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Teignmouth Maritime Properties Ltd has unveiled plans for a multi-million-pound regeneration of the Riverside Boatyard in Teignmouth, Devon. Plans see the existing estuary-side boatyard, which lies on the edge of the town, in Bishopsteignton Road, converted into a ‘mixed-use development’ combining housing, holiday accommodation, industrial units and offices, while improving the existing boat storage and repair facilities. Unveiling the first 3D animation and artistic impressions by MJS Design and Planning, Peter Stenner, CEO of Teignmouth Maritime Properties, said “This is an opportunity to comprehensively redevelop a prominent waterside site into a high-quality maritime facility, which I firmly believe Teignmouth deserves.” With features such as beach huts and workshops, developers are also hoping to attract greater numbers of new boat and water-based leisure users to the area, generating economic benefits for the town. Mr Stenner, who is also founder of Teignmouth Maritime Services Ltd, added “For many years I have been an existing user of the boatyard which now is in desperate need for development. I am both delighted and proud to be able to share these plans to transform this area of Teignmouth into something special, which I hope many others will benefit from for years to come. These plans will be a great asset to the town for locals, visitors and businesses alike.” MJS Design and Planning’s MD, Matt Slader, said that the project “should provide water users with substantial improvement for easy, enhanced and safer facilities for the launching and recovery of vessels in a range of tidal and weather conditions, with two slipways available to locals and visitors enabling a range of water based activities.” There is also a proposal for a new cycle path linking Teignmouth Docks to the Riverside Boatyard site.

The 2021 Poole Harbour Boat Show has been cancelled due to the ongoing uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic. After cancelling the 2020 show, due to take place in June, the event organisers Poole Harbour Commissioners (PHC) have confirmed that the show will not go ahead in 2021 either, but that they hope to see it return in 2022. Jim Stewart, CEO of PHC “The Boat Show has been a huge success over the past five years and the decision to cancel for 2021 has not been taken lightly. However, pressure on business resources across the marine industry and beyond is high, making planning for the future very difficult. At this uncertain time, it is prudent that as a business we focus on our key Harbour and Port roles and responsibilities. This is not the end of the Poole Harbour Boat Show, it will return once again.” The free-entry event is claimed to attract over 32,000 visitors each year.

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Describing the year as ‘exceptionally challenging’, bookings through boating holiday provider, Le Boat, soured in 2020 since a return to the waters in July. Le Boat operates what is thought to be the ‘world’s largest fleet’, with over 900 self-drive boats across the inland waterways of Europe and Canada. Launching its 2021 brochure with an early booking incentive of 15% off, the charter company has already reported a 133% increase year on year for travel in 2021. As a result, it has announced more investment in its craft and facilities and the opening of a new marina at Stavoren, in the Netherlands, ahead of the new season. It also intends to increase the number of craft available in England and Scotland for the 2021 season due to demand at cruising destinations such as the Thames and Caledonian Canal, adding that regions such as the Netherlands and Belgium are also likely to see a spike in bookings from UK travellers travelling by ferry and road in 2021. Managing Director of Le Boat, Cheryl Brown, said “There is no doubt that 2020 has given us a lesson in what’s truly important. Spending time with family and friends, enjoying the great outdoors and exploring new places were things we sometimes took for granted, but now we all appreciate them that little bit more. Our boating holidays are all about these simple, but cherished moments. They are the ideal getaway in a world where we are even more conscious about personal space and escaping the crowds. Our boats offer the perfect sanctuary and a welcome opportunity to spend quality time together and all of our cruising routes allow our customers to steer clear of busy tourist hot-spots, appreciate the great outdoors and explore destinations from a more authentic perspective. I am thrilled with our new brochure and look forward to welcoming guests back onboard in 2021”.

Corsiva 650T NEW BOAT The Dutch-dayboat-inspired Polish boat builder, Corsiva, has added a new open boat Tender model to its affordable dayboat range. Combining classic and modern lines, the 650 Tender, is designed for inland and coastal use and will take up to a 90hp outboard engine, which is stylishly concealed beneath a lifting transom-sunpad hatch. Its deck provides a walkaround slimline central helm binnacle, a large rear sunpad and seating space for up to 7 people. UK dealer, Val Wyatt Marine, is to receive a new 650 Tender in early 2021, priced at £20,995 without an engine.

