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Yacht racing

Index Yacht racing

Yacht racing is a form of sport involving sailing yachts and larger sailboats, as distinguished from dinghy racing. [1]

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Admiral's Cup

The Admiral's Cup is an international yachting regatta.

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America's Cup

The America's Cup, affectionately known as the "Auld Mug", is a trophy awarded to the winner of the America's Cup match races between two sailing yachts.

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Auckland Anniversary Regatta

The first Auckland Anniversary Regatta took place in 1840 and has grown to become one of the largest single day regattas and is the oldest sporting event in New Zealand.

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Barcelona World Race

The Barcelona World Race is a non-stop, round-the-world yacht race for crews of two, sailed on Open 60 IMOCA monohull boats.

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Bermuda

Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Bermuda Race

The Newport Bermuda Race, widely known as the Bermuda Race is a 635 nautical miles (1175 km) sailing yacht race from Newport, Rhode Island to the island of Bermuda sailed in even-numbered years.

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Buoy

A buoy is a floating device that can have many purposes.

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Cape Hatteras

Cape Hatteras is a thin, broken strand of islands in North Carolina that arch out into the Atlantic Ocean away from the US mainland, then back toward the mainland, creating a series of sheltered islands between the Outer Banks and the mainland.

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Catullus 4

Catullus 4 is a poem by the ancient Roman writer Catullus.

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Charles II of England

Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was king of England, Scotland and Ireland.

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Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac

The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac is a annual yacht race starting in Lake Michigan off Chicago, Illinois, and ending in Lake Huron off Mackinac Island, Michigan.

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Clipper Round the World Yacht Race

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is a sailing race around the world in 8 legs, with trained amateur crew members.

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel and an independent subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia.

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Coastal Classic

The Coastal Classic is a passenger and semi-luxury train operated by the Alaska Railroad between the cities of Anchorage and Seward, Alaska.

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Cruising Club of America

The Cruising Club of America (CCA) is an international organization of sailors that promotes cruising, boat racing, and offshore sailing.

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Diamond Head, Hawaii

Diamond Head is a volcanic tuff cone on the Hawaiian island of Ookinaahu and known to Hawaiians as Lēahi, most likely from lae 'browridge, promontory' plus ahi 'tuna' because the shape of the ridgeline resembles the shape of a tuna's dorsal fin.

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Dinghy racing

Dinghy racing is a competitive sport using dinghies, which are small boats which may be rowboats, have an outboard motor, or be sailing dinghies.

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Displacement (ship)

The displacement or displacement tonnage of a ship is its weight, expressed in long tons of water its hull displaces.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Etchells

The International Etchells Class is a racing class of one-design sailing boats.

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Fastnet Race

The Fastnet Race is a famous biennial offshore yacht race organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club of the United Kingdom.

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Global Challenge

The Global Challenge (not to be confused with Global Challenge Award) was a round the world yacht race run by Challenge Business, the company started by Sir Chay Blyth in 1989.

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Hobart

Hobart is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania.

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Honolulu

Honolulu is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaiokinai.

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International Monohull Open Classes Association

The International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA) was founded in 1991.

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International Offshore Rule

The International Offshore Rule (IOR) was a measurement rule for racing sailboats.

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IRC (sailing)

IRC is a system of handicapping sailboats and yachts for the purpose of racing.

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J/22

The International J/22 is a popular fixed-keel one-design racing sailboat normally raced with a crew of three or four people (total crew weight is restricted to 275 kg/605 lb).

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J/24

The J/24 is an international One-Design keelboat class as defined by the International Sailing Federation.

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John Evelyn

John Evelyn, FRS (31 October 1620 – 27 February 1706) was an English writer, gardener and diarist.

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Jules Verne Trophy

The Jules Verne Trophy is a prize for the fastest circumnavigation of the world by any type of yacht with no restrictions on the size of the crew provided the vessel has registered with the organization and paid an entry fee.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race

The Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race (MHOR) is a biennial sailing race which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2005.

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Mini Transat 6.50

Mini Transat 6.50 also known as Transat 650 is a solo transatlantic yacht race, and associated Classe Mini class, that (typically) starts in France and ends in Brazil covering over 4,000 miles with a stop in the Madeira or the Canary Islands.

