On guard

• November 4, 2003

Sotheby's auction one of Lord Nelson's sabres

Torn sails and gear failure

• October 15, 2003

Youngest yachtswoman bid ends in lifeboat rescue

Adrift and missing

• October 13, 2003

The unmanned boat of a missing sailor has been found

Horses for courses

• October 9, 2003

Equestrian trapped under collapsed horse

Winds too strong for helicopter

• October 7, 2003

Lifeboat takes sick crewman off Tall Ship in gale

The boat that saved 16 lives

• October 2, 2003

Veteran lifeboat to be restored

Oil and water

• September 18, 2003

'Mono' hull oil tankers warned off Solent

Maud close to finishing Atlantic feat

• September 18, 2003

Maud Fontenoy, aged 26, hopes to be the first woman to row west to east across the Atlantic.

Many Maydays

• September 9, 2003

Coastguards pressed to monitor mobile phones

Towed home

• September 5, 2003

Man in home-made boat tries for Alderney