A British sailor competing in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is being taken to land after suffering a fall during a violent storm.
Jamey Bergman
15,000 miles in 133 days: British travel writer’s sail and cycle challenge
Simon Parker, a travel writer from Oxford, will shortly begin his epic journey by crossing the Pacific on the Clipper 2015-2016 Round the World Race yacht.
Pictures: Hybrid powerboat builder garners awards
Hydros Innovation picked up the 2015 Environmental Award for its HY-41 hybrid powerboat prototype and a special mention for its Hydrocontest competition.
Video: Yacht carrying ‘mummified’ German sailor originally found by Clipper Round the World crew
A yacht containing the body of a German sailor has been recovered from waters southeast of the Philippines archipelago in the Pacific Ocean.
Gunmen kill one, injure another on yacht on Caribbean island
Caribbean media have reported the shooting death of a German national on board a yacht anchored in St Vincent.
Video: fishermen save man floating in plastic box
Incredible video footage shows the moment a yacht full of fishermen came to the aid of a man floating in a plastic box miles off the Mexican coast.
Video: concept superyacht has hull that twinkles
A new concept superyacht design unveiled at this week's Dubai International Boat Show has a hull that puts on a light show.
Video: marina fire kills two, destroys 21 boats
A fire at a marina in the US has claimed two lives, destroyed 21 boats and damaged many more.
Video: crane accident destroys luxury motor yacht
A video has surfaced showing the moment a crane accident capsized a luxury motor yacht.
Video: fishermen saved in dramatic rescue after boat fire
Three fishermen were winched to safety in a dramatic rescue after their boat caught fire some 40 miles off the Cornish coast.
Video: huge marina fire destroys hundreds of boats
Three fire trucks, five engines, fire boats and several support vehicles responded to the massive marina fire.
Explorer to cross Atlantic in 65ft whale
A 73-year-old former SAS trooper is in the final stages of a plan to sail a 65ft boat built in the shape of a whale 3,500 miles across the Atlantic.
Pictures: WWII rescue boat to return to Dunkirk
A boat that rescued 600 British soldiers from foreign shores in the early days of the WWII is getting a new life.
Weekly round-up: YBW news digest
Alex Thomson's lost yacht found 10 years later, nine-time rescued yacht captain may give up and Microsoft's co-founder repairs a coral reef ... Read this week's news.
British tourist drowns after falling from tour boat in St Lucia
The body of a 28-year-old British tourist has been discovered on a beach on the Caribbean island of St Lucia.
Video: Storm grounds fishing vessel, capsizes Coast Guard rescue boat
US Coast Guard rescuers performed a dramatic airlift early Thursday morning when a fishing vessel grounded just metres from shore in New York during poor weather.
Lake District: Boat Safety Scheme not ‘comprehensive’
The National Park has decided against the MAIB's recommendation to implement the boat safety scheme.
Firefighters battle boat fire near Cutty Sark in Greenwich
Three of London's fire stations sent crews to respond to a fire near to the historic Cutty Sark clipper ship at Greenwich Pier yesterday.
Video: 68 stranded as icebreaker runs aground in Antarctica blizzard
Australian authorities are waiting for a blizzard to ease so they can transport 68 people from an icebreaker that has run aground in Antarctica.
Video: Fishermen get close up footage of great white shark
The group of fishermen were collecting bait when the curious great white shark approached their boat.