The RYA and British Marine are ‘jointly persevering’ in asking the Government to increase the one-year Returned Goods Relief (RGR) extension period and supply further detail for recreational boaters and the leisure marine industry as the end of transitional period approaches. The marine bodies are concerned about the post-Brexit VAT and Customs arrangements, which will ‘affect thousands of boat owners resident in the UK who keep their boats in EU27 countries’, but assure boaters based in the UK that they still will be able visit the EU for short stays of up to 18 months. You can read the full release here.

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Boot Düsseldorf 23rd-31st January 2021 Southampton International Boat Show 10th-19th September 2021

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TBS Boats announced in October that it is now representing Cranchi at its south coast office on the River Hamble. Founded in 1870, the 150-year-old Italian boatbuilder produces a range of models 24ft-78ft, including day cruisers, sportscruisers, hardtops, flybridge yachts and trawlers. TBS currently has two Cranchi models in stock at its Hamble office at Mercury Marina, an E26 Rider pictured left, and a T43 Trawler pictured right. TBS is also now a dealer for Krüger, a Polish range of dayboats. Details and specs at www.tbsboats.com.

Classic Yacht Brokerage, and Birdham Pool-based brokers, RBS Marine, have joined forces to provide services in selling classic boats in the Chichester area. It will cover Chichester Marina, Dell Quay Boat Yard, Emsworth Yacht Harbour and Birdham Pool, where there is a resident wooden boat repair specialist, Tim Gilmore.

The winners of the 2020 Towergate Marina of the Year Awards were announced in October, and it saw Poole Quay Boat Haven pictured top, crowned category winner for coastal marina with under 250 berths. The runner up in this category was Whitehills Marina in Scotland. The coastal marina of the year award, with over 250 berths, was collected by Boatfolk’s Royal Quays Marina on the River Tyne near Newcastle, pictured bottom, for a second year in a row, closely followed by runner up, Plymouth Yacht Haven. The inland marina of the year catergory was won by the River Nene-based White Mills Marina, with Overwater Marina in Cheshire named as the runner up. The two categories International and Superyacht marina of the year were won by Turkey’s Yalikavak Marina and IGY Yacht Haven Grande, in the US Virgin Islands, respectively. New category, Marina Employee of the Year, was won by James Stenning at Emsworth Marina. Matt Simms of Royal Quays Marina said “I am very proud that the marina team at Royal Quays has set such a high standard of service that our berth holders and guests have acknowledged their level of dedication by voting for us in the awards as the best, for the second year running. The team at Royal Quays works with passion to provide a second home for our yachts and guests, and this recognition validates our efforts. We would like to thank everyone who voted for us.” Kerrie Gray, Marina Manager, Poole Quay Boat Haven said “I am extremely proud that Poole Quay Boat Haven has won the award for the second year running. This year’s accolade is particularly poignant as it has been a difficult year for all. Receiving this award is testament to the hard work and dedication that the entire marina team has shown.” Director of White Mills Marina, Debbie Mills, said “We are so thrilled and of course incredibly proud to have been announced Inland Marina of the Year. Ever since we opened for business in 2016 our goal has been to become an award-winning marina, and we have done it” A video of the virtual award ceremony is available via YouTube.

Rodman 1290 Evolution NEW BOAT The Spanish boat builder, Rodman, has completed the ‘virtual launch’ of its new flybridge-fisher model, the 1290 Evolution. The 1290 Evolution is the ‘long-awaited upgrade’ of the popular 1250 model, sharing the respected hull, but offering a new superstructure, interior layout and features, including new hull windows and triple sliding access doors. Sea trials on this first production boat, fitted with twin Volvo IPS600s, 440hp engines achieve a maximum speed of 36 knots, and a cruising speed of 22 knots at 2500rpm giving around 75 litres per hour fuel consumption. The new model is available in two guises through UK dealer, RBS Marine, priced from £416,400 for the hardtop, and from £423,600 for the flybridge version.

Company, Nautical ID, wants to make it easier to identify and contact a boat owner in the event of an emergency, problem or damage. Endorsed by marine insurer Pantaenius, the system requires an all-weather display plate featuring a QR code that can be read on a smartphone. Fellow boat owners or passersby who see any problem can alert owners by scanning the boat’s unique QR code, which generates an instant SMS message, enabling the owner to take swift and appropriate action. Membership is £99 per year.

