gold Cup winner Ben Ainslie performing the opening ceremony. 

  • Mansura Trophy goes to Lagoon 420

    26 Feb 2008

    TROPHY: The inaugural Royal Thames Mansura Trophy competition has been won by the Lagoon 420 hybrid-powered catamaran from French shipyard, Chantier Navale de Bordeaux. 

  • IWA forces evidence session on BW

    26 Feb 2008

    INLAND WATERWAYS: Following direct representations by the Inland Waterways Association (IWA) to the chairman of the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, the select committee is to hold a one-off evidence session to examine the British Waterways (BW) regeneration and restoration role. 

  • ECBS cut from 10 to five days

    20 Feb 2008

    BOAT SHOW: The 2008 Earls Court Boat Show (ECBS) has been cut from 10 days to five days. According to MD James Brooke: 'After a long period of discussion with existing exhibitors and many new exhibitors, we have decided to make two fundamental changes that we believe our exhibitors will benefit from.' 

  • Oyster Marine sold to Balmoral Capital

    19 Feb 2008

    COMPANY SALE: Oyster Marine has been sold to UK based private equity fund Balmoral Capital for an undisclosed sum. The company was founded in 1973 by current chairman Richard Matthews. 

  • BBEx: nice show – shame about the no-shows

    19 Feb 2008

    BBEx: That headline remains as relevant today as when BB ran it in our report on the Earls Court Boat Show. Because a show without visitors doesn't do the job. 

  • Steve Fossett declared dead

    19 Feb 2008

    OBITUARY: Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, who risked his life seeking to set records in high-tech balloons, gliders and aircraft, was declared dead on Friday February 15, five months after vanishing in his light aircraft. 

  • Have the Rimmers fled the country?

    19 Feb 2008

    INLAND WATERWAYS: The latest allegations regarding Ed and Gill Rimmer has them fleeing the country, to destinations that include both France and Switzerland. 

  • BBEx – some good, some bad, some great trading

    14 Feb 2008

    BBEx: The Boating Business Exhibition (BBEx) got off to a good start yesterday, with the opening ceremony being performed by Jim Stewart, chief executive of Poole Harbour Commissioners. 

  • IWA blasts BW for Cotswolds withdrawal

    12 Feb 2008

    INLAND WATERWAYS: Following the announcement by British Waterways (BW) that it had suddenly and without warning withdrawn funding from the Cotswold Canals restoration partnership, the Inland Waterways Association (IWA) issued what it called 'a prompt and assertive press release' highlighting its concerns at the BW move. 

  • BBEx '08 opens on Wednesday

    12 Feb 2008

    BBEx: The third Boating Business Exhibition (BBEx) opens at Bournemouth's BIC at 10.00 on Wednesday, February 13 with around 180 exhibitors. 

  • Allen signs with Proboat

    12 Feb 2008

    DISTRIBUTION: Proboat has been appointed UK, Ireland & Channel Islands distributor for the recently re-branded range of Allen yacht and dinghy sailboat hardware. 

  • Challenger: the waters get ever murkier

    12 Feb 2008

    INLAND WATERWAYS: The latest word on Challenger Syndicateships from administrators Begbies Traynor is the firm is continuing its efforts to clarify the relationship and transactions between the ‘Challenger Syndicateships’ partnership and its sister company, 'Challenger Syndicateships Ltd'. 

News in Brief

  • Bushes win

    01 Mar 2008

    Racing a Seat Ibiza, brothers Andrew and Simon Bush, directors of C A Clase won Class B11 and the 1st Local Crew Awards in the Rallye Sunseeker 2008. 

  • Fairline appoints

    01 Mar 2008

    Fairline Boats has appointed Duna Club Kft. as 'Fairline Budapest', its new dealer for Budapest trading from its Wiking Yacht Club office. 

  • Lewmar appoints

    01 Mar 2008

    Lewmar has appointed Aage Hempel, based in Taastrup, Denmark as its new Danish distributor. 

