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Andrew “Bart” Simpson dies in America’s Cup training British yacht-racing champion Andrew Simpson has died in an accident on training day for the America’s Cup in San Francisco Bay. Thirty-six-year-old Simpson… 10/05/2013
Luna Rossa wins the Americas Cup World Series Naples Although they finished level on points with Oracle by virtue of winning the third and final race in the Americas Cup world series Naples Luna Rossa took the… 22/04/2013
Emirates Team New Zealand dominate fleet racing in Naples Challenging conditions greeted the fleet on the third and penultimate day of action at the America’s Cup World Series in the Bay of Naples on Saturday. With… 20/04/2013
America’s Cup World Series: Day two in Naples The French Energy team skippered by Yann Guichard claimed victory in the fourth Fleet Race of the American Cup World Series in Naples Italy on Friday. But… 20/04/2013
Volvo Ocean Race unveils longest ever route The 12th edition of the Volvo Ocean Race in 2014 will be the longest ever, after Race CEO Knut Frostad announced on Monday a route taking in 10 cities in nine… 08/04/2013
Gabart wins the Vendee Globe French skipper Francois Gabart held his nerve to win the Vendee Globe in a record time on Sunday. The 29 year old, the youngest winner of the event… 27/01/2013
Sun-powered boat to research Gulf Stream In La Ciotat in the south of France, a very special boat is undergoing maintenance in a shipyard. Pascal Goulpié welcomed euronews aboard the PlanetSolar… 22/01/2013
Blog: PlanetSolar, where the sun blowsYou can’t just stroll into La Ciotat’s naval shipyard. One of France’s top naval building sites up until the 1980s, it is now home to leisure boats… 22/01/2013
Beyou out of Vendee Globe Jeremie Beyou became the latest skipper to drop out of the Vendee Globe solo around-the-world yacht race. The Frenchman – who is now the fifth competitor… 19/11/2012
Vendee Globe over for Davies British sailor Sam Davies, the only woman in this year’s round the world Vendee Globe yacht race, has made safe harbour in Madeira after her “Saveol” lost its… 17/11/2012
Vendee Globe sets sail Sailing’s most demanding solo, non-stop circumnavigation race around the world got underway on Saturday. Thousands of spectators gathered at the port of Les… 10/11/2012
Setting sail in the world’s toughest race In the holiday resort of Les Sables d’Olonne on the west coast of France the crowds have gathered to see their heroes and heroines. It is the start of the… 10/11/2012
Second sinking for America’s Cup holders Oracle Going down again. US boat Oracle the current holder of the America’s Cup, has suffered a second expensive sinking. The racer went down in San Francisco Bay… 17/10/2012
Read roars home to pressure Ocean Race leaders America’s Ken Read has won his second Volvo Ocean race leg in a row to leave the leaders in his wake and throw the overall result wide open. A runner up in… 11/05/2012
Titanic memorial cruise sets sail – nocomment On April 8, relatives, enthusiasts and historians set sail on a memorial cruise to the site of the sinking of the Titanic. Passengers from 28 countries were… 09/04/2012
Puma pounce in Auckland In the round the world Volvo Ocean Race, Puma took the fifth leg from Auckland in New Zealand to Itajai in Brazil, but were just 12 and a half minutes ahead… 08/04/2012
Volvo Ocean Race: Groupama lead Front-runners Groupama produced a superb display to reach Cape Horn ahead of Puma on the fifth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race. Only Franck Cammas’ French boat… 31/03/2012
Investec Loyal’s win confirmed Investec Loyal’s victory in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race was officially confirmed on Thursday after an international jury dismissed a protest that the… 29/12/2011
Investec Loyal’s win in doubt Australia’s Investec Loyal produced a stunning performance to clinch the Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Wednesday. The Supermaxi, owned and skippered by… 28/12/2011
Oracle wins in san Diego Oracle racing, led by Australian skipper Jimmy Spithill, outclassed the French Energy Team twice on Saturday to claim the match racing portion of the… 20/11/2011
