If you're looking for something special to do to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee or just fancy doing something a bit different this year then why not sign up for the RYA's Passage to Portland event?

The founder and chairman of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, has been awarded with an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Hull.

The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust has been given a great boost to the start of 2012 after receiving over a thousand pounds from south coast based sailing organisation Speedbird Offshore Yacht Club (SOYC).

RIBEX has been renamed the Powerboat and RIB Show in line with major changes that aim to make the event even more exciting and accessible for visitors.

As part of their continued support for the RYA Volvo Dinghy Show, show sponsors, Volvo, are offering two families tickets to the Show plus the use of a Volvo XC90 for the weekend.

The British Classic Yacht Club (BCYC), in conjunction with their event sponsor Officine Panerai, have announced the dates for the 11th edition of the Club's annual Cowes regatta for classic and vintage yachts.

The recent London Boat Show may have been down on numbers but for Voyaging Yachts, which launched its new business at the Show, it was a roaring success.

It was the battle of the Australian navigators onboard  Camper, Puma and Telefonica as the Volvo Ocean Race teams closed in on the Malacca Strait on Australia Day, Thursday, 26 January.

Taking place from 24 to 27 August 2012, this powerboat festival incorporates various events, including the Cowes Torquay Cowes race.

Rising Lymington Laser Radial sailor Hannah Snellgrove received the coveted Award at the 2012 Tullett Prebon London Boat Show.

No Boat? No Worries! Hitch a ride via Gocrew.net or Ondeck Racing.

The 12th annual Meet the Buyer event, at the Tullett Prebon London Boat Show, brought overseas buyers right to the doorstep of UK suppliers.

Southwest Yachting celebrates its 22nd anniversary in 2012 with its new website and are proud to be one of the most established yacht charter companies and RYA training centres operating in the Solent.

Taking centre stage in this summer's line-up of events hosted and run by the Royal Southern YC is the Club's 175th Anniversary Open Regatta, a 16 day yacht racing festival to be topped off with a Mount Gay Rum red cap party!

Nineteen Illusionists competed in boisterous westerlies at Bembridge Sailing Club for the annual Piers' January Jacket trophy over 21-22 January.