  • Ribeye races

    01 Mar 2008

    Ribeye is marketing its first production line of Ribeye race replica Thundercats - to promote this, Thomas Montgomery-Swan and Duncan Bradford will be competing with a Ribeye works model during the 2008 race season. 

  • Helsinki attracts

    01 Mar 2008

    The 2008 Helsinki International Boat Show indicated strong growth is continuing for Finland's boating sector. According to the Finnish Fair Corporation, the Helsinki boat show attracted more than 89,000 people over 10 days. 

  • Maxwell joins Vetus

    01 Mar 2008

    Vetus Den Ouden has announced that New Zealand-based windlass manufacturer Maxwell Marine has joined the Vetus group of companies with immediate effect. 

  • Sheets and Networks

    01 Mar 2008

    Online marine directory Blue Sheets and sailing social networking site Sailing Networks have teamed up to create a new boating database offering free listings and covering marine businesses in the UK and Europe. 

  • Marlow appoints

    01 Mar 2008

    Marlow Ropes has appointed Harken SA as distributor for the South African Market and Barlow Distributors (Australia) as Australian distributor. 

  • Trailer website

    01 Mar 2008

    TrailerSpareParts.co.uk ensures all spare parts related to trailers can be easily found with the least amount of hassle. 

  • Penguin's Climma

    01 Mar 2008

    Italian manufacturers Veco S.p.A. has appointed Penguin Refrigeration as its sole distributor for Climma Marine Air Conditioning in the UK. 

  • Towergate Mardon

    01 Mar 2008

    Mardon Marine, which became part of Towergate in September 2004, has changed its name to Towergate Mardon. 

  • Gleistein moves

    01 Mar 2008

    Gleistein is to service its orders from Bremen. The three UK staff will move office to Unit G31, Atlas Industrial Park, Harbour Road, Rye TN31 7TE. T: 01797 222005. F: 01797 222755. 

  • Marine Track sponsors

    01 Mar 2008

    MarineTrack is to support Mike Perham on his next adventure to single-handedly sail around the world. 

  • Charles Russell appoints

    01 Mar 2008

    Charles Russell LLP, one of the top 50 legal practices in the UK, has appointed Fast Track Sailing as its sports PR agency working initially in the marine industry. 

  • Baltic appoints

    01 Mar 2008

    Baltic Lifejackets has appointed Burin YC d.o.o as its new distributor to cover Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro. 

  • CJR's website

    01 Mar 2008

    CJR Propulsion has launched Spanish and French versions of its new website at cjrprop.com 

  • Sunseeker seeks

    01 Mar 2008

    Sunseeker, which already employs more than 2,200 staff. has around 260 vacancies to fill on new production lines in Poole and Portland, Dorset. 

Portsmouth Poll

  • Portsmouth Poll

    01 Mar 2008

    Poll has heard That Nice Mr Nash say PR people can be useful to journalists.
    But she hears one young lady may have dropped out of the useful section after writing to journalists to whom she had issued a singularly uninteresting press release about her client... 

Safety Advertorial - editorial

  • 121.5MHz emergency beacons to go

    01 Mar 2008

    The COSPAS-SARSAT system will cease satellite processing of 121.5/243MHz beacons from February 1, 2009. All beacon owners and users should replace their 121.5/243MHz beacons with 406 MHz beacons as soon as possible. 

  • RNLI membership giveaway

    01 Mar 2008

    McMurdo and RNLI Ambassador Navimo UK have teamed up with the RNLI to promote sea safety. Every McMurdo FastFind PLB and Smartfind EPIRB purchased via Navimo’s retailers will offer purchasers a year’s complimentary RNLI membership, worth £64, provided by Navimo UK

     

Safety Advertorial - products

  • Widest choice of locator beacons

    01 Mar 2008

    McMurdo has recently introduced the new Fastfind Max range of PLBs which, together with the world beating range of Smartfind EPIRBs, gives the customer the widest choice of emergency location beacons available today. 

Washington Post

  • US sailing in decline

    01 Mar 2008

    The Sailing Company runs three magazines – Sailing World, Cruising World and Power Cruising. Every year at the Miami Boat Show it releases its North American Sailing Market State of the Industry report. 

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