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Belgian brothers look to float Brel's boat
AFP, Published on 29/07/2023
» ZEEBRUGGE, Belgium: Belgian singer Jacques Brel famously crooned about clinging to love in iconic hits like "Ne me quitte pas" and now two brothers in his homeland are engaged in their own enduring passion project to restore his cherished sailboat.
US Supreme Court justice received lavish trips from billionaire Republican: report
AFP, Published on 07/04/2023
» WASHINGTON - US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has accepted years of luxury travel trips from a billionaire Republican, according to a report Thursday, including yachting in New Zealand and private jet flights across the globe.
Raw sewage blights once-idyllic beaches on Isle of Wight
AFP, Published on 05/04/2023
» RYDE (UNITED KINGDOM) - On the Isle of Wight, one of England's most popular seaside holiday destinations since Victorian times, a pipeline stretches out from the shore to pump raw sewage into coastal waters.
Raw sewage blights Isle of Wight beaches
AFP, Published on 04/04/2023
» RYDE, England: On the Isle of Wight, one of England's most popular seaside holiday destinations since Victorian times, a pipeline stretches out from the shore to pump raw sewage into coastal waters.
Black Jack takes the honours at last in Sydney to Hobart race
AFP, Published on 29/12/2021
» SYDNEY - Supermaxi Black Jack won the prestigious Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Tuesday ending years of frustrating near misses.
Ban on Auckland's in-city America's Cup courses lifted
AFP, Published on 04/11/2020
» WELLINGTON - America's Cup host Team New Zealand (TNZ) expressed relief Wednesday after Auckland port authorities moved to reinstate racing in the city's harbour during next year's prestigious yachting regatta.
Froome frets as Tour sets sail from France's windswept Atlantic coast
AFP, Published on 07/07/2018
» NOIRMOUTIER-EN-L’ÎLE (FRANCE) - Champion Chris Froome will launch his assault on a record-equalling fifth title when the 2018 Tour de France embarks Saturday with roadside fans urged not to verbally abuse the Kenyan-born Briton.
Hopes dwindling for British sailor overboard in Volvo Ocean Race
AFP, Published on 27/03/2018
» WELLINGTON - Deteriorating weather forced a Volvo Ocean Race yacht to abandon its search for a British crew member washed overboard in the hostile Southern Ocean Tuesday, with organisers admitting hopes of finding the man alive were fading.
Rescue mission for British man overboard in Volvo Ocean Race
AFP, Published on 27/03/2018
» WELLINGTON - A high-seas search was underway Tuesday after a Volvo Ocean Race crew member washed overboard amid gale-force winds in the hostile Southern Ocean, race organisers said.