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Pilot Boats: A Navigational Art From
Jul 2023
Philippa Glassbrook
Pilot Boats: A Navigational Art From
A pilot boat is a type of boat used to transport maritime pilots between land and the inbound or outbound ships that they are piloting with specialist navigational knowledge of the local waters. Pilot boats were once sailing boats that had to be fast because the first pilot to reach the incoming ship got the business. Today, pilot boats [...]
New Harbourmaster and Deputy at Falmouth Harbour
Apr 2023
Charles Fowler
New Harbourmaster and Deputy at Falmouth Harbour
The Port of London’s Deputy Harbour Master is about to become Falmouth’s “Harbour Master Designate”, shadowing the current HM Duncan Paul until his retirement early in 2024, and joining the team in the run up to Falmouth’s busiest ever season of events on and beside the water. Miles Featherstone will be bringing his wide-ranging experience [...]
Recycling Targets Set for End-of-Life Boats
Mar 2023
Charles Fowler
Recycling Targets Set for End-of-Life Boats
A roadmap has been launched for the European boating industry aimed at increasing end-of-life boat recycling. The plan, launched by the European Boating Industry (EBI), is based on a three-year process involving all public and private stakeholders, with the boating industry committing to phasing out unsustainable recycling practices and targets set for the period up [...]
A knotty issue…
Dec 2022
Charles Fowler
A knotty issue…
What do harp-making, boot-making and slating have in common? The answer is that all three skills have made it onto Heritage Crafts’ Red List of Endangered Crafts, which ranks heritage craft skills at risk of dying out before they can be passed on to the next generation. The Red List includes skills considered ‘Extinct’ (for [...]
Winners – The Gussies 2022…
Nov 2022
Charles Fowler
Winners – The Gussies 2022…
Congratulations to all of the 2022 Gussies Winners! We are particularly proud to represent many of the finalists and two of the winning boats. Winner Production Electric Boats: Over 8m / 26ft Candela 8 Candela • Sweden The C-8 is a long-range, all-electric hydrofoiling craft that travels silently above the water surface,  designed to be [...]
Falmouth Harbour Trials Eco Moorings
Aug 2022
Charles Fowler
Falmouth Harbour Trials Eco Moorings
Falmouth Harbour has begun boat trials on a unique eco-mooring system designed to protect sensitive areas of seabed from the scouring caused by traditional mooring chains. The advanced mooring system (AMS) in place off Flushing Beach has been designed by Falmouth-based naval architect and engineering firm Morek, working with Falmouth Harbour’s marine operations team. The [...]
UK Launches New Reporting Service for Overseas Boat Voyages
Jul 2022
Charles Fowler
UK Launches New Reporting Service for Overseas Boat Voyages
The UK Border Force has developed a new digital reporting service for those travelling to and from the UK on pleasure craft to report their journey. The new online service is known as single Pleasure Craft Reporting (sPCR), and replaces the previous ‘C1331 Form’ that has been enforced since 1 January 2022. Since 1 January [...]
Grosvenor Yachts on Tour..!
Aug 2021
Charles Fowler
Grosvenor Yachts on Tour..!
Grosvenor Yachts is attending three international boat shows during September. Do come and meet us! I can confirm that both Charles Fowler (Managing Director) and Philippa Glassbrook (Head of After Sales & Customer Support) will be at the entire Cannes boat show (7-12th September). Of course we are always available locally for you, but Cannes [...]
I Found Myself on a Grassy Knoll during the US Election…
Nov 2020
Charles Fowler
I Found Myself on a Grassy Knoll during the US Election…

On a dank Monday morning in November I found myself surveying the landscape beneath me from my raised vantage point in South Gloucestershire. Languishing in the far distance was Wales and to my right was Cromhall Quarry, a former limestone quarry that naturally flooded when works ceased. This relic of a commercial past is now […]