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Royal Yachting Association Club of the Year 2012 finalists announced By RYA, 1:59 PM Wed 1 Feb 2012
On Saturday 03 March the overall winner of Britain's prestigious RYA Club of the Year Award 2012 will be announced at the RYA Volvo Dinghy Show 2012. ...[more]

Tow boat captains honoured for heroism By BoatUS/Sail-World Cruising, , 8:16 AM Wed 18 Jan 2012
All leisure sailors know they owe a lot to the rescuers, be they Coastguard or volunteers, but tow-boat crews are often thought of as relegated to the secondary role of merely towing. So its gratifying to see rewards handed out, and that North America is honouring her tow boat captains - reading the incidents here below will tell why: ...[more]

Yachting Victoria: life membership for volunteer By Charlotte Azzopardi, Macedon Ranges/Sail-World, 7:27 PM Tue 6 Dec 2011
Fewer than 20 people have been awarded honorary life membership in the 100-year history of Yachting Victoria, and John Burgess is the latest. Burgess's years of dedication have been rewarded the rare honour. The Sunbury resident's love of the sea led him to working for them as a volunteer for more than 50 years. ...[more]

DAME Design Awards - Revolving portlight/porthole earns top honours By Sail-World Cruising, 4:18 PM Wed 16 Nov 2011
Overall Winner of the DAME Design Award 2011, just announced at the Marine Equipment Trade Show (METS) in Amsterdam, is the Italian-produced Revolving Portlight of S.C.M. (Stampaggio Costruzioni Meccaniche). The Jury felt that the Revolving Portlight from S.C.M. delivered an outstanding combination of inspired practicality, delightful aesthetics and first-class engineering. ...[more]

Tiny company with world reach wins 'Best of the Best' Excellence Award By Nancy Knudsen, , 9:10 AM Fri 21 Oct 2011
A world-wide specialist marine electronics company with only ten employees and based in West Sussex in the UK has won multiple awards including 'Best of the Best' at British Engineering Excellence Awards 2011, proving again that you don't have to be big to be excellent. ...[more]

US Sailing recognises best sailing centers in USA By Jake Fish, , 6:09 AM Sun 18 Sep 2011
US SAILING, the National Governing Body of the sport in America, has recognized nine community sailing centers that provide exemplary training and educational programs consistent with the curriculum standards of the US SAILING Training Department. ...[more]

SOS Marine Dan Buoy wins Australian Business Awards By Helen Mansour, , 12:19 PM Mon 25 Jul 2011
SOS Marine won the Australian Business Award for Product Excellence and Best New Product in the 2011 Awards. The Australian Business Awards had over 900 entries and challenges the full spectrum of private, public and non-profit sector organisations in Australia through its comprehensive business and product award categories ...[more]

Sailors win award for saving reluctant rescuees. By US Sailing, 1:14 PM Fri 8 Apr 2011
Two boaters have won an award for their part in a rescue, staying in the vicinity even though the were distinctly told to 'go away' by the sailors in trouble. US SAILING has presented a Hanson Rescue Medal to Erik and Brian Jones for rescuing two sailors from San Francisco Bay on August 19, 2009. . ...[more]

Highly awarded Californian hero sailors now win New Zealand award By Otago Daily Times/Sail-World Cruising, , 6:57 AM Sun 3 Apr 2011
They have already won an International Marine Organisation (IMO) award for bravery, a Cruising Club of America Award, and Sail-World made them one of the To Ten Heroes of the Year and now the Californian couple have been honoured for their courage and superb seamanship in rescuing three people, including a New Zealand woman, off a stricken yacht south of Fiji. ...[more]

2011 Innovation Awards - just announced By Sail-World Cruising, 9:53 AM Sun 20 Feb 2011
No matter what country you live in, when the Miami International Boat Show comes around each year it's interesting to see who has won the USA's National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) Awards. As with European awards, the judges were journalists, members of Boating Writers International. ...[more]

European Yachts of the Year announced for 2011 By Nancy Knudsen, , 6:36 AM Wed 26 Jan 2011
European Yachts of the Year have been chosen again at the Dusseldorf Boat Show. At a glittering function the results were announced in four categories: Performance Cruiser, won by the Elan 350, Family Cruiser, won by Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 409, the Luxury Cruiser, won by X-Yachts Xc 38, and finally, the star of them all, in the category of Special Yachts, the Saffier 23 with its electric motor. ...[more]

Hanson Rescue Medal for two By US Sailing/Sail-World Cruising, , 6:58 AM Sun 23 Jan 2011
US Sailing’s Safety at Sea Committee has awarded an Arthur B. Hanson Rescue Medal to two Chicago Yacht Club sailing instructors for rescuing a pair of sailors on Lake Michigan on October 2, 2010. ...[more]

Quad sailor Geoff Holt beats racers to UK's Yachtsman of the Year By Des Ryan, 6:52 PM Wed 12 Jan 2011
While our own quad sailor Jamie Dunross, who completed an amazing solo circumnavigation of Australia this year did not even get a nomination for Yachting Australia's Sailor of the Year, Quad sailor Geoff Holt has become the UK's YJA Pantaenius Yachtsman of the Year after sailing solo across the Atlantic. ...[more]

Quad sailor Geoff Holt beats racers to UK's Yachtsman of the Year By Des Ryan, 6:28 PM Wed 12 Jan 2011
He beat the Finn World Champion, and he beat the Ladies World Match Racing Winners. Quadriplegic Geoff Holt has become the UK's YJA Pantaenius Yachtsman of the Year by sailing solo across the Atlantic. ...[more]

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