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Three Peaks Yacht Race entries open – are you brave enough?
The 39th edition of the famous Three Peaks sailing and hill-running race is now open to old-hands and first-time entries alike, and you could be taking part
Dramatic video and pictures show RNLI yacht rescue in gale conditions
Watch the dramatic video and see the photos from the RNLI rescue of a disabled yacht in Cornwall.
Video: Ridley Scott Associates as executive producers of the Clipper Round The World Race ad
The Hollywood filmmaker was contracted by the UK government for an initiative aimed at increasing international exports. Watch the Clipper Round The World Race ad here.
Team MACIF win Transat Jacques Vabre
Team MACIF have won the transatlantic Transat Jacques Vabre trimaran race.
Pictures: 54ft James Bond racing yacht for sale
The UK-built wooden yacht featured in the James Bond movie Casino Royale has gone up for sale for nearly $1M.
Fire fighters called out to battle barge blaze in Yorkshire
The fire gutted the boat and spread to the jetty where it was moored.
Boat captain fined in crewman carbon monoxide poisoning case
The Starlight Rays owner must pay £20,000 for a health and safety breach involved in the death of a crewman from carbon monoxide.
Hulk goes big: Boat lift raises widest beam yet
The Hulk, also known as the Clarkes Court boatyard and marina travel lift, has a penchant for lifting big boats.
Prestige 680 to debut at the London Boat Show 2016
The new luxury motor yacht by Prestige will be on show at the annual event in January, Ancasta International Boat Sales have announced.
Video: Sailors rescue puppy lost at sea
Watch as Italian sailors come to the rescue of a puppy lost at sea.
Video – 100% renewable energy-powered catamaran’s voyage around the world
Engineer and sailor Jean-Marc Simiand is looking for partners to sail the first autonomous catamaran.
30th Atlantic Rally for Cruisers prepares to set sail
This November, more than 260 boats and 1,250 people will take part in the 30th Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, heading 2700NM across the Atlantic from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria…
Man survives two hours adrift in North Pacific with no life jacket
A Canadian man survived a boat accident and two hours in cold Canadian waters off the coast of Vancouver with no life jacket or survival suit.
Fishermen rescued after a month adrift at sea
The Mexican navy rescued four fishermen who had been lost at sea in a small fishing boat for more than four weeks.
Sunseeker founder Robert Braithwaite donates £3.5m to Poole hospital
The multi-millionaire founder of Sunseeker has donated the huge sum to the NHS to buy a state of the art machine to perform keyhole surgery on cancer patients.
Video: Sailor Alex Thomson rescued after Hugo Boss yacht capsized
Alex Thomson and his racing partner Guillermo Altadill were airlifted by the Spanish Coastguard on Saturday when their 60ft Hugo Boss racing yacht was capsized by a rogue wave. The…
RNLI lifeboats scrambled to save crew of grounded fishing boat
The RNLI rescued three fishermen whose 10ft boat ran aground on rocks and began to take on water in Swansea Bay.
RNLI rescue three men from disabled boat off Irish coast
The RNLI and Irish coastguard scramble lifeboat and helicopter to rescue three men in a stricken speedboat.
RNLI aid yachtsman and child in separate rescues
Exmouth RNLI volunteer lifesavers came to the rescue of four people in a single day on Wednesday, including a 10-year-old boy.
Two German sailors kidnapped by armed pirates in Indonesia
Two German yachters have been kidnapped and their 20m yacht, Faraway, captured by armed pirates in Indonesia. A search is underway.