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News Posted on August 30, 2016

West Nautical continue their sponsorship of South Shields Westoe Rugby Club

Having sponsored the club during the 2015 season, West Nautical are delighted to continue their role sponsoring the club’s Development Team. ‘Westoe’, founded in 1875, changed 140 years of tradition in the 2015/16 season by changing their name from Westoe Rugby Club, by adding in the location of their club, South Shields which is a...

News Posted on August 8, 2016

West Nautical receives MNTB Course Recognition

West Nautical has received the first ‘Merchant Navy Training Board’ Course Recognition award in Europe, and only the second globally, an accolade of good practice in training course provision, for its Superyacht Captain “Command and Control course”. ” The Merchant Navy Training Board (MNTB) is pleased to award West Nautical Ltd ‘Course Recognition’ for its...

News Posted on July 29, 2016

“Mixing Business with Pleasure” The Superyacht Owner

Andrey Lomakin, owner and CEO of West Nautical, talks through his first commissioned project, a Mulder 94 Voyager named Firefly. Yachting was, for so long, the preserve of ‘old money’ – a marque of lineage and an affinity with the ultimate gentleman’s pursuit. However, with the collapse of communism at the beginning of the 1990s came an explosion...

News Posted on July 29, 2016

“Mixing Business with Pleasure” The Superyacht Owner

Andrey Lomakin, owner and CEO of West Nautical, talks through his first commissioned project, a Mulder 94 Voyager named Firefly. Yachting was, for so long, the preserve of ‘old money’ – a marque of lineage and an affinity with the ultimate gentleman’s pursuit. However, with the collapse of communism at the beginning of the 1990s came an explosion...

News Posted on July 20, 2016

West Nautical are raising money for the RNLI

5 members of the West Nautical Team completed the Great North Run in support of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. ” We really appreciate all your support and thank you for any donations – WN Runners. “ A team of 5 from West Nautical have been raising money for the RNLI by running the Great North Run...

News Posted on July 18, 2016

Want to keep your crew in 2017?

As strategic partners with Seafarers Union Nautilus International, we are pleased to share their recent article reminding seafarers about the action they must take in the next 6 months to ensure their UK Certificate of Competency remains valid come 1st January 2017. It’s time to get your papers out and start checking whether your UK certificate of competency will still be...