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Nathanael Greene Herreshoff

Nathanael Greene Herreshoff (March 18, 1848 – June 2, 1938) was an American naval architect, mechanical engineer, and yacht design innovator.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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New York Yacht Club

The New York Yacht Club is a private social club and yacht club based in New York City and Newport, Rhode Island.

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Newport, Rhode Island

Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States.

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Offshore Racing Congress

The Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) is an international body for the sport of competitive sailing and is responsible for the establishment and maintenance of rating and classification standards used to define offshore, that is marine as opposed to inland, yacht racing handicap categories.

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One-Design

One-Design is a racing method which may be adopted in sports which use complex equipment, whereby all vehicles, gliders or boats have identical or very similar designs or models.

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Partridge 1885

Partridge is documented as being the world's oldest, still fully operational classic racing yacht.

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Performance Handicap Racing Fleet

Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHRF) is a handicapping system used for yacht racing in North America.

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Racing Rules of Sailing

The Racing Rules of Sailing (often abbreviated to RRS) govern the conduct of yacht racing, windsurfing, kitesurfing, model boat racing, dinghy racing and virtually any other form of racing around a course with more than one vessel while powered by the wind.

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River Thames

The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London.

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Robin Knox-Johnston

Sir William Robert Patrick "Robin" Knox-Johnston, CBE, RD and bar (born 17 March 1939) is an English sailor.

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Round Ireland Yacht Race

The Round Ireland Yacht Race is Ireland’s premier offshore yacht race and is held every two years by Wicklow Sailing Club in association with the Royal Irish Yacht Club and Royal Ocean Racing Club.

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Route du Rhum

The Route du Rhum is a transatlantic single-handed yacht race, which takes place every 4 years in November.

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Royal Thames Yacht Club

The Royal Thames Yacht Club (RTYC) is the oldest continuously operating yacht club in the United Kingdom.

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Royal Yacht Squadron

The Royal Yacht Squadron is one of the most prestigious yacht clubs in the world.

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Sail

A sail is a tensile structure—made from fabric or other membrane materials—that uses wind power to propel sailing craft, including sailing ships, sailboats, windsurfers, ice boats, and even sail-powered land vehicles.

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Sailboat

A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails smaller than a sailing ship.

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Sailing (sport)

Sailing as a sport involves a variety of competitive sailing formats that are sanctioned through various sailing federations and yacht clubs.

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San Pedro, Los Angeles

San Pedro is a community within the city of Los Angeles, California.

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Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race

The Single-handed Trans-Atlantic Race, or STAR, is an east-to-west yacht race across the North Atlantic.

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Solent

The Solent is the strait that separates the Isle of Wight from the mainland of England.

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South Atlantic Race

The South Atlantic Race (formerly the Cape-to-Rio) is a yacht race from Cape Town to various destinations in South America.

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Sydney

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is an annual event hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, starting in Sydney, New South Wales on Boxing Day and finishing in Hobart, Tasmania.

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Tour de France à la voile

Tour de France à la voile is an annual yachting race around the coast of France.

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Transpacific Yacht Club

The Transpacific Yacht Club (TPYC) is responsible for organizing the world-renowned Transpacific Yacht Race ("the Transpac") from Los Angeles to Honolulu.

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Transpacific Yacht Race

The Transpacific Yacht Race (Transpac) is an offshore yacht race starting off the Pt.

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Velux 5 Oceans Race

The Velux 5 Oceans Race is a round-the-world single-handed yacht race, sailed in stages, managed by Clipper Ventures Plc since 2000.

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Vendée Globe

The Vendée Globe is a single-handed (solo) non-stop yacht race around the world without assistance.

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Victoria to Maui Yacht Race

The Victoria to Maui International Yacht Race (Vic-Maui), the longest offshore sailing race off the west coast of North America, is the pinnacle of Pacific Northwest ocean racing.

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Volvo Ocean Race

The Volvo Ocean Race (formerly the Whitbread Round the World Race) is a yacht race around the world, held every three years.

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World Sailing

World Sailing (WS) is the world governing body for the sport of sailing recognized by the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

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Yacht

A yacht is a watercraft used for pleasure or sports.

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Yachting

Yachting refers to the use of recreational boats and ships called yachts for sporting purposes.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yacht_racing

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