The Maharashtra Maritime Board has invited developers to build marina across the state’s 720-km coastline. If things go according to the plan, Mumbai alone may get a few marinas, which will be equipped with restaurants, plazas and water sports facilities.
A marina is a harbour with wharfs keeping boats and yachts, and with services for recreation boating. Normally, a marina has refuelling, washing and repair facilities, ship chandlers, stores and restaurants. A marina has ground facilities like parking lots and boat trailers. Unlike a port, marina does not handle large passenger …

Dutch 14-year-old Laura Dekker will leave Portimão, Portugal, tomorrow to begin her attempt to become the world’s youngest solo circumnavigator.
Her manager Peter Klarenbeek said the teenager was at sea today doing final equipment tests before leaving tomorrow on a journey that could take up to two years.
Dekker arrived in Portugal on her red-hulled, 11.5-metre ketch Guppy last Saturday with her father after a ten-day voyage from her native Netherlands.
She left Den Osse in the southwest Netherlands days after winning a 10-month court battle with child welfare authorities who had been …

The last time Guy Barnett was bobbing around Dartmouth harbour it was aboard a leaky 80-year-old trawler as he attempted to scrape a living taking tourists mackerel fishing.
The last time Guy Barnett was bobbing around Dartmouth harbour it was aboard a leaky 80-year-old trawler as he attempted to scrape a living taking tourists mackerel fishing.  But after marrying the daughter of one of Canada’s richest men he has returned to the Devon port at the helm of something a little grander – a £100 million super yacht.
The 35-year-old left Dartmouth …

200-berth marina expected to be given go-ahead later this year
India’s Maharastra Maritime Board plans to develop the first yacht marina in the Mubmai area. The Board which is responsible for over 720km of coast line including 114km around Mumbai, proposes that the 200-berth marina be sited at Mandwa, close to the Gateway of India.
Current Jetty At Mandwa
The Board is currently awaiting the results of a feasibility study into the project but it expects the go-ahead to be given later this year. The anticipated cost of the marina is Rs200 crore …