Marine news centred around the South West of the UK, including rescues, boat builders, and more. Spanning Cornwall and Devon.
Teamac, producer of marine paints and coatings, will be sponsoring the Saturday race in the Atkins Ferrie Wealth Management’s 2022 Falmouth Classics, taking place on 18 June 2022. The race will be known as the Teamac Race. Over a hundred boats are expected to participate and the fleet will include luggers, pilot cutters, Falmouth Working […]
Openarc Marine is developing a new approach to onboard generators for use when cruising under sail. Its new hydroelectric technology could have worldwide applications and help to eliminate reliance on fossil fuels for electricity generation at sea. According to marine director, Mark Basham, prototype development is now under way, having proven the generator’s concept through […]
Marine-i is calling on local south-west marine tech businesses to take advantage of fully-funded testing capacity available at its partner sites to accelerate their innovation. Part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Marine-i is designed to help the marine technology sector in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly grow through harnessing the full potential of […]
MDL Marinas has announced that the South Coast Boat Show and the Green Tech Boat Show will both return on the 6-8 May and the 16-18 June, respectively. South Coast Boat Show The South Coast Boat Show will take place at MDL’s flagship Ocean Village Marina for the third time. It’ll showcase the industry’s top […]
The second phase of Plymouth City Council’s Oceansgate development which it calls ‘a world-class innovation hub for marine industries’, is now 100 per cent let. Tenants that have taken space in Phase 2 include ESL Group’s Space and Defence Solutions division, Babcock Integrated Technology Ltd, Relay Engineering, R and M Electrical Group Ltd and City […]
The sister company of Bluewave Marine Services, Bluewave Boats (http://www.bluewaveboats.co.uk) is now open at Yacht Haven Quay, Plymouth. Bluewave Boats is a privately owned company supplying RIBs and Centre Console Boats. The new company works in conjunction with the established Bluewave Marine Services, meaning it can provide new boats, advice, maintenance and finance packages. The […]
Fishermen in the South West have recycled over 200,000 kilograms of fishing gear for free over the past six years as part of the Net Regeneration Scheme. This is one of three recycling schemes offered by Odyssey Innovation and is aimed at harbours, fishermen, fisheries and net makers across the UK. The schemes aim to […]
A petition has been launched to lobby for action in Cornwall. It calls for a tax on second homes (to invest into local housing), and rent caps for locals to protect the communities. It’s already gathered 36,000 plus signatures as locals fight for affordable homes. Coastal communities in Cornwall, Devon and West Wales are dying, […]
About 1,000 police officers being drafted in to protect the G7 summit in Cornwall next month are to be accommodated on a 3,100-capacity cruise ship (more realistically described by owners Tallink as a ‘cruise ferry’). Sky News says that Devon and Cornwall Police has hired the MS Silja Europa, which has more than 1,150 passenger […]
Pantaenius says it is proud to be sponsoring The Pantaenius Falmouth Fowey Triangle race weekend from 29th – 31st May 2021. The triangle race historically sets sail on the first Bank Holiday weekend in May but has been postponed due to covid to the month’s end, with Plymouth to Falmouth on Saturday 29, Falmouth to […]
Clean Sailors has teamed up with Sails & Canvas to create a sail recycling network in the South West, UK – the first of its kind – to make old sails into new things. Sailcloth is made from a number of natural and synthetic materials including cotton, polyester and nylon and as such is sturdy […]