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Rescued sailors reunited with yacht after abandoning it in “treacherous” seas
Nick Dwyer and Barbara Heftman have been reunited with their yacht after abandoning it 210 nautical miles off Sydney, Australia after their rudder broke
Arrests after boat hits mooring in Cowes Harbour
Three men were arrested on suspicion of drug offences following the incident in the early hours of Mother's Day
Businessman Aaron Brown cleared of manslaughter
A jury at Winchester Crown Court has cleared Aaron Brown of manslaughter by gross negligence following a boating accident at Osborne Bay, Isle of Wight
Captain fined for being drunk in charge of a container ship in Belfast
Lithuanian captain Eugenijus Tulauskas was found to be up to four times over the maritime limit on board the ship in Belfast
Mystery of the large safe found at the bottom of the Regent’s Canal
A large safe, which stopped a 45-tonne work boat in its tracks, has been discovered at the bottom of the Regent's Canal in London
Video: British tourists injured in boating accident in Norway
Ten British tourists and the driver of a RIB were thrown into the sea when the vessel crashed into a fountain in Harstad harbour, Norway
Body found in Bridgewater Canal after it snags on boat propeller
Greater Manchester Police say they are not treating the death of the man as suspicious after his body was found in the Bridgewater Canal
Body found in Hartlepool Marina
A body has been found by officers searching for missing Cornishman Andrew Roy, who was last seen at Hartlepool Marina. Officers say his family has been informed
Australia’s biggest cocaine bust: 1.4 tonnes of the drug seized from yacht
Six men have been charged after more than 1.4 tonnes of cocaine was found on the yacht, Elakha, after it was intercepted east of Sydney, Australia
Body of missing ferry passenger found two months later in vent
A woman, who went missing while on the Tirrenia Sharden ferry between Sardinia and Genoa, Italy, has been found dead two months later in the ship's ventilation shaft
Two charged after boat chase in Shoalhaven, Australia
Police were forced to commandeer two private vessels and chase two men in a boat after it hit another vessel on New Year's Eve in Shoalhaven, New South Wales
Mystery surrounds dismasted ‘ghost yacht’ off Australia
The New South Wales Police are investigating after a dismasted 'ghost yacht' was found floating off the coast of Australia. The vessel later sank
10 charged after $60m of cocaine is found on ship escorted into Hobart
The Chinese crew of a commercial ship, which was escorted into Hobart, have been charged with drug smuggling. Nearly 200 bricks of cocaine were found on board
Massive search in Kent for missing woman could have ended sooner
Kent Police say a massive multi-agency search for a missing woman in Folkstone could have finished earlier if she had told the emergency services she was safe and well
Appeal after man goes missing from a cargo ship at Gunness Wharf
The brother of an engineer who went missing from the cargo vessel, EEMS DELTA, while it was moored at Gunness Wharf near Scunthorpe, is appealing for help in tracing him
Boater fined for speeding past the Houses of Parliament
A man caught speeding past the Houses of Parliament in a speedboat has been fined £3,000 and ordered to pay £1,800 in costs.
Video: Classic yacht, Clair De Lune, sinks off the coast of Brisbane
The 1959-built Clair De Lune hit Flat Rock off North Stradbroke Island off the Brisbane coast in Australia. Two men were rescued.
Dead Scottish sailor in a Spanish marina named
Spanish Police have confirmed the identity of a 71-year-old sailor who was found in the water next to his yacht at Alcaidesa Marina in La Linea.
Police criticism after yacht is abandoned on a road near Falmouth
Falmouth Police are criticising a sailor who abandoned a yacht on a lane near Mylor in Cornwall after it had fallen off its trailer over the weekend.
US sailor suspected of wife’s murder in Tonga is captured after fleeing 300nm
US sailor, Dean Jay Fletcher is being held for extradition to Tonga, where he is accused of murdering his wife before escaping police custody and sailing to American Samoa.