During this operation, Liebe would hit six ships, two of which were sailing in convoy at the time.
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.
Just as much of a factor, though, is Japan's current account, which is sailing closer and closer to the red (see chart).
South Korea deserves credit for its prudent response to the late March sinking of the Cheonan, which was sailing in disputed waters.
The team was eliminated today by the Swedish Victory Challenge, which is sailing in honor of Jan Stenbeck, its backer, who died of a heart attack in August.
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 Pentagon was expected to announce that the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, which is sailing in the Pacific, passed through a radioactive cloud from stricken nuclear reactors in Japan, causing crew members on deck to receive a month's worth of radiation in about an hour, government officials said Sunday.
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.
