British Marine responds to UK election result

Period of uncertainty over. After the UK went to the polls yesterday, overnight it was confirmed that Boris Johnson and the Conservative party had secured a landslide victory, against a hard left agenda proposed by Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour. Johnson secured the...

Made in the Pacific Ocean

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a collection of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and California with an estimated surface area of 1.6 million square kilometers. Contained by ocean currents, this equates to an area twice the size of Texas or...

America’s Cup: How techie are you?

Most of us have a basic understanding of power. Walking upstairs takes a certain level of effort, but when we add a large sack of potatoes to the shoulder it takes more energy. Power is commonly measured in watts. Variables here but riding a bike at a leisurely 15 mph...

Foiling monos for Youth America’s Cup

A reinvigorated Youth America’s Cup regatta will be raced in a brand new class of foiling monohull, the AC9F, in 2020 and 2021. First initiated during the 2013 America’s Cup in San Francisco, the Youth America’s Cup will be a joint initiative between the Royal New...