Stricken British yachtsman in SOS to local pub
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A British yachtsman seriously injured while sailing solo in the mid-Atlantic rang his local pub in the south of England to call for help, reports said Monday.
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An oil tanker is sent to the aid of a British yachtsman who was badly injured during an Atlantic crossing
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A 46-year-old Englishman was recovering in hospital today after being rescued from his yacht 150 miles off the Irish coast.
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British sailor Alex Thomson has been rescued by a rival competitor after his boat capsized in the Southern Ocean while taking part in the Five Oceans round-the-world race.
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Efforts are being made to refloat an Irish Sea ferry which ran aground at a Scottish port in high winds.
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SLIGO, Ireland - A Canadian sailor was waging a battle last night to overcome severe smoke inhalation injuries after he and a fellow sailor were airlifted from their disabled submarine to hospital in this small Irish north coast town.
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&quot;Top Gear&quot; co-presenter Richard Hammond, who was seriously injured in a high-speed crash, has been airlifted to a hospital nearer his home.
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Kolkata: South African skipper Graeme Smith suffered an injury to his left foot in a minor accident near the team hotel here today.
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A stricken cargo ship off the Devon coast is at risk of sinking if weather deteriorates over the next few days.
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The family of a QC who died after a yachting accident start a charity for the hospital that cared for him.
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Anyone gazing out to sea from the east Kent coast on Tuesday will have seen an unusual flurry of lifeboats and helicopters. Two miles off Deal a disaster was unfolding - two 100ft boats
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A Royal Navy frigate whose captain was relieved of his command returns to its home port in Plymouth.
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An operation is under way to rescue the crew of a burning fishing boat off the coast of Donegal.
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A search is under way for a man who is thought to have been swept overboard in the North Sea.
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Sailors are bracing for the arrival in Norfolk this weekend of one of the bravest and most accomplished offshore skippers on earth. When Bernard Stamm rolls in, probably sometime Saturday, it will mark the end of 14,250 hard miles at sea, alone in a scary-fast sailboat.
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A crewman rescued from a fire-damaged Canadian submarine adrift in the Atlantic was moved to intensive care in hospital on Thursday as his condition worsened.
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Five people from a missing Irish yacht have been rescued off southwest England after spending eight days in a life raft, the British coastguard revealed.