General Dynamics NASSCO has been awarded $1.7 billion from the U.S. Navy for the construction of T-AO 215 and T-AO 216 ...

Taiwanese exporters are responding with cautious pragmatism after the Trump administration announced a new 20% reciprocal tariff rate on Taiwan. The rate represents a reduction from the initially ...

A final win for Annette and Brian Murphy’s Yikes secured them the Beneteau 211 title on the fourth and final day of the 2025 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta on Sunday (13 July). Early leader Capilano ...

Noel Colclough’s Capilano (Royal St George) capitalised on the conditions to top the Beneteau 211 class on the first day of racing in the 2025 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta on Thursday (10 July). Royal ...

Beneteau has an ambitious new mission; to create a planing cruiser. Sam Jefferson buckles up aboard the First 30 to see if it achieved this aim. I’m going to start this review with an apocryphal story ...

Editor Sam Jefferson takes us around the new Beneteau First 30 – here’s everything you need to know about this innovative design. French giant Beneteau’s acquisition of Slovenian boatbuilder Seascape ...

For 140 years, Groupe Beneteau has been listening to its customers, innovating and taking bold strategic decisions. Once again this year, with 14 new models, Groupe Beneteau is pursuing its dynamic ...

Few things can beat the rush one gets when a sailboat starts planing—that exhilarating moment of 'lift off' when the boat breaks free from the chains of displacement speed. That's what sailors expect ...

Beneteau has introduced the new First 30, a sailboat designed to offer a fresh approach to small-boat sailing with the concept of a planing cruiser. This model aims to make the experience of ...