Callous smugglers send migrants to sea on dinghies made of plywood and gaffer tape Gangs buy the flimsy, custom-made vessels online from East Asia and do not care about safety of those aboard, warns ...

The ‘Firebug’, a 2.4 metre plywood dinghy that originates from Auckland and is raced regularly throughout New Zealand is enjoying increasing popularity worldwide. This latest addition results largely ...

Fifteen years ago Conrad Humphreys was racing 14ft plywood dinghies around Exmouth in Devon. Now he is preparing to race single-handedly across the Atlantic in a £1.4m 60ft carbonfibre yacht.