Yacht News

South San Francisco - Christopher Maffei is being sought in connection to the abduction of his two young children, Maffei has been spotted fifty miles off the coast of California.

Sydney - Digital Journal attended the 45th Sydney International Boat Show. If you didn’t manage to get to the boat show this year, then you can see some of the things you missed out on here.

Southampton - A six-day search of a luxury yacht in Southampton resulted in 1.2 tonnes of cocaine being discovered, the largest haul ever in the UK.

Mombasa - The skipper of a yacht captured by pirates has been rescued by the EU’s Naval Force in Somalia, EU NAVFOR after refusing to cooperate with them and leave his vessel.

Richards Bay - A French yacht has found safe harbour in Richards Bay, South Africa, after 60-knot gales rolled it over 200 nautical miles off the Mozambique coast. The boat limped into harbour Monday November 1.

Only days after stepping down from his day-to-day oversight of the BP oil disaster, CEO Tony Hayward enjoyed watching his $700,000 yacht, 'Bob,' race in a contest.

A baby whale has taken to its mother who is not really its mother at all. In fact, the humpback calf has bonded to a 36-foot yacht, even trying to suckle at the makeshift parent. It attached to the vessel after swimming inland near Sydney, Australia.

The former hostages are expected to return to France shortly and they told their stories and underwent medical and psychological check-ups after their release following a week after being held as hostages.

Pirates seized a French luxury yacht on Friday in the Golf of Aden. There are thirty crew members aboard the yacht. The pirates stormed the Le Ponant as it was returning from the Seychelles.

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