Sailing News

A group of servicemen have set sail from Portsmouth on the largest ever joint training exercise for the armed forces.

Ramon Lopez, 5, and a sailboat share Myron Lake in north west Yakima on Wednesday, July 8, 2009.

Days after the Deputy Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, was greeted in Israel and thanked for having been "alone in sticking by us" during Operation Cast Lead, the attack on the Gaza Strip in December and January, the Jewish state added piracy to its list of recent crimes against international law.

Four tall ships are heading to New Hampshire next month. The Tall Ships Festival starts Aug.

A BOAT builder found guilty of manslaughter after a yacht broke up at sea has been sentenced to three years' jail.

A giant helicopter was needed to launch Swiss Americas Cup yacht Alinghi 5 as the team build toards their Americas Cup defence.

In conjunction with the Sailing Atlas release, Windstar will offer guests a $500 per couple, or $250 per person, shipboard credit to those who book their 2010 voyage by September 30, 2009 .

A representative of BAT- Blind at Sea, was pleased to accept a cheque for A 144 from the commodore after racing at Flushing last week in one of the club's charity races, writes Harold Martin.

Thieves had apparently stolen, sailed then abandoned a yacht found stranded on rocks near Lower Hutt in Wellington this morning.

A giant Russian transport helicopter was deployed in Switzerland on Wednesday to lift America's Cup catamaran Alinghi five kilometres from the shed where it was built in Villeneuve to the waters of Lake Geneva.

Hundreds of years ago, they were a common sight in Boston Harbor, when the Hub was one of the sailing capitals and most bustling ports in the new nation.

The boat's skipper, Arthur Manning, admitted that there had been an 'embarrassing misjudgement' Photo: AFP Instead of making up vital ground against 19 rival boats, the Jersey-registered Knight Star found itself perched precariously on a rock.

Free agent Hedo Turkoglu will join the Toronto Raptors after spurning the Portland Trail Blazers, according to multiple reports.

Edinburgh is to enter a yacht in a round-the-world race. The boat, Edinburgh Inspiring Capital, will compete in the 35,000-mile Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.

Israel has no plan to station submarines in Eilat, a defense official said on Sunday, playing down speculation the Red Sea port could become a forward base for secret naval operations against Iran.

The mast will be installed dockside and the boat will be load-tested before the huge multihull is tested by the crew in the waters off Point Loma.

Tall Ships open to public this week BOSTON - A fleet of Tall Ships from around the world sails into Boston this week.

The worst-kept secret in the America's Cup is official: Alinghi of Switzerland will sail a giant catamaran when it defends the oldest trophy in international sports early next year against bitter U.S. rival BMW Oracle Racing.

Last Friday marked the 71st running of the Queen's Cup sailboat race across Lake Michigan.

A group of Filipino adventurers is creating a stir across the Philippines, re-kindling national pride as they embark on an expedition to circumnavigate the world aboard a replica of an ancient wooden sailboat.