But when Kahn changed his mind, Van Liew switched to Plan B. Reducing his ambition, Van Liew bought the radical Groupe Finot 50-footer formerly called Magellan Alpha, which was sailed by his archrival, the British skipper Mike Garside, to second place in Class II in the last Around Alone race.
A recent laser survey of the ship, which was sailed to Antarctica by Captain Scott, has made virtual tours using the Oculus Rift headset possible.
South Korea deserves credit for its prudent response to the late March sinking of the Cheonan, which was sailing in disputed waters.
Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans said Friday that the Netherlands intended to press a case against Russia in the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea for seizing a Greenpeace International ship, the Arctic Sunrise, which was sailing under a Dutch flag.
The United Nations investigation into the events on the ship, the Mavi Marmara, which was sailing under a Turkish flag and was the largest of six vessels that were commandeered by Israeli commandos on May 31 , 2010 was led by Sir Geoffrey Palmer, a former prime minister of New Zealand.
The Pirireis, a Cook Islands-flagged vessel carrying fertilizer, hit the Consouth, which was sailing under an Antigua-Barbuda flag without cargo, shortly before 7 a.m. about 80 miles off the coastal town of Methoni, according to a spokeswoman for the Greek Merchant Marine Ministry.
Intrepid came under Exocet-guided missile attack when out at sea taking a Lynx helicopter to the Type 22 frigate HMS Brilliant, which was sailing with the main battle fleet led by the flagship aircraft carrier HMS Hermes: "Two Mirage jets came roaring in and fired two Exocet missiles at us", Dingemans recorded.
In early 1801 Retribution detained the Spanish schooner La Linda, which was sailing from Campeachy to Havana, and the American schooner Sea Horse, which was sailing from Porto Cavello to New York.
The 11,520 deadweight tonnage vessel Aegean Star, which was sailing from Ghana to Benin with 20 crew members, was one of two tankers captured last weekend.
Wallace and the crew spent ten days in an open boat before being picked up by the brig Jordeson, which was sailing from Cuba to London.
A single torpedo from a German submarine exploded the liner, which was sailing from New York City to England and hastened America's entry into World War I.
