...pleased with ruling By BERNIE WILSON , AP Sports Writer Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 2:55 p.m. SAN DIEGO America's Cup challenger BMW Oracle Racing says it's pleased that a New York judge has adopted the unanimous recommendations of...

In this article: Valencia, America's Cup, BMW Oracle Racing, Ras al-Khaimah, New York, Switzerland, Spain, and United Arab Emirates

...regarded. Others in the running range from What Becomes by AL Kennedy to John MacLeod 's When I Heard the Bell Toll : The Loss of the Iolaire. The book tells of the tragic sinking of a steam yacht outside Stornoway , when 200 men returning...

In this article: Jack Vettriano, Ian Rankin, Complaints, New Year's Day, First World War, and Iolaire

... Robert de Castella will launch a campaign on Wednesday to encourage teenagers to abstain from alcohol. Bertrand , who was at the helm of Australia II in 1983, will front the Kids and Alcohol Don't Mix campaign at Parliament House in...

In this article: America's Cup, John Bertrand, Robert de Castella, Australia II, University of Sydney, Nicola Roxon, and Canberra

...be complete until next year Photo: EPA Roman Abramovich is said to be frustrated by delays to the completion of Eclipse Photo: EPA The Eclipse , the biggest and most luxurious private yacht ever built, was due to be delivered on December 22...

In this article: Roman Abramovich, Eclipse, World Cup, Blohm & Voss, EPA, Business partner, Pelorus, Le Grand Bleu, and German battleship Bismarck

...owned four yachts, is having to make do with just one, the 163ft (50m) Sussurro, though he still occasionally uses the 377ft (115m) Pelorus , which was handed over to his ex-wife Irina as part of their multi-million pound divorce settlement...

In this article: Roman Abramovich, Eclipse, World Cup, Blohm & Voss, EPA, Business partner, Pelorus, Le Grand Bleu, and German battleship Bismarck

...New York Supreme Court agrees, Australia could play host to a three-race contest from February 8. Bertrand , 62, who skippered Australia II to victory over Liberty in 1983 to end the New York Yacht Club 's 132-year grip on the trophy,...

In this article: America's Cup, Australia, John Bertrand, Ras al-Khaimah, Valencia, New York, Australian Taxation Office, and Australia II

...regatta in Auckland , New Zealand. The Aussie skipper then, James Spithill , is now BMW Oracle Racing's helmsman. In 1983, the wing-keeled Australia II ended the New York Yacht Club 's 132-year winning streak, the longest in sports, by beating...

In this article: America's Cup, Australia, BMW Oracle Racing, Valencia, Dennis Conner, New York, and Larry Ellison

...the New York Supreme Court agrees, Australia could play host to a three-race, week-long duel from February 8. John Bertrand , who skippered Australia II to victory over the New York Yacht Club in 1983, predicted the Swiss offer would be...

In this article: America's Cup, Australia, John Bertrand, Valencia, Stars and Stripes, Australia II, Ras al-Khaimah, Gold Coast, and Fremantle

...1899 and 1901. All three of these boats won for the NYYC and thus the United States. '' Courageous was the first all aluminum hulled 12-metre class yacht. Courageous successfully defended the America's Cup for the USA in 1974 with Ted Hood at...

In this article: Courageous, America's Cup, 12-metre Class, Ted Turner, United States, and Newport, Rhode Island

The Chandlers were sailing across the Indian Ocean from the Seychelles to Tanzania when they were taken hostage on October 23. Their 38 foot ( 12 metre ) yacht the Lynn Rival was later found empty by Britain 's Royal Navy. Sponsored Features

In this article: Royal Navy, 12 Metre, Tunbridge Wells, and Seychelles

Turner 's Atlanta offices are filled with memorabilia from his years in media and sailing, including his 1977 America's Cup victory aboard Courageous. Three swords sit on his coffee table; a photo with Warren Buffett hangs on a nearby wall.

In this article: Ted Turner, Time Warner, Climate change, AOL, Atlanta, America's Cup, Natural gas, TNT Network, United Nations Foundation, and Courageous

...Business programme broadcast in December 2007, Perkins revealed that he personally wrote some of the yacht's unique control software. The Maltese Falcon has two 1,800 horse-power Deutz engines running at 1,800 rpm with a top speed of with...

In this article: The Maltese Falcon, Tom Perkins, The Maltese Falcon, Carbon, Tuzla, BBC World Service, Lusso Magazine, and Deutz

...a royal penthouse atop the San Francisco skyline. Near the start of the financial crisis, Perkins began trying to sell his epic yacht, the Maltese Falcon , seen in the attached 60 Minutes clip. He also put his palatial, $20 million Belvedere...

In this article: Tom Perkins, Venture Capitalist, San Francisco, Maltese Falcon, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

1967 U.S. yacht Intrepid beats the Australian yacht Dame Pattie in four straight races to defend the America's Cup. 1977 U.S. yacht Courageous beats the challenger Australia in four straight races to defend the America's Cup. 1996...

In this article: Atlanta Braves, America's Cup, Goose Gonsoulin, John Elway, NFL, United States, Bruins, UCLA, Dame Pattie, and Courageous

...to have two helicopters but, in these tough economic times, it's down to one." Marin is no stranger to colossal boats. In September 2008 the Maltese Falcon , the 289-foot yacht of Belvedere financier Tom Perkins , sailed through the Golden...

In this article: Sausalito, Dennis Washington, Richardson Bay, Forbes, and Washington

...(Agathis australis), which is a fine-grained timber of excellent quality for boat-building. The Rona Preservation Trust was set up to purchase Rona (this was accomplished in November 2006, with assistance of grants from the Lotteries...

In this article: Rona, New Zealand, Wellington, and America's Cup

...a jumped over the rail, and that seven of them would never see the Clisham again. Some men boarded the Iolaire because their brothers or friends were already on it. And there were others who did not, for the opposite reason. The Iolaire...

In this article: Iolaire, Lewis, New Year's Day, New Year's Eve, Stornoway, and Lewis and Harris

Monte Carlo was built by Amels in their Hakvoort shipyard in The Netherlands and launched in 1988. She was designed by Diana Yacht Design BV. She underwent an extensive refit in 1999 (including an interior refit designed by Dee Robinson ),...

In this article: Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Cayman Islands, and Netherlands