Product & Industry

Barton Marine has partnered with DeckHardware Marine Solutions Australasia to distribute its extensive range of deck gear across the Australasia region.  Barton’s popular, durable and innovative blocks and traveller car systems and accessories alongside the wider range of deck equipment will be available for…

BIAV President David Meehan has heaped praise on the boating industry for its coming together in these tough and challenging times. “Despite all of the current challenges, and what the industry has been through in 2020, BIAV membership is strong. We’ve…

The Marina Industries Association (MIA) is very pleased to announce that Butchart Marine Services has increased its support for the MIA by moving from bronze level to silver sponsorship.  Butchart Marine Services distribute Roodberg boat handling machinery, Brownell Boat Stands, Capria Dry Stacking machinery,…

Read Sailor Barry Stedman’s incredible account of how his Raymarine autopilot saved the day in challenging conditions while sailing from the Bahamas to South Carolina. I was sailing offshore from Great Sale Cay in the Bahamas to Beaufort, South Carolina. This…

Mayor cuts the ribbon on world-class superyacht yard Stage 3 is now live, boosting new business & capacity on the gold coast There’s no slowing down the expansion at The Boat Works. Since completion in February of the $100 million Superyacht…

Fibreglass motor boats are some of the best designed and most desirable boats on our Australian waterways. They last practically forever and still look good when tinnies the same age look dull and tired. The downside is that many older fibreglass…

Nippon Paint Marine has completed the extensive re-coating of the four-masted, steel-hulled Peking, the 1911-built cargo ship which is coming to the end of a €32 million, three-year restoration project at Peters Werft GmbH, on the River Elbe, at Wewelsfleth, Germany. The 115.5m long, full-rigged…

A significant wooden boat rebuild is underway at Denman Marine in Kettering, Tasmania, reviving the 32-foot double-ended ketch known as “Te Rapunga”, and shining a light on the incredible life and philosophy of German-born seafarer and “citizen of the world”, George Dibbern. Meaning “Longing…

Axiom+ Offers Superior Visibility and Upgraded Performance; Raymarine LightHouse Charts Bring Heightened Levels of Clarity and Control to Marine Navigation ARLINGTON, Va. (June 22, 2020) – FLIR Systems (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today Raymarine Axiom+, a powerful new series of multifunction displays…

Life Cell Marine Safety is proud to announce that they were recently awarded the 2019 Maritime Safety Award by The Royal Institution of Naval Architects for their product the Life Cell. Founded in London in 1860, The Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA), is…

The news this week that BRP Inc. has elected to exit the outboard engine business and discontinue building product under its Evinrude nameplate closed the book on a brand that helped drive boating into the modern era. Ole Evinrude, a Norwegian…

Photo: Will Oxley doing what he does best in the Volvo Ocean Race. (Photo by Amory Ross) The Ocean Racing Club of Victoria (ORCV) is remaining proactive during the Coronavirus and is now presenting a rare opportunity to take part in three online navigation…