11.   Twenty yachts sailed south from Charleston last September.

12.   While Thorndike was taken onto the Norfolk, four sailors from the warship transferred to the yacht to sail it back to the Falkland Islands.

13.   Young America, which had been the front-runner in the U.S. fleet, got close each time the yachts sailed upwind.

14.   With the overall winner already determined, nine yachts set sail Friday on the ninth and final leg of the Whitbread Round the World Race.

15.   It was believed the yacht was sailing with at least two other vessels, none of which appeared to have raised any alarm.

16.   After that the yacht will sail back to Britain where it will be decommissioned at the end of the year.

17.   The yacht will sail into Cape Town harbour Monday for her official arrival amid pomp and ceremony.

18.   The British royal yacht Britannia sailed Wednesday toward Dubai where it will host trade talks between British and Dubai government officials, the British embassy said Wednesday.