Kidnap couple's yacht back in UK

A yacht belonging to a British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates has been returned to the UK onboard the Royal Navy ship that witnessed their ordeal. more>

Oasis of the Seas: Cruising on a sailing city

Sixteen decks, 24 dining options, seven themed neighborhoods and a rooftop zip line. An ice-skating rink, handcrafted carousel and the first Broadway production to be staged at sea. more>

Tactical sailing resumes in Dubai

DUBAI // With light winds returning to the Dubai coastline, the Artemis and No Way Back yachts head into today’s second round of fleet races locked in a two-way fight for top billing, after both crews snared 11 points in four Sea Dubai RC44 Gold Cup regattas yesterday. more>

French navy seizes 968 kg cocaine on sailing boat

PARIS (Reuters) - The French navy has intercepted a sailing boat carrying 968 kg of cocaine worth some 40 million euros ($59.7 million) en route to the Netherlands Antilles from Venezuela, the French government said on Friday. more>

Northrop and Johnson Worldwide Yacht Charters launches new website

Northrop and Johnson Worldwide Yacht Charters just launched a new web site all about crewed yacht charters. The new website of the Newport, R.I. based charter firm features information on destinations from all over the world; from the Caribbean to New Zealand, the Mediterranean to the Pacific and much more. more>

Sydney Hobart race could whet appetite for luxury yacht charter

While most Australians will still be thinking of working off the pounds gained at Christmas dinner, hundreds of adventurous sailors will be boarding 112 yachts in Sydney on Boxing Day. more>

Two men and a yacht, and a mystery

THEY were alone in the vastness of the Pacific Ocean, drifting in calm waters, when Andrew Witton vanished.

He was sailing his beloved yacht, the Kaileia, from Tahiti to the Galapagos Islands. The nearest landfall was Pitcairn Island, 600 kilometres away. The long-distance radio was out of action. His mate, Simon Golding, was the only other person on board. more>

America's Cup venue spat heading back to court

SAN DIEGO—With just more than two months to go before the America's Cup is scheduled to start, American challenger BMW Oracle Racing will wrap up sea trials at the end of this week and prepare to ship its monster trimaran overseas. more>

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race start to set harbour alight

The start of this year’s 65th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will take centre stage in late December when the anticipated fleet of 112, led by the most exciting line up of maxis ever seen in Australia, promises to set Sydney Harbour alight on Boxing Day. more>

Azzurra Sail Away

SMOOTH SAILING: Olympic sailing champion Francesco Bruni steered his Azzurra team to a 2-0 victory against New Zealand in the Louis Vuitton Trophy on Sunday, marking the first Italian victory against the Kiwis since 1992. more>

Extreme Sailing Series Asia: Masirah steals lead in inaugural event

Day four of the Extreme Sailing Series Asia and it was all change at the top of the leaderboard as Masirah, one of two teams from the Sultanate of Oman, dominated the fleet. more>

Yachts damaged in Clipper crash

A Hull-based yacht is being inspected to see if it can continue in a round-the-world race after it was involved in a collision. more>

Italian Sailing Team Wins Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice

France - Team Azzurra prevailed in two out of two final races today against Emirates Team New Zealand at the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice, winning the match race regatta. It wasn't all smooth sailing for the Azzurra team on the final day of racing at the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice, however. As the boat approached the windward mark in the last race, crew member Pietro Mantovani slipped off the foredeck while preparing the spinnaker for the final spinnaker hoist. Luckily, grinder Piero Romeroaft is calm under pressure, and miraculously plucked Mantovani out of the water before the speedy America's Cup boat was able to sweep past him. It was a magnificent recovery, and proved just how well tuned the Azzurra team has become. more>

Kidnappers demand $7M for yacht couple

LONDON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The Somali kidnappers of a British yachting couple say they want $7 million for their release, the BBC reported Saturday. more>

Ruling on America’s Cup

A New York court backed the staging of the next America’s Cup in the Spanish port of Valencia in February, but doubt remains over the site for the duel between the defender Alinghi and the United States challenger Oracle. more>

46-metre Soroya luxury yacht to debut at 2010 Monaco Yacht show

The 2010 Monaco yacht show maybe yet far away. But one yacht preparing to make its debut at the event is the 46-metre Soroya more>

Jessica Watson crosses the equator on solo sailing adventure

A MONTH after setting sail from Sydney, teenage adventurer Jessica Watson has crossed the equator. more>

Countdown to 2009 World Yacht Racing Forum

Global leaders of the yacht racing industry to unite in Monaco, 9-10 December...The conference will start on December 8 with a welcome reception at the prestigious Yacht Club Monaco, the event's host yacht club, where participants will have the opportunity to meet and network. more>

Monster sail takes wing in America's Cup storm-force controversy

The new America’s Cup yacht from BMW Oracle is a monster. The BOR 90 is the most radical boat in the history of the 158-year-old regatta, resembling a floating skyscraper more than a traditional racing yacht as she towers nearly 200 feet high. more>

Cornered pirates threaten to ‘punish’ kidnapped British couple

SOMALI pirates stepped up their threats yesterday against a British couple kidnapped on their yacht 16 days ago, saying they would be “punished” unless the commanders of a German warship allowed seven fellow pirates go free. more>

British sailors set for Transat

Six Britons are set to leave Le Havre on Sunday in the two-handed Transat Jacques Vabre yacht race to Costa Rica. more>

Jessica Watson reaches 2,000-mile mark of solo global sailing voyage

Australian teen sailor Jessica Watson, 19 days into her planned voyage around the world, has reached the 2,000-mile mark as she sails to the north toward the equator. more>

America’s Cup 12 Metre yachts world championships slide show

While America’s Cup 33 hopefuls were fighting it out in court, and their new high-tech multihulls were pushing the limits of design on the water, seventeen of the 12 Metre yachts that once raced for the Cup held their 10th Anniversary World Regatta off Newport, RI, the last week of September, 2009. It was the 50th Anniversary of the Victory of Columbia, the first 12 Metre to race for the Cup. more>