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Want to buy a submarine?

One of the last Oberon class submarines to be built is being advertised for sale on eBay

Nick Hall / Motor Boats Monthly, 4 December 2008

Yachtsman of the Year: last chance to vote for Dag!

Can the 75-year-old vet beat the Olympic young guns?

Motor Boat and Yachting, 4 December 2008

Sailing schoolboy finds more jobs

'To do' list growing on Open 50

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 4 December 2008

Ocean Eyes on the prize

OceanLED launch new underwater camera

Motor Boat and Yachting, 4 December 2008

London Boat Show next month

Dates, ticket prices and other info

Motor Boat and Yachting, 4 December 2008

Davies hands 'eel-like' genneker

Heavy weather and sail changes for Vendee crews

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 4 December 2008

Heavy winds then light airs for Vendee

Positions fought for as first ice-gate approaches

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 4 December 2008

Solar power on the horizon

Solar powered electric boat due for 2009

Motor Boat and Yachting, 4 December 2008

Contessa plans move to Lymington Yacht Haven

Convenient new waterside location will make yard more competitive

Practical Boat Owner, 4 December 2008

Spectacular U-turn over lock house sell-off

No riverside lock houses will now be disposed of, and no lock-keepers will be made redundant

Stewart Campbell / Motor Boats Monthly, 4 December 2008

Cowes waterside to be developed

New onshore facilites

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 4 December 2008

Vendée Globe: top ten through gate

The first ten boats are through the virtual gate with Josse's lead down to just 1.7 miles

Press Report/Yachting World, 4 December 2008

Sailrocket: new world record

World's fastest sailing 'boat' attains an average speed of 47.4 knots

Press Report/Yachting World, 4 December 2008

Yachtsmen's misuse of EPIRBs can cost lives

US Coastguard warning

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 4 December 2008

A close encounter of the Vendée kind?

Pete Goss and crew see yacht flash by

Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 3 December 2008

MBY videos January 2009 issue

Video tags in latest issue

Motor Boat and Yachting, 3 December 2008

BMF pleased with Queen's Speech

Marine & Coastal access Bill included

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 3 December 2008

Avon in latest Bond film

Avon pleased to be involved with Quantum of Solace

Motor Boat and Yachting, 3 December 2008

Ainslie shortlisted for BBC award

Ben Ainslie could be first sailor to win BBC sports personality of the year

Press Report/Yachting World, 3 December 2008

Vendée Globe: advantage with leaders

The stronger winds at the front of a small weather system still favour the leaders

Press Report/Yachting World, 3 December 2008

Ellen's tri to circle the world again

Musandam to go non-stop from Oman-Oman

Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 3 December 2008

Sailing schoolboy still plans non-stop voyage

Mike Perham hopes to be underway soon

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 3 December 2008

New Valiant Vanguard 64

Valiant launch new sterndrive RIB

Motor Boat and Yachting, 3 December 2008

Hurricane record for Atlantic

Fourth most active season on record

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 3 December 2008

Inflatable breasts could be shipping hazard

Boat owners may face an unusual hazard over the next few years in the form of inflatable breasts.

Nick Hall / Motor Boats Monthly, 2 December 2008

Sam Davies 'attacked' by large squid

Vendee skipper meets inky beast

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 2 December 2008

Man overboard on Lough Neagh

Tragedy struck on the largest lake in the British Isles as a man was lost overboard

Sally Coffey / Motor Boats Monthly, 2 December 2008

Shoreham gets go-ahead for new RNLI station

Environment secretary steps in to re-designate land so building work on new station can begin

Stewart Campbell / Motor Boats Monthly, 2 December 2008

New Maritimo Aegean 60

Maritimo reveal a new open flybridge model

Motor Boat and Yachting, 2 December 2008

Bank robbery in yachting village

Hold-up in Hamble

Yachting Monthly, 2 December 2008

Vendée Globe: consistent pace

Only 100 miles separate first and tenth position

Press Report/Yachting World, 2 December 2008

Ainslie arrives in Malaysia

Olympic gold medalist Ben Ainslie hopes to inject more competition into the Monsoon Cup

