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Watch: Coastguard and RNLI assist cargo vessel drifting in force 10 weather conditions
The Coastguard asked for the Stornoway and Leverburgh RNLI to assist with a cargo vessel that suffered engine failure off the Isle of Lewis
Golden Globe Race organisers meet with the French Sailing Federation (FFV) to discuss race rules
Golden Globe Race officials met with the FFV yesterday (14 December) to discuss the operation, safety and security of the race ahead of its start from Les Sables d’Olonne on…
Plymouth RNLI crew help in multi-agency search for missing woman
Plymouth's all-weather lifeboat and inshore Atlantic 75 were tasked at 5.35pm on Tuesday (12 December) to reports of a missing person possibly in the water
British sailor Ertan Beskardes signs up to compete in the 2018 Golden Globe Race
Ertan Beskardes now joins Susie Goodall and Robin Davie in flying the flag for Britain in the Golden Globe Race
Police release picture of mother of two Lu Na McKinney who died during a boating holiday in April
Police have appealed for information from anybody who had contact with Lu Na McKinney in the months prior to her death. Her husband, Stephen McKinney, has been charged with her…
Licensed boat captain Cooper Bacon indicted for manslaughter after fatal crash off Rhode Island
Cooper Bacon has been indicted for the manslaughter of 81-year-old Walter Krupinski, who died when Bacon's Viking Princess 60 hit his fishing boat off Rhode Island
First look at the new Princess V60 launching in Spring 2018
The Plymouth-based luxury boat builder has released details of the Princess V60 - the latest addition to its V Class range
Bénéteau to build Figaro 3 in the former Jeanneau site of Nantes Cheviré
Following successful sea trials of the Figaro Bénéteau 3 off France’s Atlantic coast, the French boat builder has announced that the boat will be built in the shipyard of Nantes…
Lorry gets stuck in Cornish village street whilst carrying fishing boat Ocean Pride
The fishing boat Ocean Pride was being carried back to Cornwall from Sussex where it had been left to rot in a boatyard
Rosetti unveils new 85m superyacht in collaboration with Rolls Royce
Rosetti Superyachts SpA has released details of its 85m expedition supply vessel concept designed by Tommaso Spadolini which will be built at San Vitale shipyard in Ravenna, Italy
Salvage company is monitoring the area where the P6T2 yacht sank ahead of attempting to remove the motor yacht
A specialist salvage company is surveying the area where the P6T2 yacht sunk after striking a metal navigation buoy in St Aubin’s Bay, in the hope of lifting it out…
Falmouth RNLI all-weather lifeboat assist with unexploded mine near Maenporth beach
Falmouth RNLI all-weather lifeboat was tasked to assist with an unexploded mine in a multi-service operation off Maenporth beach
Fairline Yachts reveals location of new manufacturing facility in the UK
Fairline Yachts have announced the location of their new manufacturing site on the English south coast. The new facility will open in late summer 2018
Clipper Round The World Yacht Race: Greenings salvage operation nearing completion
Less than a month since Greenings ran aground on the opening day of Race 3, the salvage operation to remove the yacht from the Cape Peninsula is now close to
Hazardous shipwreck MV Ella removed from Lowestoft seabed
Whilst under tow from Hartlepool to Rochester last summer the MV Ella took on water and sank off the Lowestoft coast whilst thought to be containing a ‘hazardous substance’
Five months after being abandoned mid–Atlantic OSTAR Race yacht Illumia 12 turns up on County Kerry beach
The washed up hull of Michele Zambelli's Class 950 entry Illumia 12 was found by a man taking a walk along the beach this morning (29 November) in County Kerry,
Hellenic Coast Guard link arrested drug smugglers to former Albanian government minister
Hellenic authorities now believe the drug smugglers arrested in the Aegean sea last week after a speedboat chase have links to a former minister of the Albanian government
Canadian Coast Guard has been deployed to assist a stricken cargo ship off Newfoundland
Stormy seas are causing a dangerous situation for crews trying to tow a disabled cargo ship to safety off the coast of Newfoundland
Alex Thomson is named patron of charity Oarsome Chance in Gosport
Sailor Alex Thomson announces charity support of Oarsome Chance Foundation and officially opens its new facility at St Vincent Sixth Form College in Gosport
US Coast Guard seize 30 bales of cocaine worth US$23M in ‘Operation Caribbe’
A ton of cocaine, worth an estimated US$23 million, has been seized in the Caribbean Sea by the crew of the Cutter Pelican working as part of 'Operation Caribbe'