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If you have a 121.5MHz or 243MHz distress beacon, which may also be called an EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon), PLB (Personal Locator Beacon) or ELT (Emergency Locator Transmitter), you need to switch to a 406MHz distress beacon now.
The satellite monitoring system that supports 121.5 MHz and 243MHz [...]

With less than seven weeks to go, the 17th edition of Dubai International Boat Show (DIBS) has registered an overall growth of 15%. If attendance by the buying public matches the optimism of the organisers and the exhibitors, it will be a welcome sign that the marine leisure industry may sustain less damage as a [...]

Not many years ago, Telezygology, Inc., of Chicago introduced a fastening system that is being enthusiastically tested by the aviation industry. So it’s no surprise that the superyacht industry is also taking an interest - in fact, World Superyacht Awards gave it a prize last year.
In the cumbersome style that is beloved of many US [...]

Apparently, the average boat owner gets to use his boat for only three weeks of each year. That’s total sailing time, including day sails and short weekends. The rest of the time, it is either afloat with him hoping nothing has happened to it, or stored on shore. And he’s paying for it all the [...]

You are lucky enough to be moored to the outside of a marina pontoon, with no more fingers between you and the open fairway. However, a fresh breeze is blowing you hard against it.
The classic ‘foolproof’ way of getting off is to lay a kedge upwind and pull the boat off before motoring up to [...]