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Drilling rig blown ashore in storms off Western Isles

08 August 2016

A 17,000-tonne drilling rig has run aground after being blown ashore on the Western Isles. The Transocean Winner, which has diesel on board,...

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Multi-million-dollar yacht runs aground on Sunshine Coast

08 August 2016

The Canadian Coast Guard prevented a 30-metre yacht from sinking in Pender Harbour Wednesday afternoon, but it was quick thinking local sailors w...

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Luxury British boatbuilder, Fairline Yachts, unveils its first yacht designed by renowned Italian superyacht designer, Alberto Mancini.

05 August 2016

The new Targa 62 GTO is the first of the new generation of models from Fairline Yachts featuring the world class combination of Mancini’s s...

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UK Border patrol vessels: Numbers 'worryingly low', MPs warn

03 August 2016

Britain's Border Force has a "worryingly low" number of boats to patrol the UK's coasts, MPs have said, amid concerns that coas...

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RWB sailor rises to the challenge in round the world yacht race

02 August 2016

AN impressive sight greeted onlookers in London this weekend as a fleet of 70 foot yachts returned from the 2015/16 Clipper Round the World ace. ...

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Yacht Clubs Across The World Compete For Gertrude Cup In Cowes

01 August 2016

Yacht Clubs from around the World are invited to compete for the Royal Thames Yacht Club's Gertrude Cup. Four days of fleet racing in the UK&...

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Second Sunseeker 116 Yacht Fleur launched

01 August 2016

Sunseeker’s production line seems to be in over drive the past few months as the British yacht builder’s quay is constantly lined wit...

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(UK) Portsmouth-based aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious up for sale

29 July 2016

A decommissioned Royal Navy aircraft carrier that served in Bosnia and the Gulf has been put up for sale by the Ministry of Defence. Invinci...

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Coast Guard cuts ribbon on new $1.2M boathouse in Southwest Harbor, Maine

26 July 2016

BOSTON — Rear Adm. Steven Poulin, First Coast Guard District commander, presided over the dedication of a new boat house Thursday morning a...

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Messi and Ronaldo accidentally park their holiday yachts 20 metres apart

26 July 2016

There are some things that just write themselves. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have reportedly inadvertently parked their holidays yac...

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Princess Yachts is making a boat each day as it recovers from global upheaval

26 July 2016

Luxury yacht builder Princess Yachts is producing a vessel a day as it recovers from the global upheaval which caused it to shed 172 jobs in the ...

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Cruisers Yachts unveils new boat at Sturgeon Bay show

25 July 2016

STURGEON BAY (WLUK) -- An Oconto-based boat maker hopes its latest yacht will leave the competition in its wake. Cruisers Yachts unveiled it...

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£1.6bn UK nuclear submarine collides with merchant vessel off Gibraltar

21 July 2016

One of the UK's newest nuclear-powered submarines has docked in Gibraltar after a collision with a merchant vessel during a training exercise...

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US Navy sonar broke whale protection laws, says US court in San Francisco

20 July 2016

Sonar approved for use by the US Navy broke marine laws, a US appeals court has ruled. The low-frequency active sonar, approved in 2012, is ...

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Florida toxic algal bloom causes state of emergency

06 July 2016

Swaths of thick, algae blooms have plagued miles of Florida coastline, prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency. Governor Rick...

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