Nano boat coating gives barnacles heave-ho The bottom of a boat makes a perfect home for all sorts of marine organisms. After just a few months in the water the hull could end up covered in mussels… 05/07/2011
German scientists design metal sponge boat Ships were originally built from wood, metal then became the material of choice followed by fibreglass and various composites and even concrete but now a new… 30/11/2010
‘What do you do with drunken sailor?‘“What do you do with a drunken sailor?” Arrest him. Danish coastguard intercepted a vessel as it sailed close to beach in North Zeeland. Authorities say… 07/01/2013
France’s biggest nautical show casts off in ParisThere are some xmas stocking fillers that only a select few can afford and the International Boat Show in Paris perhaps most appeals to them. But the… 08/12/2012
The Queen opens Cutty SarkGreat Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has officially opened the newly restored Cutty Sark. The world’s last remaining tea clipper, which was badly damaged by a… 25/04/2012
Back in the Day: Captain Cook’s fateful Valentine’s DayFebruary 14, 1779 On his third voyage (1776-1779) around the globe British explorer James Cook was attempting to discovering the Northwest Passage, a sea… 13/02/2012
Laura Dekker becomes youngest round-the-world solo sailorThe Dutch teenager Laura Dekker has become the youngest person to sail around the world alone – but it is not enough to get her name in the record… 22/01/2012
French crew set round-the-world sailing recordIt was champagne shower time in Brest as Loick Peyron celebrated a new non-stop round-the-world sailing record. The French skipper and his crew of 13 had… 07/01/2012
Recovery teams to raise sunken Volger boatRussian recovery teams are set to raise the sunken tourist boat from the Volger River in which 114 people died. Two floating cranes have arrived at the… 16/07/2011
Eusebius ab Emissa Pittacas cognomentoIllud autem non dubitatur quod cum esset aliquando virtutum omnium domicilium Roma, ingenuos advenas plerique nobilium, ut Homerici bacarum suavitate… 13/07/2011
Scores missing after boat sinksA major rescue operation is underway in the Russian Volga after a boat sank with more than 170 people on board. Emergency services say a passing ship was… 10/07/2011
Back in the Day: alone, non-stop around the worldApril 22, 1969. Englishman Robin Knox Johnston becomes the first person to sail single-handedly around the world without stopping. He arrived in Falmouth… 21/04/2011
Lost boys back on dry land after 50 day ordealThe three teenage boys set adrift in a small boat in the South Pacific for 50 days are back on dry land in Fiji. The boys survived on coconuts, a seagull… 26/11/2010
New record for Peter the firstSeven Russian yachtsmen stood proudly on the docks of St Petersburg as the national anthem bellowed out to celebrate them setting a new record for a… 16/11/2010
Stranded British nuclear sub pulled freeIt is the biggest and most expensive submarine the British have ever built but it appears there is not much in a name for HMS Astute. The 1.4-billion-euro… 23/10/2010
Search for missing Netherlands ferry captainA small passenger ferry has capsized after it collided with a German cargo ship in a busy shipping canal 30 kilometres south of Amsterdam. Firefighters… 22/10/2010
Dekker sets sail for the record booksJournalists form around the globe on Wednesday gathered at Den Osse harbour in the Netherlands where, after winning a year-long battle with child welfare… 04/08/2010
Yacht made of plastic bottles docks in SydneyA catamaran made out of 12,500 plastic bottles has arrived in Sydney after a four-month voyage from San Francisco. The crew has been drawing attention to… 26/07/2010
Teenage sailor one step closer to home after rescueTeenage sailor Abby Sunderland has arrived on the French island of Reunion, in the Indian Ocean, after being rescued while trying to sail around the… 26/06/2010
US teenage sailor rescuedTeenage US sailor Abby Sunderland has been rescued safely from her stricken yacht Wild Eyes in the remote southern Indian Ocean. The teenage adventurer was… 12/06/2010
“Dunkirk” spirit revived 70 years onThe last time they embarked on this crossing, it was a lot less peaceful. For the second time in history, dozens of the famous “Little Ships” have left… 27/05/2010
