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23/04/08 • THE RYA, with the support of the MCA, is to increase its involvement in the development of industry servicing standards for recreational liferafts. This step follows the most recent Marine Accident Investigation Branch’s report on the investigation into a collision between two fishing boats in Falmouth Bay in October 2007, in which one of the boats liferafts did not inflate fully. RYA technical manager Ken Kershaw commented, ‘The RYA leading the development of a new servicing standard for liferafts is a natural progression from the work we have already been involved with in writing the liferaft construction standards.’ He continued, ‘We are pleased the MCA considers the RYA the best placed organisation to carry out this work.
23/04/08 • EARTHRACE will be gracing the marina at ExCeL as part of the Marine Experience at the British International Motor Show. The wave piercing trimaran will arrive in all her glory and be on display for the duration of the show which runs from 23 July to 3 August 2008.
23/04/08 • THE 2007 Southampton Boat Show and 2008 Collins Stewart London Boat Show have both been short-listed for the title of Best Consumer Show over 2,000sq.m at the Association of Event Organisers Awards. The annual awards, due to take place on 4 June 2008, acknowledge excellence in the events industry, and are open worldwide to all organisers, venues and suppliers. National Boat Shows is represented as two out of the three short-listed companies for the Best Consumer Show category. Andrew Williams, managing director of NBS, commented; ‘For one of our shows to be up for such an influential award would be fantastic, but to have our flagship events nominated head to head and representing two out of the three nominations is an outstanding achievement.’
23/04/08 • THE Prestige 34 has become the most popular Jeanneau motor yacht within its market sector, with 500 boats built in just five years. A remarkable performance in both production and sales, suggests the French builder.
23/04/08 • SEEDA, the South East England Development Agency, has secured US super yacht company Palmer Johnson’s investment in the Solent to build a range of multi-million pound, bespoke, super yachts up to 100 metres. These will be the largest leisure craft in production in the UK. Palmer Johnson will construct a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility on SEEDA’s sites at Woolston and open a new manufacturing facility at Hythe in the New Forest. 800 skilled jobs will be created by this iconic company which began as a builder of wooden fishing boats for the Great Lakes in 1918. Within 10 years they had developed their first wooden yachts and are now an established builder of highly styled, aluminium super yachts.