Borrow a Boat, a new online charter service, was launched at this year’s London Boat Show. Its website borrowaboat.com is a one-stop online marketplace, connecting sailors with boatowners looking to rent their boat. It has 4,000 boats on its books in locations around the world and is looking to expand…

Boat insurance specialists MS Amlin (formerly Haven Knox-Johnston) have launched a competition to find the most interesting and creative boat names out there. The winners, selected on a monthly basis, will be awarded Southampton Boat Show tickets. The search started at this year’s London Boat Show, where leading figures in the boating…

The Maritime & Coastguard Agency is advising cruisers and racers that there will be a change to some of the VHF channel numbers used to contact the UK Coastguard. As of September 2017, VHF channels 23, 84 and 86 will be replaced with VHF 62, 63 and 64 respectively. The…

MDL Marinas has announced it is to support Ocean Youth Trust South, as it introduces its new training yacht, Prolific, a 30m-long (98ft) ketch. The marina operator is offering six young sailors from its annual Sail Training Awards the chance to sail with the Hampshire-based charity, which specialises in using…

A new toll system for the Norfolk/Suffolk Broads has been approved, and is due to come into effect this spring. The fixed charge system, which is based on boat size alone, replaces the existing fixed plus variable cost system, which was deemed to be too confusing and often unfair to…