The town council and harbour commissioners at the Essex haven of Brightlingsea are looking to create a maritime-heritage-inspired focal point on its waterfront. A public consultation has launched revealing proposals for a new Heritage Quay and Pier. Designs show a spacious canopy-covered Heritage Quay area ©BrightlingseaHarbourCommisioners that has been designed to provide ‘a tasteful room-to-move arena for a multitude of everyday and special community events’, with a new Heritage Pier extending out into the harbour providing berths for three or more traditional, bygone east coast barges that once traded here. The project will make use of a concrete grid World War II, which was recently rediscovered and will be fully excavated. Both town bodies admit that the proposed site, on the eastern side of the Hard, has become somewhat neglected since the end of WW2 and added that the new quay and pier will in no way impede other activities within the harbour, or the other area of the Hard. Plans can be viewed via the council website.

Bavaria Vida 33 NEW BOAT The German boat builder, Bavaria unveiled its first outboard-powered model last month. Available as a stylish hardtop or open sportscruiser, the Vida 33 offers a spacious cockpit, a hydraulic-lifting bathing platform and a two-berth cabin ???? with a separate toilet compartment. The express-styled cruiser has two bow deck layouts, with a large sunpad or an adaptable sunken dinette area available. Power is provided by twin Mercury outboards 150-300hp. The Vida 33 has been nominated in the ‘Best for Fun’ category in the 2020 Best of Boats Awards. It is available through UK dealer, Clipper Marine, priced from £149,454.

Boatfolk’s Haslar Marina is encouraging its berth holders to be a little greener by launching a mobile black water pump out ‘POO boat’. The marina group say that one flush from an un-treated toilet has 250,000 times more bacteria than a flush that has been through the sewage treatment process and, in offering a ‘hassle-free’ blackwater pump out service, it hopes to make a difference with its collective efforts to decrease pollution caused by leisure boats. Berth holders book in with the marina office, make a voluntary £5 donation to environmental causes, and the team will visit with the ‘POO boat’ to empty their holding tank during the following week. Managing Director of Boatfolk, Michael Prideaux, said “We take our environmental responsibilities very seriously. We want to do all we can to educate and engage with our customers, to dissuade boats pumping untreated blackwater into the marine environment. We recognise there is a lack of facilities at UK marinas currently and we are passionate about leading the way.” The service coincides with the new #LoveYourHarbour campaign, designed to raise awareness of discharging untreated sewage from a boat in a harbour. A video detailing the campaign is available on YouTube.

The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has renewed its warnings of the dangers of carbon ©MAIB monoxide poisoning, after publishing its report of two fatalities aboard a motorboat in York. Moored on the River Ouse in York, the two occupants of Diversion, its owner and a friend, died as result of carbon monoxide poisoning from a second-hand diesel-fuelled cabin heater installed in 2018. The MAIB found that the exhaust silencer fitted was not approved for marine use, saying it was not gas tight and its connection to the exhaust pipework was loose, therefore it was venting into the cabin. The boat did not have a CO alarm, which from 2019, was made a mandatory requirement of the inland assessment, Boat Safety Scheme.

The Best of Boats Awards, known in the industry as the BOB awards, has announced its 2020 shortlist of finalists. Shortlisted boats are divided into categories ‘Best for’ fun, beginners, fishing, family and travel, this year the 21 shortlisted boats have been whittled down from numerous boats tested by the 18 international jury members over the last 12 months. The jury is made up of boating journalists from Europe and beyond, with Motorboat Owner’s Neale Byart representing the UK. With the cancellation of award partner event, Boot & Fun Berlin, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the BOB winners will be announced during a live streamed broadcast event on Thursday 19th November.

AWARDS NOMINEES

ASTender 340 ROM 28 Saxdor 200 Sport

Bayliner Trophy 22 CC Quicksilver 805 Pilothouse

Alfastreet 28 Cabin Beneteau Antares 11 Fly Idea 80 Nuva M8 Prestige 420 Fly Ranieri Next 285 LX

Axopar 37 / Brabus Shadow 900 Bavaria Vida 33 Frauscher 1212 Ghost Jeanneau Cap Camarat 12.5 Nimbus T8 Sea Ray SLX 400

Absolute Navetta 64 Beneteau Monte Carlo 52 Sunreef 80 Power Super Lauwersmeer 47 OC