Press Report/Yachting World, 2 December 2008

Malbon hits whale

Artemis stops dead after collision

Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 2 December 2008

HRH recognizes achievements of RYA volunteers

The Princess Royal praises RYA volunteers

Motor Boat and Yachting, 2 December 2008

Knee trouble for Dee Caffari

Vendee sailor on anti-biotics

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 2 December 2008

Volvo Ocean Race: close finish

It's a close finish for Puma, Delta Lloyd and Green Dragon at the end of leg 2

Press Report/Yachting World, 1 December 2008

Redemption for teenager in dramatic boat rescue

After stealing a RIB and being rescued from the mud, one Dorset teenager is literally repaying his rescuers

Practical Boat Owner, 1 December 2008

Vendée Globe: Injury a worry for Dee Caffari

Entry to the Southern Ocean hangs in the balance as Dee fights knee injury

Elaine Bunting/Yachting World, 1 December 2008

RYA/BMF meet civil servants over booze regs

Department for Transport looking at new limits

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 1 December 2008

Alcohol limits for leisure boaters

Government drawing up draft regulations

Motor Boat and Yachting, 1 December 2008

Sailing schoolboy in Gran Canaria

Mike Perham stops in Canaries

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 1 December 2008

ARC yacht dismasted

Boat heads for Azores

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 1 December 2008

Hitch for smallest boat across Atlantic bid

Sail 4 Cancer quest

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 1 December 2008

Shoretalk Special: VOR Cochin, Leg 2 Finish

Skipper Bekking and navigator Fisher talk to Matthew Sheahan as they hit the dock in India

Matthew Sheahan/Yachting World, 1 December 2008

Vendée Globe: entering the forties

The lead skippers will be reaching for more layers as they approach the roaring forties

Press Report/Yachting World, 1 December 2008

Sodeb'O heads east

Round-the-world skipper Thomas Coville has his mind on breakages

Press Report/Yachting World, 1 December 2008

Low-flying aircraft brings down yacht's rig

Air-sea collision in Florida

Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 1 December 2008

Visitor numbers up at Earls Court Boat Show

'Success in downturn' say organisers

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 1 December 2008

Volvo Ocean Race: Ericsson 3 takes the podium again

Third into Cape Town, second through the gate and third into Cochin, being on the podium is no accident

Yachting World, 1 December 2008

Volvo Ocean Race: Ericsson 4 Wins Leg 2

They won leg 1, took full points in the scoring gate in leg 2 and were first into Kochi, India.

Yachting World - Press Report, 30 November 2008

Solar powered submarine planned

Plans have been unveiled for a solar powered submarine.

Nick Hall / Motor Boats Monthly, 28 November 2008

Boat on the Thames for a tenner

From Monday until the end of January you can buy a two-day licence for the Thames for £10

Sally Coffey/Motor Boats Monthly, 28 November 2008

Marine fuel duty going on up Monday

Duty on petrol and diesel for propulsion to jump 2 pence per litre from Monday following Pre-Budget Report

Stewart Campbell / Motor Boats Monthly, 28 November 2008

Twister off Mallorca - I was there

Incredible first hand account of waterspout

Motor Boat and Yachting, 28 November 2008

Earls Court Interactive Tour

It's like smell-o-vision, but with your mouse..

ybw.com, 28 November 2008

Vendée Globe: latest blog from Steve White

Steve brings out the Sikaflex and sail repair kit on board Toe in the Water

Steve White/Yachting World, 28 November 2008

Volvo Ocean Race: Podcast now online

Guy Swindells talks to Volvo fleet crew as they approach the finish of the second leg in Cochin

Yachting World, 28 November 2008

Vendée Globe: read Alex Thomson's comments

Alex gives his opinion on the race so far, which has seen the lead group slow

Alex Thomson/Yachting World, 28 November 2008

Boat Show season in full swing

National Boat, Caravan and Outdoor Show launches ticket offer

ybw.com, 28 November 2008

Keeping quiet over wreck lands two in court

Two mariners fined £400 each

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 28 November 2008

Olympic sailing venue ready four years early

First Olympic venue to be completed

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 28 November 2008

Trader 38 Sprint

A sportscruiser from Trader utilising Zeus drives

Motor Boat and Yachting, 28 November 2008

Yacht boss killed in Mumbai slaughter

Yacht charter tycoon shot repeatedly

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 28 November 2008

Vendée Globe: close at the front

Just 20 miles separate the first eight skippers

Press Report/Yachting World, 28 November 2008

Volvo Ocean Race: slow towards Cochin

As the gloom of the Doldrums is put behind them the fleet march on India

Yachting World, 28 November 2008

Busman's holiday for YM scholar

Unbeatable lead

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 28 November 2008

Jeremy Rogers to move his yard

New location on water

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 28 November 2008

Peyron loses his lead

Changes in the Vendee fleet

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 28 November 2008

Vendée Globe: Desjoyeaux on the march

Michel Desjoyeaux is clocking fastest time, while leaders prepare for high pressure system

Press Report/Yachting World, 27 November 2008

Earls Court - worth a visit then?

