NEW ANGLING VILLAGE

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Marine Power is to sponsor the new Angling Village at SBS BoatLife taking place in February 2023.

This family-run business, based in Norfolk, will display four boat brands at the show - Linder, UMS, Smartwave and Kolibri.

The Marine Power Suzuki Angling Zone will incorporate a stage and VIP area. The zone will host BoatLife ambassadors and fishing enthusiasts John

Locker, Will Parkinson, Team Squidward and Simon Gibson.

Also exhibiting in the new zone will be Extreme Boats, Warrior Boats, Railblaza, Smartliner and Hobie Kayaks. There will also be fishing tournaments including the Sea Angling Classic and World Predator Classic.

Marine Power has a showroom in Brundall and has been in business since 1987.

“The Angling Village is a new and important area for the show, and we are pleased to see so much interest in it,” said Richard Dove, MD, BoatLife Events. Angling is a sport we really want to help promote and grow through BoatLife. Marine Power is totally on board with what we are looking to achieve, and it really is great working with such a positive team.” www.mirka.co.uk

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An inaugural report by CHIRP has been published in the hope of preventing avoidable safety incidents onboard superyachts.

The collection of safety incidents, which have been collected anonymously through CHIRP’s website and app, have been analysed, reported on and given safety recommendations to prevent similar incidents occuring in future.

”We recognise that reporting can often be a difficult step, but we rely on reports to raise awareness of safety issues and it really is helping to improve safety outcomes by doing so,” said Adam Parnell, director maritime, CHIRP.

”We believe that our safety newsletters differ to many others because we focus on the primary human-factors that contributed to incidents and near misses.”

Lessons to be learned

One of the incidents in CHIRP’s Superyacht

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