DUBAI // Having succumbed to mother nature on day one, the timely return of a breeze, albeit the merest hint of one, saw the Sea Dubai RC44 Gold Cup hoist its sails off Dubai International Marine Club yesterday.

A sailor whose skipper went missing in the Pacific Ocean denies pushing him overboard to take control of the yacht, saying the allegation is "ridiculous". Simon Charles Golding, 40, dismissed claims he was involved in the death of his friend, Andy Witton, 51, who disappeared from his yacht Kaileia on January 13, 2007.

Alan sat at the navigation table, wondering what he should do. Absent mindedly he twirled a winch handle round and round like a football rattle.

Bernt Luchtenborg talks to the media after being rescued from his stricken yacht in the Southern Ocean on Tuesday by an inflatable craft from Seven Seas Mariner.

The weather changes so rapidly here, from blazing sun to freezing cold. It's a gentle reminder of what the next leg will bring.

A yachtie attempting to sail around the world was rescued from his crippled yacht in rough seas off the coast of New Zealand A round-the-world sailor rescued from his crippled yacht off the coast of New Zealand is thanking a cruise ship captain who was on his first day at the helm.

Two of international sailing's leading institutions, The Real Club Nautico Barcelona and the New York Yacht Club, will work together on the NY-BCN Transoceanic Sailing Record, a recently announced international sailing race aimed at setting a world record between New York and Barcelona in April 2010.

By now, David de Rothschild is used to being cast as the eccentric visionary whose well-meaning crusade to save the world's oceans is overshadowed by a lack of execution - or at least naivetA©. After all, the billionaire eco-adventurer's three-year quest to sail across the Pacific in a boat made completely of recycled materials has suffered ...

The first impression from a frightening two-hour sail on what is the world's best RC44 yacht was how supremely fit the crew members must be.

America's Cup rivals Alinghi of Switzerland and BMW Oracle Racing of the United States are still fighting over the venue with just more than two months to go before the first race between their giant multihulls.

A Hull-based yacht which was badly damaged in a collision during a round-the-world race is expected to resume sailing next week.

South East Asia News.Net Monday 23rd November, 2009 A Swiss yachtsman making a solo attempt to sail around the world was rescued from his crippled boat Tuesday, 800 km west of New Zealand's Stewart Island, the Rescue Coordination Centre said.

A woman living off Mexico Bay, south of the Jefferson County line, looked out to Lake Ontario as fierce winds stirred mountainous waves under an ominously dark sky, and noticed a schooner struggling to survive.

A British couple kidnapped from their yacht in October by pirates pleaded for their life in a video broadcast on Britain's Channel 4 Friday, warning that their captors were running out of patience and could kill them if no ransom is paid.

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.