Just about, is the CB team's verdict. We found some gems, and plenty of time for a friendly chat.

Classic Boat, 27 November 2008

Coville fails to beat Joyon's time to equator

Thomas Coville is seven hours behind Joyon's time as he enters the Southern Hemisphere

Press Report/Yachting World, 27 November 2008

Schoolboy Perham headed for Madeira

More autopilot gremlins

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 27 November 2008

Nordhavn 56 Motorsailor

Nordhavn introduce a new style in the 56 Motorsailor

MBY, 27 November 2008

Raymarine Yachtsman of the Year nominations

The cream of sailing

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 27 November 2008

Fairline Squadron 65

Fairline reveal their new Squadron 65

Motor Boat and Yachting, 27 November 2008

Volvo Ocean Race: leaderboard reshuffle

Ericsson 4 take a strong lead but the next five places are all to play for

Yachting World, 27 November 2008

Can Earls Court show survive?

50,000 need to visit

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 27 November 2008

Volvo crews warned over India attacks

Fleet 800 miles form India finish line

Yachting Monthly, 27 November 2008

Today's boat auction at Earls Court

A Rival 34 is up for grabs

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 27 November 2008

Dog shoots boat and owner

A dog is being held responsible for shooting both its owner and the owner's boat.

Nick Hall / Motor Boats Monthly, 26 November 2008

See YM's take on Earls Court

Day one of new show

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 26 November 2008

Trader breaks with tradition with sportscruiser

Trader, more known for long-distance trawler yachts, today released details of an exciting new boat

Stewart Campbell / Motor Boats Monthly, 26 November 2008

Pirate 'mothership' was fishing boat

Crew tied up below when Indian Navy struck

Yachting Monthly, 26 November 2008

Tycoon Ellen's company based on sailing

Multi-million pound empire began in the cockpit

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 26 November 2008

Perham's technical problems continue

Autopilot malfunctions again, but Mike battles on

Perry Cleveland-Peck, Yachting Monthly, 26 November 2008

Sail, Power & Watersports Show opens

50,000 expected at Earls Court extravaganza

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 26 November 2008

Vendee Globe: Delta Dore in Brazil

Jeremie Beyou arrived in Brazil early this morning to see whether his damaged rig is repairable

Press Report/Yachting World, 26 November 2008

Doors open at Earls Court

The Sail Power and Watersports Show opens today

Press Report/Yachting World, 26 November 2008

Yachtsman of the year shortlists announced

Vote for overall winners now goes to secret ballot

Practical Boat Owner, 25 November 2008

Leading sailmaker sold

Danish sailmaker bought by private investors

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 25 November 2008

Earls Court boat show starts tomorrow

The Sail, Power & Watersports Show at Earls Court will run from tomorrow until Sunday

Sally Coffey/Motor Boats Monthly, 25 November 2008

Big Oceans Blog: Home Sweet Home

Nick Jaffe puts his single-handed & self-funded world voyage aboard his Contessa 26' on hold

ybw.com, 25 November 2008

Perham is back underway

Sailing schoolboy sets off again

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 25 November 2008

Volvo Ocean Race: highs and lows

Read the latest blogs from the Volvo Ocean fleet

Press Report/Yachting World, 25 November 2008

Round the world sailor out of storm

Thomas Coville is back in typical weather patterns and making headway

Press Report/Yachting World, 25 November 2008

Chairman announced for Olympic venue

Former Olympian Edward Leask is new Chairman of Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy

Press Report/Yachting World, 25 November 2008

Thomson: 'I'll be back in 2012'

