Atlantic
Atlantic Ladies break three world records in ocean race triumph despite capsizing twice
Record breaking Atlantic Ladies team become oldest female trio to cross an ocean despite capsizing twice in the last 24 hours of their Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge
The Four Oarsmen smash record in 29 days and win Atlantic Challenge
Four amateur rowers have been crowned the winners of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge after 29 gruelling days at sea. Watch their video
Royal Navy sailor Sally Hughes decorated with the Queen’s Gallantry Medal for her part in Clyde Challenger rescue
Royal Navy sailor Sally Hughes has been decorated with the Queen's Gallantry Medal for helping to rescue 14 people when their boat, Clyde Challenger was dismasted and lost its rudder around 400 nautical miles west-south-west of Cape Finisterre
Video: Arrests after 3.7 tonne cocaine bust in the Atlantic
Watch as officers search for the drugs on board the ocean going tugboat Thoran, which was intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean, around 400 miles from the Spanish coast
400kg of cocaine discovered on yacht off the Azores
The Italian-flagged yacht was 600 nautical miles off the Azores when it was intercepted by the Portuguese authorities
Interview: YBW meets Tom McNally’s daughter Lorraine
Known as the 'crazy sailor' the late Tom McNally was a colourful character who set a new world record in 1993 when he sailed across the Atlantic in a 5ft 4.5 inch boat. Before his passing in June McNally had written a yet to be published autobiography. We caught up…
Toy pirate ship sails from Scotland to Scandinavia
Ollie and Harry Ferguson launched their Playmobil pirate ship from Peterhead in Scotland earlier this year. It has now reached the shores of Denmark, Sweden and Norway
English-speaking sailor found drifting off Portugal believed to have connections to the Lisa Brown case
Spanish media is reporting that an English-speaking sailor in his 70s, who was found drifting in a yacht in a busy Atlantic shipping channel off Portugal, is connected to the case of missing Lisa Brown
François Gabart and Macif claim victory in The Bridge 2017
The Bridge 2017 Centennial Transat - the transatlantic 'race' between the Queen Mary 2 and four of the world's greatest trimarans - has been won by Macif
UK Coastguard helicopter makes 500 mile mercy dash to rescue unwell yachtsman in the Atlantic
Watch as an unwell yachtsman is winched to safety by the crew of a UK Coastguard helicopter in heavy seas in the Atlantic
10 tonnes of cocaine and heroin seized from boats in the Mediterranean and Atlantic
The National Crime Agency has announced that just over 10 tonnes of heroin and cocaine have been found on boats in the Mediterranean and Atlantic in the last 10 months
Tributes paid to Tom McNally who crossed the Atlantic in a boat smaller than himself
Tom McNally, who set a new world record in 1993 when he sailed across the Atlantic in a 5ft 4.5 inch boat, has died after a long battle with cancer
Queen Mary 2 rescues OSTAR entrant after storm hits the fleet in the Atlantic; one boat sinks, another dismasted
A major rescue operation has taken place in the Atlantic after the OSTAR and TWOSTAR fleets were battered by "extreme conditions". One yacht has been abandoned and another dismasted while others have retired from the races
Three British sailors rescued after their yacht collides with a whale
Three British sailors were forced to abandon their yacht after it hit a whale around 350 miles north east of the Azores and began sinking
2.4 tonnes of cocaine intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean
The drugs, worth around £100 million wholesale, were found on a South American fishing vessel around 1,200 nautical miles south west of the Canary Islands
Mayflower: the pioneering trimaran that will cross the Atlantic without crew
Shuttleworth Design, MSubs and Plymouth University are working on the Mayflower project, which aims to design, build and sail the world's first full-sized, fully autonomous unmanned ship across the Atlantic Ocean
Two dead in north Atlantic explosion on bulk carrier, Tamar
Two crew have died and two were left with serious burns after an explosion on the bulk carrier, Tamar, in the north Atlantic
4.2 tonnes of cocaine seized off South America
The drugs, worth more than £150 million, were on a 70-foot flagged fishing vessel, Lady Michelle, in what is the biggest cocaine bust in the Atlantic since 1999
Crazy voyages: Sailors who took to sea without the relevant experience
It's never too late to discover the joys of sailing. Here is our pick of the sailors who took to the high seas with little or no experience
British rower airlifted from the Atlantic after boat capsizes
Watch as ocean rower Graham Walters, 69, is rescued after abandoning his attempt to become the oldest person to cross the Atlantic singlehanded