The latest small boat disaster claimed the lives of eight migrants today after their dinghy got into difficulty off the coast at Ambleteuse, near Calais, in the early hours of this morning.

On the way back in, as you do, we put the sails away: we rolled away the headsails (it was a cutter) and lowered the mainsail ...

Australia's reigning Olympic champion Matt Wearn won the gold medal in the men's dinghy ... Sailing has a reputation for being a relaxing activity. A sailor is "at one with nature" while enjoying ...

The remains of a damaged migrant boat ... small coastal town in the Northern French region of Pas-de-Calais, certainly were. Eight men died while attempting to reach the UK aboard an inflatable ...

Gangs are fighting over fewer small boats, which has led to rival loads of migrants being allocated to a single dinghy, often made from cheaper materials because of a pan-European crackdown on ...

At least 12 people have died after a migrant dinghy carrying dozens of asylum ... “HM Coastguard received a report of a small boat in difficulty in the English Channel, in French waters north ...

Founded in 1954 and the oldest club team on NC State campus, the Wolfpack’s sailing team has grown into a nationally ...

Downing Street says the news is "truly horrific" and people smuggling gangs were "taking even more dangerous risks".

A criminal enquiry was launched today after eight men died and a baby ended up in intensive care following the latest small boat disaster ... crammed into a flimsy dinghy which was 'ripped apart ...

“The gangs behind this appalling and callous trade in human lives have been cramming more and more people onto increasingly unseaworthy dinghies ... in Britain on small boats over the past ...

The French emergency services received a Mayday from a dinghy that got into difficulty ... and a pregnant woman died when another small boat sank in the Channel. Yesterday it was revealed Sir ...