Boating News

28 octobre 2025

Avikus and Honda Marine Sign MOU to Integrate Autonomous Technologies with Honda Command and Control Systems

Avikus, HD Hyundai’s specialized Autonomous Navigation Technology subsidiary, announced today that it will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Honda Marine to integrate its NEUBOAT Semi-Autonomous System with the Honda Intelligent Shift & Throttle® (iST®) command and control system. The official signing will take place at the International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition and Conference (IBEX), on … Lire plus

28 octobre 2025

Volvo Penta brings advanced joystick features to wider boating market

Volvo Penta is expanding its award-winning Electronic Vessel Control (EVC) features with the launch of enhanced joystick technology for V8 single gasoline engines. Now, a broader range of watersports and recreational vessels can offer the seamless simplicity of Joystick Driving, Joystick Docking and Joystick Surfing. Through the introduction of an upgraded electric steering system for … Lire plus

28 octobre 2025

GOST Wins Eighth Consecutive NMEA Product Of Excellence Award In Remote Vessel Monitoring Category

GOST® (Global Ocean Security Technologies), a world leader in marine security, tracking, monitoring and video surveillance systems, announced today that its Specter Ai has been awarded the Product of Excellence Award by the 2025 National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) Conference and Expo in the category of Remote Vessel Monitoring Systems. GOST has won this category every … Lire plus

24 octobre 2025

New Dates for Virtual Cold Water Workshops

New dates for the CSBC’s popular virtual cold water workshops with Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht have been scheduled on: Tuesday, November 25 and Thursday, November 27, 2025 Tuesday, January 13 and Thursday, January 15, 2026 Tuesday, February 24 and Thursday, February 26, 2026 Workshops will run from 8:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. Eastern time. If you’re … Lire plus

24 octobre 2025

Dale King named Sail Canada Volunteer of the Year Award winner

Sail Canada announced today that Dale King from Toronto has been awarded Sail Canada’s 2024 Volunteer of the Year Award. The Volunteer of the Year Award recognizes volunteers for their outstanding contributions to sailing activities at Sail Canada member clubs, sailing schools and regattas. The contributions can be related to activities by the candidate(s) over … Lire plus

14 octobre 2025

Historical bronze medal for Lewin-LaFrance Canadian sailing team at 2025 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships

Canadian sailors Antonia and Georgia Lewin-LaFrance from Chester, N.S., won the bronze medal in 49erFX at the 2025 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships which ended today in Cagliari, Italy, to become the first-ever medalists from Canada at that competition. The performance put forth by the Lewin-LaFrance sisters is Canada’s best-ever result at the … Lire plus

14 octobre 2025

Carlos Charabati and Elspeth Simms win Sail Canada’s Bill Burk Memorial Youth Elite Awards

Sail Canada announced today that Carlos Charabati from Montreal, QC, and Elspeth Simms from Halifax, N.S., have won Sail Canada’s 2024 Bill Burk Memorial Youth Elite Awards. The Bill Burk Memorial Youth Elite Award is given out annually to two Canadian athletes/teams of different gender identities. The award recognizes sailors who are 18 years old … Lire plus

14 octobre 2025

Brome Lake Boating Club’s Women’s Sailing Initiative Named Sail Canada’s 2024 Recreation Event of the Year

Sail Canada announced today that the Brome Lake Boating Club’s Women’s Sailing Initiation Camp has won Sail Canada’s Recreation Event of the Year Award for 2024. The Recreation Event Award recognizes a club, an organization, an individual or a group, which is Canadian-based and affiliated with Sail Canada, that has contributed to the promotion of … Lire plus

2 octobre 2025

The Prairies’ Regional Cadet Support Unit (Northwest) wins Sail Canada’s William Abbott Senior Trophy as Sail Training Program of the Year

Sail Canada announced today that the The Prairies’ Regional Cadet Support Unit (Northwest) (RCSU (NW)) has been awarded Sail Canada’s 2024 William Abbott Senior Trophy for their Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Sailing Program, which has been recognized as Sail Training Program of the Year. The William Abbott Senior Trophy recognizes the many fine programs that … Lire plus

2 octobre 2025

Vision Marine and Port de plaisance La Ronde to launch Québec’s First Multi Level Showcase for electric boating in Montreal

Vision Marine Technologies Inc. today announced an innovative and cooperative strategic non-binding initiative with Port de plaisance La Ronde to develop a technological and commercial hub dedicated to experience electric boating and activities on Île Sainte-Hélène, in the heart of Montreal and near Montréal–Trudeau International Airport.  The project calls for the creation of an electric boating hub, … Lire plus