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Killer whales attack and sink sailing boat off Gibralter

An unknown number of killer whales rammed a yacht in Moroccan waters in the Strait of Gibraltar on Sunday morning, later causing it to sink. It’s the latest attack in a trend that has terrorized seafarers in the region for the past four years. The latest incident occurred around 9 a.m. when the crew of […]

Florida ballerina, 15, killed in hit-and-run boat crash in water-skiing accident

Authorities are searching for a boater who hit and killed a 15-year-old boy in the Florida Keys on Saturday. According to a statement from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Ella Riley Adler was waterskiing off the coast of Key Biscayne near Nixon Beach around 4:30 p.m. when she was struck at a […]

52 US-bound migrants packed inside rickety boat apprehended off Puerto Rico

The U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday captured dozens of migrants crammed into “makeshift” boats near Puerto Rico to make the perilous journey to the United States. The 30-foot-long white ship with “J5” painted on the side was picked up about 47 nautical miles southwest of Puerto Rico’s Mona Island, with 51 desperate migrants and suspected […]

Coast Guard cutter intercepts 52 migrants bound for US soil on ‘makeshift’ boat

The Coast Guard on Tuesday repatriated 52 migrants from Haiti and the Dominican Republic after their attempts to reach the U.S. mainland in a rickety 30-foot “makeshift boat” were thwarted, officials said. A Coast Guard Ocean Sentry plane spotted the rickety vessel Saturday night while patrolling just 44 miles off the coast of Mona Island, […]

U.S. Sailing Team Flipped Overboard as Boat Capsizes

Shocking scenes unfolded on Friday when five members of a US sailing team fell overboard after their boat lost control and capsized. The moment happened during the third fleet race on practice day for the Apex Group Bermuda Sail Grand Prix. The flipping of the upper wing caused the boat to flip. #breaking news #we […]

5 US sailing team members go flying overboard as boat capsizes

Last Friday, during the third fleet race of the Apex Group Bermuda Sail Grand Prix practice day, a wild scene unfolded as a member of Team USA jumped after his boat capsized. When the boat reached mark 1, the American boat’s upper wing flipped over and it suddenly rolled over. Five of the six crew […]

Scuba boat Captain Jerry Boylan sentenced to four years in prison

A federal judge in Los Angeles on Thursday sentenced the captain of a scuba diving boat to four years in prison and three years of supervised release for criminal negligence after a fire on board killed 34 people. The September 2, 2019, fire was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history, sparking changes in […]