When sailor Nitin Mongia takes his yacht out to the sea, it's not always with an Olympic or Asian Games medal in mind.

Sailboats are expensive, hard to maintain and can only be used during certain times of the year.

LEGENDARY sailors Sir Chay Blyth and John Ridgway have buried the hatchet after one of the longest-running feuds in British sport.

Twenty-six people were killed and some 250 were rescued after a ferry sank in stormy seas off Indonesia's Sumatra island on Sunday, a navy official said.

Manta trailer sailer, with trailer. 19' long. GRP cruiser, has bilge plates and a drop keel in the centre.

Commander Dilip Dhonde of the Indian Navy, the first Indian to attempt to circumnavigate the world alone, yesterday reached Christchurch in New Zealand after covering 9,000 nautical miles.

This is a modern, comfortable and fast yacht. On the outside she appears very racy with sleek lines and a vast cockpit, and bellow deck she is a beautiful home with ample accommodation for eight persons.

Kochi: Even as the French yacht 'Andrano,' that entered the port here on Thursday night without authorisation, set sail on Sunday for Madagascar via Tildummati Atoll in the Maldives on receiving clearance from the immigration authorities, a whole new picture of its troubled voyage into Indian waters has emerged.

CELEBRITY yachtsman Tom Cunliffe is making a special appearance at Barry Yacht Club on Thursday, November 26, at 8pm to give a talk on seafaring and survival in hard times.

A search is underway for a solo sailor out of Halifax who has not turned up in Bermuda as planned.

Justice Shirley Kornreich has adopted the unanimous recommendations made by the Expert Panel which took testimony from both Golden Gate Yacht Club and the defending Societe Nautique de Geneve in New York on November 7, 2009.

An Australian schoolgirl bidding to become the youngest solo round-the-world sailor crossed the equator on Thursday, in what her supporters dubbed a "significant landmark" in her record attempt.

The Dartmouth womena s sailing team finished 13th overall in the Atlantic Coast Championship, hosted by Brown University last weekend in Providence, R.I. Head coach John Storck said the finish was a disappointing end to an accomplished season for the Big Green.

Photograph: Hannah Johnston/Getty Images Britain's TeamOrigin lost the first of its best-of-three semi-final match with the Italian team Azzurra, in a regatta for America's Cup challengers in Nice.

Sailing to Victory -- The UCI Sailing Team outperformed the University of Hawaii and the University of Southern California at the Sloop Pacific Coast Championship.

PURE yachting has come up with their new line of rigid inflatable boats at the U.S. Sailboat and Powerboats Shows.

Boat Name:- De Verwachting Location:- Hamble, Southampton Model:- Klipper Aak Sailing Barge Broker's Comments:- The Boat Connection is pleased to offer this Stunning sailing barge moored in an outstanding landscape.

Qatar Marine Sports Federation and Oman Sail officials during a press conference in Doha yesterday.

The 72-foot sailing vessel Momentum ran aground early yesterday morning nearly 300 yards off the Sheraton-Waikiki hotel.

Bon voyage ... Williamstown resident Kieran Doohan is setting sail on a youth endeavour ship.