Nov 13 - France's Nicolas Lunven set a record for the longest distance covered in a monohull yacht by a solo skipper in 24 ...

France's Nicolas Lunven set a record for the longest distance covered in a monohull yacht by a solo skipper in 24 hours ...

Vessel no bigger than those normally used to carry between 50 and 60 migrants was dangerously overloaded, say maritime ...

A French court has found 18 defendants guilty in a migrant-smuggling trial linked to the perilous English Channel route from ...

Defending champion Yannick Bestaven led a flotilla of 40 yachts into the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday as the 10th edition of the ...

National Crime Agency said gang pocketing £83,000 per voyage was among the most prolific it has ever encountered ...

At 23 years old, Violette Dorange is set to rewrite nautical record books on Sunday when she becomes the youngest sailor to compete in the Vendee Globe, the gruelling solo round-the-world yacht race.

An Iranian national who organised cross-Channel small boat crossings from his home in Lancashire has been found guilty of ...

A video found on YouTube showed Amanj Hasan Zada at a party with musicians singing a song in Kurdish feting him as ‘the best ...

Watch the moment people smuggler Amanj Hasan Zada, who was labelled the 'best smuggler' for Channel small boat crossings ...

Ahead of this year's edition, FRANCE 24's Aurore Cloé Dupuis and Cédric Ferreira take a deep dive into the world of yacht racing and discover how sailors prepare for challenges at sea.