Solent news about region’s growth, new islands, old forts, sewage, restorations, wrecks and sailing activities taking place in the Solent. All the marine related stories about the Solent waters.
Rib Shack Marine has joined forces with Southampton & Portsmouth Rib Charter. The merger took place after discussions that appeared to last over a year to ensure ‘complete understanding, mutual standards, and visions that can coexist’. Currently, both companies will remain as their separate brands and continue on their pathways while sharing common infrastructure; however, […]
Yamaha Marine UK is partnering with Sea Angling Classic to support this year’s angling event, taking place between 20-23 June 2024 at Port Solent on the UK’s south coast. Returning for its third year, the Sea Angling Classic is an international ‘catch, photograph and release’ fishing competition, founded and organised by event management company Angling […]
A new industry-led partnership has launched to collaboratively promote the businesses in the UK’s Solent region – a globally significant maritime hub. Solent Partners was introduced on Monday (27 November 2023) to firmly establish a nationally recognised, industry-led partnership to promote the collective prosperity and sustainability of the Solent economy. Solent Partners has evolved from […]
UKSA has announced it is creating the Isle of Wight’s first oyster regeneration project in partnership with the Blue Marine Foundation. The Cowes-based charity UKSA, which provides water-based adventures, education and maritime training, will aid the restoration with breeding and growing of oysters in high densities, hung in baskets in the water beneath UKSA’s pontoons. […]
Freedom Boat Club UK has launched a weekday membership from its two Portsmouth and Hythe Village Marina locations on the Solent. The weekday initiative provides the benefits of full membership, including unlimited training, access to 385+ locations worldwide plus a boat that is safety checked and ready to go. Freedom Boat Club says weekday membership […]
After three years on the market, historic No Man’s Land Fort in the Solent has been reduced to a price of £3.5 million. Previously on the market for £4.25 million, this unusual piece of real estate was for sale with planning permission to turn it into a private home. Unfortunately for the vendor, Clarence LLP […]
Lymington RNLI has issued a warning to sailors, after a ‘new island’ emerged in the Solent. The shingle bank, which measures a few hundred metres in length, emerges at low tide to the east of Hurst Spit near Lymington. The half-acre shoal appears to have formed naturally after work was done to protect nearby Hurst […]
A group of ten organisations working in the Solent area have secured a $5m (£4.07m) grant to restore seagrass meadows, oyster reefs, saltmarsh and seabird nesting habitat across the region. The grant, which was awarded by the Endangered Landscapes Programme (ELP), will fund the Solent Seascape Project to cover an area spanning about 522 sq […]
Pollution warnings are in place across dozens of beaches in England and Wales, after untreated sewage was pumped into the sea following storms in mid-August. Data released by the environmental campaign group Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) shows storm sewage was discharged into the water at beaches in dozens of locations, including Newquay in Cornwall, Sidmouth […]
In celebration of The Queen’s platinum jubilee, a showcase of the Solent’s boating community and historic ships will set sail on the waters off the Isle of Wight on Saturday 6 August. A committee of sailing organisations, class associations and clubs from across the Solent region is organising the event, which will immediately follow this […]
Divers have discovered the complete rudder of the 250-year old HMS Invincible on the seabed in the Solent. The first HMS Invincible was captured from the French Navy in 1747 and sank off the coast of the Solent in 1758. Archaeologists and divers from Bournemouth University and the Marine Archaeology Sea Trust began excavating the […]