Alex Thomson reflects on a doomed race

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 25 November 2008

Jonny Malbon battles with electrics

Silence as he crosses equator

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 25 November 2008

Third time unlucky for sailor

He survived two shipwrecks, but died in the third

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 25 November 2008

Coville on steady reach

Bad weather puts him behind record time

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 25 November 2008

Solo schoolboy ready to set off again

Perham's departure from Cascais imminent

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 24 November 2008

Sam Davies organises onboard i-tunes

Vendee cool

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 24 November 2008

Solo schoolboy in Portugal

Stopover in Cascais for repairs

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 24 November 2008

Volvo Ocean Race: Ericsson dominate

The lead changes but Ericsson still first and second

Press Report/Yachting World, 24 November 2008

Four rescued from 25 footer

Knocked down in squall

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 24 November 2008

Vendée Globe: Golding pursues top five

Highest placed British yachtsman Mike Golding climbs to sixth position

Press Report/Yachting World, 24 November 2008

Goss crosses Equator

Pete Goss and the crew of the Spirit of Mystery have crossed the Equator - and celebrated in style. And if you can predict their landfall in Cape Town, you could win a bottle of 18-year-old Talisker signed by Pete.

Classic Boat, 24 November 2008

Atlantic rally for Cruisers is off

ARC sees 200 yachts on start line

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 24 November 2008

Vendee claims another victim

Delta Dore spreader trouble

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 24 November 2008

ARC 08 start: making the most of the tradewinds

It's all downwind from here as more than 200 yachts set sail across the pond together

Practical Boat Owner, 23 November 2008

ARC 2008: off to a gentle start

Perfect conditions for the start of the transatlantic rally but this year the fleet needs to get south

Elaine Bunting/Yachting World, 23 November 2008

British Powerboat Racing Club issue 2009 calendar

BPRC plan impressive programme including a Mediterranean endurance race

Ray Bulman Motor Boat and Yachting, 23 November 2008

Drunk tanker captain gets two months

Pilot requested police to breathalyse ship captain in charge of tanker carrying chemicals

Practical Boat Owner, 22 November 2008

Island Harbour faces winding-up petition

A winding-up petition has been lodged against the operators of an Isle of Wight marina

Nick Hall / Motor Boats Monthly, 21 November 2008

East Head plans drawn up

Final plans have been drawn up for the Pagham to East Head draft coastal defence strategy

Nick Hall / Motor Boats Monthly, 21 November 2008

Offshore otter

Otter tracks found on Farne Islands

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 21 November 2008

Ships diverted to avoid pirates

An extra 6,000 miles

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 21 November 2008

LIBS visitor entertainment unveiled

National Boat Shows fills us in on what it's got planned to entertain the masses at January's London Boat Show

Motor Boats Monthly, 21 November 2008

Shoretalk in the S Ocean - Now Online

This week's YW podcast is now online, Guy Swindells reports on a lively week in the Southern Ocean

Yachting World - Matthew Sheahan, 21 November 2008

Perham's round-the-world bid still non-stop

He will sail 'non-stop from Portugal to Portugal'

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 21 November 2008

Xmas comes early for Olympic sailors

Free tellies for the team

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 21 November 2008

OC Events wins sponsorship award

OC Events wins for iShares Cup for Extreme 40 cats

Yachting World, 21 November 2008

Vendée Globe: Week 2 round-up

Elaine Bunting reviews the last week in the Vendée Globe and the groups that are clearly emerging

Elaine Bunting/Yachting World, 21 November 2008

Affordable boating at Earls Court

Organiser James Brooke explains how he hopes to beat the credit crunch

ybw.com, 21 November 2008

The future of cruising

Top speakers line up

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 21 November 2008

Brit spends four days in liferaft before rescue

Two crew survive on dried biscuits off Spanish coast

Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 21 November 2008

Avon Inflatables

Correction

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 21 November 2008

Perham stops for repairs

Autopilot problems force teenager into port

Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 21 November 2008

Malbon worried over weather routes

He gybes to the south

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 21 November 2008

Goss celebrates a month at sea

Milestone as Spirit of Mystery approaches equator

Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 21 November 2008

Yacht's crew rescued by cruise liner

Crew abandon yacht after hitting reef

Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 21 November 2008

Golding catching up

But does not relish jobs aloft anymore

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 21 November 2008

Preparation for an Atlantic crossing

Some prepare for weeks, others months - but one couple is planning already for ARC 2010

