1.   A small launch bore us over the sea with two high-spirited Swiss ladies, a couple from Atlanta, and the crew of two.

2.   By the time Italian coast guard vessels arrived to rescue passengers, the captain and crew had slipped away on small launches.

3.   A small pilot launch belonging to the St. Vincent Port Authority sank in the Kingstown Harbor as nine-foot swells washed over the piers.

4.   Heavy seas pounded the shoreline causing a small pilot launch belonging to the St. Vincent Port Authority to sink in Kingstown Harbor.

5.   The tanker was a small launch converted to carry fuel between Zamboanga and nearby islands.

6.   The violence broke out Friday after the local legislature authorized the seizure of small launches suspected of smuggling contraband across the Strait of Gibraltar from Morocco.

7.   On Sunday some of the predominantly male crowd were trying to get a small metal launch into the water to sail out to other ships anchored off-shore.

8.   Police boats with floodlights chased a small launch manned by nuclear protesters belonging to the Sydney Peace Squadron, which advocates a nuclear-free Pacific.

9.   The coastguard said it does not have the actual number of people who were on board the small motor launch Melody.