Sailing News

Brothers Mitchell and Bradley James, and Bradley's nine-year-old son West, were sailing their 10-metre sailboat Liahona from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to Hilo, Hawaii, when they were caught Tuesday evening in a violent storm about 760 kilometres east of Honolulu.

Three members of a Canadian family attempting to cross the Pacific in a sailboat have been rescued after being thrown into the ocean after encountering strong winds and rough seas that battered and disabled their vessel hundreds of miles from Hawaii.

First the power on their sailboat cut out, then they were knocked into the stormy waters of the Pacific by the very ship that was steaming to their rescue.

Hosting the America's Cup continues to be an education for the city of San Francisco.

A subcommittee recently finished review of a wind project in Bourne with the resulting recommendation a denial for the permitting of the wind project.

February 9 - 1961: Massive snowstorm inundates Cape; 1895: Volleyball invented in Bay State; 1914: Fierce storm dooms one of last six-masted schooners n this day in 1961, Cape and islands were digging out after one of the worst snowstorms in years - with the prospect of more snow to come.

With only four upperclassmen, the Holy Cross women's basketball team is a young group this season, but it looked like the Crusaders had turned the corner after stringing together a four-game winning streak in late January.

Matt Rutherford is shown at the tiller of his 27-foot sailboat as he navigated the Northwest Passage.

A Facebook photo of Carmel Brookes, who was at the helm of a Phuket-bound sailboat when she mysteriously disappeared last Thursday.

The US Coast Guard's tall ship leaves Baltimore but will return in June for the commemoration of the War of 1812.

Two hundred sailors from 16 countries will compete on the Gulf of Mexico just off Pier 60 during the four-day International Sailing Federation, Laser Midwinters East Regatta Feb.

Researchers lower a underwater robot into Long Island Sound off the Westerly, R.I., coast Wednesday, Feb.

In December, Naples resident Moore qualified for the 2012 London Olympics in the 49er sailing event.

On one side are the folks who think kids who are chubby should be penalized by getting lower marks at school.

In less than a week yachtswoman and Olympic hopeful Mary Rook will be sailing as part of Dee Caffari's all-woman racing crew, who will be making their debut in an international regatta organised by Oman Sail.

The "Have a Heart" cocktail party and auction, to benefit the Potter League for Animals , takes place this Friday, and advance tickets are still available-for the event itself, from 6:30-8:30 p.m., at the Hotel Viking, in Newport, and for the Preview Party, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the door, but there is a $15 discount if you ... (more)

If approved, the individual permit would allow the Badger, which is believed to be the last coal-fired vessel in regular commercial service in the U.S., to continue operating.

Lawrence Fronczek started working the Vancouver boat show when he was eight years old, but it wasn't until he was 14 that he sold his first boat.

STAUNTON Harold Sailing Club has been recognised as one of the best in Britain by the sport's governing body, the Royal Yachting Association.

Shokan Valikhanov, a yacht from Kazakhstan on its first sailing expedition around the world is expected to arrive in Port Klang this Sunday .