Practical Boat Owner, 20 November 2008

ARC countdown

Excitement grows in the run up to the ARC start

Practical Boat Owner, 20 November 2008

Heathrow-on-Sea: latest

Another Tory backs airport in Thames Estuary

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 20 November 2008

Vendee hots up

and Sam gets her bikini out

Yachting World, 20 November 2008

Sam Davies strips off

Bikini lines of latitude

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 20 November 2008

Stuff of nightmares: Chinese gybe in Southern Ocean

Russian VO70 comes a cropper

Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 20 November 2008

Volvo sailors warned about pirates

Warning comes as two more vessels are seized

Perry Cleveland-Peck, Yachting Monthly, 20 November 2008

Class 1 powerboat teams agree sweeping rule changes

New regulations aimed to attract Australian and US competitors

Ray Bulman Motor Boat and Yachting, 20 November 2008

MP calls for action over new ferries

Lymington ferries 'may harm salt marshes'

Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 20 November 2008

Changes in Powerboat P1 Management

CEO Jim O'Toole heads for new areas in sports marketing

Ray Bulman Motor Boat and Yachting, 20 November 2008

Perham soon to clear Biscay

Round-the-world schoolboy doing well

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 20 November 2008

Harbour master compensated for injury

£6,000 compensation has been awarded to a harbour master who had to take early retirement after seriously injuring his back.

Nick Hall / Motor Boats Monthly, 19 November 2008

Drunk tanker captain caged

Skipper of chemical tanker arrested off Harwich

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 19 November 2008

Tail-end Charlies know Vendee is long race

Sam Davies's latest report

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 19 November 2008

Get 15% off all UK boating breaks with Le Boat

Company offering discount on charter trips on the Thames, Norfolk Broads and Scotland's Caledonian Canal

Stewart Campbell / Motor Boats Monthly, 19 November 2008

Ocean Safety gets thumbs up from RYA

Manufacturer first company to new RYA ticklogo for range of safety products

Stewart Campbell / Motor Boats Monthly, 19 November 2008

Raymarine doing well in tough market

Sales holding up - just

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 19 November 2008

Naked protest over quay fence

Public access denied to medieval quay

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 19 November 2008

Volvo Ocean Race: fleet reach roaring 40s

Crews must deal with broaches, Chinese gybes, shredded sails, boat damage and illness

Press Report/Yachting World, 19 November 2008

Volvo Ocean Race: see Green Dragon's boom

Ian Walker describes the events leading up to the boom snapping in two

Yachting World, 19 November 2008

Round the world solo speed record bid starts

Thomas Colville is off

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 19 November 2008

Christmas cards for cancer

Sail 4 Cancer cards on sale

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 19 November 2008

Solo schoolboy off to flying start

Mike Perham heads into Bay of Biscay

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 19 November 2008

MOB: computers decide when you are dead

Scientists help to save SAR time

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 19 November 2008

Vendée Globe: Sam Davies barrels downwind

Watch the latest videos from Sam Davies on Roxy as she works enjoys some downwind racing

Yachting World, 18 November 2008

Perham sets off

16-yr old begins non-stop circumnavigation

Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 18 November 2008

DAME winner announced at METS

Steyr Motors GMBH has won this year's DAME award with its Diesel Electric Hybrid System

Press Report/Yachting World, 18 November 2008

Big boost for British marine industry

METS gives UK thumbs up

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 18 November 2008

ARC countdown begins with celebration

Nearly all the yachts have arrived in Las Palmas as the pace of preparation picks up

Practical Boat Owner, 18 November 2008

Sodeb'O crosses start line

Thomas Coville begins his round the world race against time on board Sodeb'O

Press Report/Yachting World, 18 November 2008

Volvo Ocean Race: broken boom

Green Dragon's boom has broken in a 50 knot squall

Press Report/Yachting World, 18 November 2008

Sailors in marine conservation projects

OceansWatch project to Vanatu successful

Yachting Monthly, 18 November 2008

Pirates negotiate with tanker's owners

Supertanker snatched with $100m of oil

Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 18 November 2008

Self-mending yachts: the future?

