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Norwegian marine tech innovator Orca has announced its expansion into the waters around Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific Islands.

Great Escape Sailing and MooringBNB have partnered to launch Bookabuoy, a game-changing platform set to transform how New Zealand boaties find and book moorings.

Carbon Yachts has joined the Maritime Emissions Reduction Coalition (MERC), reinforcing its commitment to advancing sustainable boating technologies. With electric vessels now beginning to surpass petrol-powered boats in many key areas, Carbon Yachts is helping drive the shift toward cleaner, high-performance solutions transforming the maritime leisure industry.

AkzoNobel’s yacht coatings business has opened its first Yacht Paint Application Centre (YPAC) in the Asia-Pacific region to offer world-class product and technical training alongside the latest cutting-edge digital paint application tools.

However, by 1895 the 5-raters were attracting even more attention than their smaller stablemates. Where the 2½-raters had become handy 35 to 36ft harbour racers with spartan cruising accommodation, the 5-raters were larger yachts, 10 feet longer, and capable of racing in First Class competition as well as cruising coastwise in some comfort.