Excitement is mounting in Porto Cervo, Italy, as preparations hot up for the second ever Sailing Champions League.
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Our friends in the north: new world record set for a racing boat?
Guo Chuan and his crew make setting new world records look easy.
Tonne of cocaine worth £56m seized from Dutch yacht in Kent
Border Force officers intercepted the yacht off the Kent coast and took it to Dover. The Force’s deep rummage team found 1,200 kilos of cocaine, over a tonne, stashed on…
RNLI stages dramatic rescue in rough seas and force 6 wind
RNLI stages dramatic rescue in rough seas and force 6 wind
All the gear, no idea: rookie rescued on first outing in new yacht
Two lifeboats and a volunteer RNLI crew headed out from Minehead when the inexperienced sailor ran aground at Dunster beach, Somerset, after running into trouble with his rigging. The man…
Whitby lifeboats rescue father and daughter from rough seas in Yorkshire
The pair had been shouting for help for 45 minutes before HM coastguards were alerted and sent two Whitby’s RNLI inshore and all-weather lifeboats to their rescue. The 11-year-old girl…
Cruising the Thames: Kelmscott, Oxfordshire
From quality cuisine to picturesque walks, discover what the idyllic Cotswold village of Kelmscott has to offer
Man saved from River Tyne by Tynemouth RNLI after falling from boat
Tynemouth RNLI were called at around 10am on Sunday 5 September when a man, believed to be in his mid 30s, fell into the River Tyne. A friend heard the…
Hawk Yachts to unveil Sea Hawk at Monaco Yacht Show
Fledgling yachtmakers Hawk Yachts has set out to revolutionise the superyacht market with the unveiling of its Sea Hawk. Founded by superyacht captain Matthias Bosse, Hawk Yacht’s Sea Hawk is…
RNLI rescues steer at Compass Cove
While stranger things have happened at sea, the RNLI Dart inshore lifeboat team yesterday turned their hands to a spot of cattle herding.
Watch: two blue whales hit the headlines
Two blue whales have been making a splash this week, one off Cornwall and another interrupting a BBC interview.
Diver rescued by the Royal Navy, the Coastguard and RNLI
The Royal Navy, the Coastguard and RNLI joined forces in Cornwall to rescue a diver who’d been separated from his partner diving a wreck miles off the Lizard Peninsula. The…
Details of three new Sunseeker yachts to be unveiled at Southampton Boat Show
The luxury boat builder will reveal information about three new additions as well as showcasing eight yachts at the event.
Rare loss in Gothenburg for Ben Ainslie Racing America’s Cup team
Land Rover BAR won the opening regatta in Portsmouth in July, but Emirates Team New Zealand were the winners in Gothenburg, followed by Team Oracle USA in second spot.
Clipper Round The World yacht race sets sail
A cannon was fired by officials from Benfleet Yacht Club to mark the start of the 11-month “ocean odyssey”. Race 1 takes crews on a 5,186 nm trek to Rio…
Elderly man dies after fishing boat capsizes
A 73-year-old man from Salisbury has died after a boat capsized off County Wexford on Saturday.
Bayliner recovered from M25 after falling off trailer
Motorists were held up for several hours as recovery crews were drafted in to clear the Bayliner from the busy motorway
America’s Cup World Series descends on Gothenburg
All six of the America's Cup teams are gearing up ahead of this weekend's racing
Working group plans to bring famous QE2 cruise ship home
Councillor Stephen McCabe hopes that the QE2 will once again by moored on the Clyde
Four rescued after yacht in danger of dismasting
RNLI crews were called out to Torr Head on Tuesday to save a yacht from dismasting