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Chinese boat skipper arrested off Japan's coast.

Race Control received a call from the skipper Maxime Sorel aboard the Class40 VandB

Pirates overran us in minutes, says Orkim Harmony skipper.

At 0820hrs UTC this morning, ARKEA PAPREC hit an unidentified floating object. The collision caused serious damage to the starboard foil. The skipper is coping with the situation with his shore team. Skipper Sébastien simon was not injured.

Hong Ferry captain jailed 8 years, other skipper gets 9 months.

The seven pirates charged in connection to the deadly hijacking have spent the last five years incarcerated in France, and face life imprisonment if found guilty.

Over a 30 years history standards and safety features on the Vendée Globe have significantly increased and improved. Some of these positive changes are directly as the result of dramatic incidents, others are the product of the combined experience and ideas of skippers and race managers.

At 1950hrs UTC this evening while racing in third place, some 90 miles from the Vendée Globe finish line off Les Sables d'Olonne German skipper Boris HERRMANN (Seaexplorer-Yacht Club de Monaco) was in collision with a fishing boat.

Race Direction have requested that Boris HERRMANN and Yannick BESTAVEN and also Sébastien SIMON alter course to head to the zone to help.

British skipper Sam DAVIES informed her team that her IMOCA Initiatives Coeur had struck a floating object at around 1900hrs UTC this evening. She is heading north at reduced speed and will inspect her boat to assess the damage and discuss actions with her team. Sam DAVIES is unhurt.

The missing container ship El Faro lost propulsion and was disabled at sea, a Coast Guard official says, leaving it floundering in the path of Hurricane Joaquin.

Dutch prosecutors to try 5 alleged Somali pirates.

Deadly Yemen catamaran raid 'pirates' sent to France.

Yacht carrying 1.1 tons of cocaine seized.