Sea scooter helps sets world record for longest distance travelled underwater
Who hasn’t contemplated what they can set a world record for? Now it’s Alex Khan’s turn in the spotlight...
Unusual marine stories
Watch: Teen jumps from jet ski to stop runaway boat
A teenager successfully halted an unmanned runaway boat that was circling on Lake Winnipesaukee in the US state of...
VIDEO: Ice cream van swept ‘quietly’ out to sea in ‘surreal moment’
A Cornish beach witnessed a dramatic rescue mission on Sunday afternoon after an ice cream van was swept out...
Recall of Sun Odyssey 410s, 440s, and 490s due to ‘risk of drowning’
For over a year Jeanneau has been working with its dealers to contact clients and recall Sun Odysseys. The...
VIDEO: Hurricane Beryl devastates Caribbean’s boats – calls for financial support from industry
Hurricane Beryl ripped through the Caribbean this week. Among the widespread devastation, the cost to boating communities – whether...
Video: Drug suspects scuttle submersible after being intercepted off Spain
Spain’s customs agency has intercepted a suspected drugs ‘narco-submarine’ in the Atlantic, arresting four suspects who deliberately sank their...
RNLI searches for missing ‘Billy’ models from 1960s
The RNLI is on the search for its ‘Billies’. These are what it terms as ‘lifelike models’ (debatable as...
Recreational boaters find cocaine worth $1 million, decorated with Bald Eagle
Recreational boaters in Florida Keys have hauled in $1 million worth of cocaine after finding it about about seven...
Fijian navy battles to save new patrol boat, and environment, after grounding on reef
Salvage operations are continuing as Fiji’s navy battles to save what it can of its recently gifted Australian-made patrol...
Gran Canaria tourist beaches closed as shark is spotted close to shore
Spanish police have closed Melenara beach in Gran Canaria after a hammerhead shark was spotted swimming near the beach....
Former Solent hotel No Man’s Fort sold at auction for slashed price
Two former Victorian island forts – Spitbank Fort and former hotel No Man’s Fort – have sold at auction...
French Navy orders fleet from small Hampshire firm
Drascombe Boats, based in Hampshire, has secured yet another order from the French Navy. Its first was eighteen years...
Quadruple amputee set to row south of England
Alex Lewis is attempting to become the first ever quadruple amputee to row offshore across the south of England...
Spanish project turns PWCs into five-metre boats
Jet skis are about to get a new use – as boats. A prototype has been launched and tested...
Speedboat smashes into packed pontoon in Monaco
Footage has emerged of a boat smashing into a pontoon at speed during the Monaco Grand Prix qualifying races....
