Read more sailor stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4309/sailor.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:36:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71949/aussie-sailor-16-starts-world-trip.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 16-year-old Australian steered her bright pink yacht out of Sydney Harbor under gray skies and slightly choppy conditions today to start her bid to become the youngest person to sail solo and unassisted around the world. Jessica Watson's 23,600-mile journey through some of the world's most treacherous waters...http://www.newser.com/story/71949/aussie-sailor-16-starts-world-trip.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 18 Oct 2009 6:45:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67687/dutch-move-to-block-teens-around-the-world-solo-sail.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDutch authorities have gone to court to demand custody of a 13-year-old girl to block her planned solo sail around the world, reports the BBC. The girl's parents have already been denied permission for her to miss two years of school for the adventure. Laura Dekker, who has sailed since...http://www.newser.com/story/67687/dutch-move-to-block-teens-around-the-world-solo-sail.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Aug 2009 2:15:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63559/aussie-seamen-probed-in-sex-betting-ring.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAustralia is looking into allegations that a group of sailors ran a sex betting ring on the high seas, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Female members of the HMAS Success crew told officials that a group of sailors kept a betting book—known as "The Ledger"—to see who could...http://www.newser.com/story/63559/aussie-seamen-probed-in-sex-betting-ring.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 04 Jul 2009 19:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57357/pirated-ships-cook-sues-over-safety-regs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA member of the crew on the US-flagged ship hijacked by African pirates sued the owner and another company today, accusing them of knowingly putting sailors in danger. Richard E. Hicks alleges in the suit that owner Maersk Line Limited and Waterman Steamship Corp., which provided the crew, ignored requests...http://www.newser.com/story/57357/pirated-ships-cook-sues-over-safety-regs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Apr 2009 16:53:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54530/body-of-pirate-victim-found-at-sea.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe body of a British yachtsman murdered by pirates off the coast of Thailand was found by a fisherman yesterday floating in the sea, reports AP. Malcolm Robertson, 64, was beaten with hammers and his throat slit as his wife lay bound in the cabin of their sailboat earlier this...http://www.newser.com/story/54530/body-of-pirate-victim-found-at-sea.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 27 Mar 2009 6:13:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30809/navy-ship-leaves-port-without-100-sailors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA US aircraft carrier set sail from Hong Kong early Sunday with about 100 of its crew still on shore leave, the AP reports. The USS Ronald Reagan and its support ships left port early because Typhoon Fengshen was bearing down. Officials are scrambling to book flights to reunite the...http://www.newser.com/story/30809/navy-ship-leaves-port-without-100-sailors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Jun 2008 18:34:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23309/japan-busts-us-sailor-in-murder-robbery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJapanese police arrested a US sailor today on suspicion of stabbing a taxi driver to death and then robbing him, Reuters reports. The 22-year-old Nigerian national serving in the American Navy was already in US custody on charges of desertion. The American ambassador to Japan was forced to apologize for...http://www.newser.com/story/23309/japan-busts-us-sailor-in-murder-robbery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Apr 2008 6:05:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21771/wwii-ship-found-after-66-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA legendary Australian war ship sunk in the Indian Ocean by a German raider during World War II has been found nearly intact after 66 years, the Australian PM confirmed today. The HMAS Sydney sank after a 30-minute battle with the Kormoran in Australia's greatest tragedy at sea. The wreckage...http://www.newser.com/story/21771/wwii-ship-found-after-66-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 17 Mar 2008 11:53:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/18153/turks-find-hitlers-lost-fleet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThree World War II U-boats, known as "Hitler's lost fleet," have been discovered off the Turkish coast, the Telegraph reports. A Turkish team combined archival research with sailor interviews and sonar technology to find the wreckage, part of the six-boat fleet that dogged Russian ships in the Black Sea under...http://www.newser.com/story/18153/turks-find-hitlers-lost-fleet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 04 Feb 2008 14:25:00 CST