Self-repairing carbon-composite structures trialled

Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 18 November 2008

Vendée Globe: Peyron makes his move

Loick Peyron gybes back to the west and emerges as new race leader

Press Report/Yachting World, 18 November 2008

Steve White: 'Cuba to my right, lions to my left'

Yachtsman files from the Vendée

Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 18 November 2008

Volvo Ocean Race: Fleet off to fast start

Despite conditions fleet has already covered more than 1000 miles

Press Report/Yachting World, 18 November 2008

Maxi trimaran gears up for record

Solo, round-the-world record

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 18 November 2008

Sixteen-year-old solo circumnavigator ready to go

A final night in port for the record-breaking teenage sailor Mike Perham

Practical Boat Owner, 17 November 2008

Suzuki to build huge 'Indoor Harbour' at LIBS

Pool containing 15,000 litres of water and 14 boats will make Suzuki's stand biggest ever

Stewart Campbell / Motor Boats Monthly, 17 November 2008

Vestas Sailrocket to attempt speed record

UK designed and built boat will attempt to break the world speed record off African coast

Press Report/Yachting World, 17 November 2008

Sail 4 Cancer Christmas cards

Help this excellent charity

Motor Boat and Yachting, 17 November 2008

Sail, Power & Watersports Show approaches

Get ready for Earls Court event

Motor Boat and Yachting, 17 November 2008

Vendee Globe: Le Cam takes lead

Jean Le Cam takes first position as the leading pack negotiate the Cape Verde Islands

Press Report/Yachting World, 17 November 2008

Portimao Global Race: first three cross line

Beluga Racer has taken line honours to win the Portimão Global Ocean Race's first leg

Press Report/Yachting World, 17 November 2008

Le Cam takes Vendée lead

Strategy bears fruit for Frenchman

Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 17 November 2008

Dubois to create new 57ft Southerly

New blue water cruiser

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 17 November 2008

Volvo Ocean Race leg two underway

VO70s bound 4,450nm to India

Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 17 November 2008

New ocean cruise announced

Blue Water Rallies launches Atlantic Islands Rally

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 17 November 2008

Volvo Ocean Race: Leg 2 Kicks Off

Racing re-started on Saturday, Puma took an early, lead Ericsson 3 were the first to break gear and then the wind shut down…

Yachting World, 17 November 2008

Shoretalk: YW Weekly Podcast Now Online

Guy Swindells hosts this week's podcast from Cape Town

Yachting World, 14 November 2008

Volvo Penta issues limited engine recall

A number of D3 engines built using incorrect alloy, which could leak to fuel leakage

Stewart Campbell / Motor Boats Monthly, 14 November 2008

Weekend Video: Cape Horn storm

Southern Ocean shows its true colours

Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 14 November 2008

Guide to classic boatbuilders launched

Earls Court boat show feature

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 14 November 2008

Dee Caffari's VHF morale boost

Girl power

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 14 November 2008

Vendée Globe: Week 1 round-up

Elaine Bunting reviews the first week of the solo round the world race, and analyses what lies ahead

Elaine Bunting/Yachting World, 14 November 2008

Winter works to close Caledonian Canal

Maintenance required on the shortcut from west to east Scotland

Practical Boat Owner, 13 November 2008

Vendée Globe: Alex Thomson retires

Vendée hopeful Alex Thomson is out of the race following serious structural damage to Hugo Boss

Press Report/Yachting World, 13 November 2008

Thomson resigns

Alex Thomson resigns from Vendee

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 13 November 2008

Vendée Globe: snapshot of wild weather

Want to feel wet and cold? Here's Sam Davies's video of Roxy on day 1 of the Vendée Globe

Yachting World, 13 November 2008

Avon celebrates 50 years

From Maurice Bailey to James Bond

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 13 November 2008

Vendée Globe: Peyron takes the lead

Loïck Peyron takes command of race and increases distance between himself and chasing pack

Press Report/Yachting World, 13 November 2008

Portimão Global: arrival in Southern Ocean

British Team Mowgli is the first into the Southern Ocean on the first leg of the race

Press Report/Yachting World, 13 November 2008

Vendee sailor airs her socks

Sam Davies' latest missive

Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 13 November 2008

Free berth for Jubilee Sailing Trust refit

Port bosses waive mooring fees for Lord Nelson

Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 13 November 2008

Lear boat lands in Europe

Electric boat built by daughter of legendary inventor to appear at Düsseldorf Boat Show

Stewart Campbell / Motor Boats Monthly, 13 November 2008

Hugo Boss's damage realised

Alex Thomson Racing Team assess the damage and what is necessary for a restart

Press Report/Yachting World, 13 November 2008

Pirates killed in skirmish with RN frigate

Hijackers take on Royal Marines

Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 13 November 2008