1.   By the time it was over, several yachts sank and at least four yachtsmen died.

2.   The yacht nearly sank earlier that day as water started pouring through a leak around the keel structure.

3.   British sailor Harry Mitchell was lost at sea and two other yachts sank.

4.   Prime Minister Paul Keating, who was flying to Europe from Malaysia when the yacht sank, expressed sympathy for the oneAustralia crew.

5.   The yacht Alexia sank after the fire on Sunday.

6.   Two other yachts sank in the race, won for the second straight time by Christophe Auguin of France.

7.   The yacht sank later despite attempts to save it by a fishing vessel and a tug from nearby Fiumicino, southwest of Rome.

8.   Two people drowned on the French Riviera Saturday when their yacht sank after it was in collision with a pleasure cruiser, rescuers said.

9.   That was the same storm in which British sailor Harry Mitchell was lost and two other yachts sank.