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Fairline Yachts kicks off production of first boat
Fairline Yachts is building the first boat, the Targa 48 GT, since being bought off last January. See the pictures here.
Briton among four rescued after being found adrift at sea in Thailand
The group were rescued by a cargo vessel with the assistance of The Royal Thai Navy after being adrift at sea for five days.
Video: huge marina fire destroys hundreds of boats
Three fire trucks, five engines, fire boats and several support vehicles responded to the massive marina fire.
Explorer to cross Atlantic in 65ft whale
A 73-year-old former SAS trooper is in the final stages of a plan to sail a 65ft boat built in the shape of a whale 3,500 miles across the Atlantic.
Pictures: WWII rescue boat to return to Dunkirk
A boat that rescued 600 British soldiers from foreign shores in the early days of the WWII is getting a new life.
Weekly round-up: YBW news digest
Alex Thomson's lost yacht found 10 years later, nine-time rescued yacht captain may give up and Microsoft's co-founder repairs a coral reef ... Read this week's news.
British tourist drowns after falling from tour boat in St Lucia
The body of a 28-year-old British tourist has been discovered on a beach on the Caribbean island of St Lucia.
Video: Storm grounds fishing vessel, capsizes Coast Guard rescue boat
US Coast Guard rescuers performed a dramatic airlift early Thursday morning when a fishing vessel grounded just metres from shore in New York during poor weather.
Lake District: Boat Safety Scheme not ‘comprehensive’
The National Park has decided against the MAIB's recommendation to implement the boat safety scheme.
Firefighters battle boat fire near Cutty Sark in Greenwich
Three of London's fire stations sent crews to respond to a fire near to the historic Cutty Sark clipper ship at Greenwich Pier yesterday.
Video: 68 stranded as icebreaker runs aground in Antarctica blizzard
Australian authorities are waiting for a blizzard to ease so they can transport 68 people from an icebreaker that has run aground in Antarctica.
Video: Land Rover and Ben Ainslie discuss the fastest America’s Cup boat with Land Rover BAR
Watch as in an unprecedented move, Land Rover and Sir Ben Ainslie reveal the technical areas of collaboration currently in development to help create the fastest America’s Cup boat with…
Powerboat crash in Southampton Water – report findings
A Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report into a high-speed powerboat crash which seriously injured a teenager has been published.
Owner fined thousands for rescue of ‘dangerously unsafe’ vessel
The owner of a previously sunken harbour tanker has been fined and ordered to pay costs after pleading guilty to operating a dangerously unsafe vessel.
One pirate killed, four arrested after raid on hijacked ship
A group of pirates were arrested and one pirate was killed when the Nigerian army raided a hijacked oil tanker off Ivory Coast yesterday in the Gulf of Guinea.
Alex Thomson’s abandoned Hugo Boss yacht found after 10 years
The yacht that skipper Alex Thomson abandoned in the Southern Ocean in the 2006-2007 Velux 5 Oceans Race has been discovered on a remote South American beach.
Six rescued from Tyne after boat trouble
Emergency services came to the aid of a crew of six rowers whose boat had gotten into difficulty on a weir in the River Tyne Sunday afternoon.
Coast Guard boat crew trains in heavy surf
Dramatic video posted by the US Coast Guard shows their 42ft boat being pounded by waves during a training exercise.
Historic RNLI lifeboat up for rent on AirBnB in Scottish Hebrides
A former RNLI lifeboat has found a new home onshore as a rental property in the Scottish Highlands.
Driverless water taxi design set to begin testing in Paris
A new electric water taxi is set to be tested on stretches of the Seine River in Paris this summer and its designer wants to use driverless technology.