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Yacht washes up at Mount Maunganui

An unmanned yacht was found washed up on rocks at the base of Mauao, Mount Maunganui at first light this morning. read more

Unmanned yacht washes up on Mount Maunganui rocks

An unmanned yacht was found washed up on rocks at the base of Mauao, Mount Maunganui at first light this morning.The 20-foot yacht, named Nivana, was found around 6.30am pinned to the base of the mountain.The hull had been pierced…

VIDEO: Lifeboat rescues yacht crew

Three people are rescued after a yacht breaks down in rough seas off the Pembrokeshire coast.

Inside Billionaire Darwin Deason's 205-Foot Mega-Yacht

Charter Darwin Deason's $70 million Apogee, one of the largest yachts in the world, more than half a million a week.

GPS suggests Calif. yacht hit rocks off Mexico

An American yacht destroyed while racing from California to Mexico ended up on the rocky shore of an island just past the border, according to a website that tracks boats by GPS, potentially undercutting the theory that it was crushed by a large ship.

Calif. yacht hit rocks off Mexico, GPS suggests

An American yacht destroyed while racing from California to Mexico ended up on the rocky shore of an island just past the border, according to a website that tracks boats by GPS, potentially undercutting the theory that it was crushed by a large ship.

California yacht racing suspension set to end later in month

(Reuters) – A suspension of open water yacht racing in the Pacific Ocean off the San Francisco coast, enacted after five sailors died in a wreck last month, could end before a planned May 25 race, a U.S. Coast Guard official said on Tuesday. The Coast Guard declared a temporary "stand down" last week following the fatal wreck near the Farallone Islands, and just two days before four more sailors …

GPS suggests racing yacht hit rocks off Mexico

SAN DIEGO (AP) A website that tracks boats by GPS shows an American yacht that was mysteriously destroyed during a Pacific Ocean race ended up on the rocky shore of an island off Mexico's northern coast.

GPS suggests racing yacht hit rocks near Mexico

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A website that tracks boats by GPS says an American yacht that was mysteriously destroyed during a Pacific Ocean race ended up on the rocky shore of an island off Mexico's northern coast.

Yacht debris, bodies found off US-Mexico coast

A 37-foot racing yacht was reduced to debris that looked it "like it had gone through a blender," a searcher said Sunday after the boat apparently collided with a larger vessel, killing three sailors and leaving a fourth missing.