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Books on sailing: 5 must-read sailing adventure books
From the world's finest yachtsmen's most inspiring adventures, the history of sailing, the most beautiful places sail to, to grisly tales of pirates' debauchery, these five books will keep you glued to their pages
Watch SwarmDiver: New group drone technology can chase down boats
SwarmDiver synchronised drone video shows how 'underwater terminators' could help ocean research and naval forces perform surveillance missions and coordinated assaults through tracking and overwhelming targets
Two sailors beheaded in the southern Philippines
The remains of the two sailors, who were kidnapped from the Vietnam-registered bulk carrier, MV Royal 16, were found on Basilan island, southern Philippines
Maritime piracy and armed robbery at sea continues to fall
Latest figures from the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) reveal maritime piracy and armed robbery against crews on board ship have fallen compared to the same period last year
Top 10 Sailing and boating TV programmes
Howards' Way, The Onedin Line and The River...YBW brings you the pick of sailing and boating TV programmes over the last 50 years. How many do you remember?
Sea piracy drops to 21 year low
Latest figures from the International Maritime Bureau reveal piracy and armed robbery at sea has fallen to its lowest levels since 1995.
One pirate killed, four arrested after raid on hijacked ship
A group of pirates were arrested and one pirate was killed when the Nigerian army raided a hijacked oil tanker off Ivory Coast yesterday in the Gulf of Guinea.
Weekly round-up: YBW news digest
Microsoft's Paul Allen's yacht MV Tatoosh causes coral reef damage, perilous pair of yachtsmen ask for help for the ninth time in seven months, and Fairline is bought out of administration. Read this week's news in YBW's handy bite-sized format.
Royal Navy orders next generation boats to fight piracy and drugs
BAE Systems has been awarded £13.5m by the Royal Navy to build 60 new lightweight rapid response boats for the Royal Navy.
Warning after sailing vessels targeted by armed pirates
Two incidents of armed piracy against sailing vessels reported in the Caribbean in the last 10 days have prompted an Ocean Cruising Club (OCC) warning.
Two German sailors kidnapped by armed pirates in Indonesia
Two German yachters have been kidnapped and their 20m yacht, Faraway, captured by armed pirates in Indonesia. A search is underway.