Sport involving sailing yachts and larger sailboats
Newport Beach to Cabo San Lucas race start 2013
Yacht racing is a sailing sport involving sailing yachts and larger sailboats, as distinguished from dinghy racing, which involves open boats. It is composed of multiple yachts, in direct competition, racing around a course marked by buoys or other fixed navigational devices or racing longer distances across open water from point-to-point. It can involve a series of races with buoy racing or multiple legs when point-to-point racing.
Yachtracing is a sailing sport involving sailing yachts and larger sailboats, as distinguished from dinghy racing, which involves open boats. It is composed...
A yacht (/jɒt/) is a sailing or power vessel used for pleasure, cruising, or racing. There is no standard definition, though the term generally applies...
United States. Yachtracing – the sport of competitive yachting Team racing – also known as teams racing, is a popular form of yachtracing 1775 – Cumberland...
In March 2021, an entity associated with the RYS, called Royal Yacht Squadron Racing Ltd, was officially accepted as the Challenger of Record for the...
Kingdom national governing body for sailing, dinghy sailing, yacht and motor cruising, sail racing, RIBs and sportsboats, windsurfing and personal watercraft...
the International YachtRacing Union (IYRU) began in 1904, when Major Brooke Heckstall-Smith AINA, then Secretary of the YachtRacing Association (now...
founded the first yacht club in Cork as the Cork Harbor Water Club in 1720, followed by the Lough Ree Yacht Club in 1770. English yachtracing continued among...
Marcel Louis Michel Antoine Bich, Baron Bich (French: [bik]; 29 July 1914 – 30 May 1994) was an Italian-born French manufacturer and co-founder of Bic...
Orient Express Racing Team is a French yachtracing team that competes in International America's Cup Class races. The team has formally competed as K-Challenge...
Oceanic yachtracing is one of the most dangerous sports in the world. It was particularly dangerous in the early days when oceanic racing was more like...
Team racing, also known as team sailing, is a popular form of dinghy racing and yachtracing. Two teams compete in a race, each sailing two to four boats...
England, custom-built racing "yachts" began to emerge. In 1851, the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes challenged the American yacht America. The race took...
Oracle Team USA is an American yachtracing syndicate initially formed to compete for the 2003 America's Cup. They competed again in the 2007 event before...
sponsored by the YachtRacing Union of the Great Lakes. The'Granddaddy of Match Racing' is the Congressional Cup, held at the Long Beach Yacht Club every Spring...
American Magic is an American yachtracing team formed to compete for the 36th America's Cup. They represent the New York Yacht Club and were formed in 2018...
Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHRF) is a handicapping system used for yachtracing in North America. It allows dissimilar classes of sailboats to...
divinity that rules the oceans. The history of RVYC is the history of yacht-racing, sailing, and cruising in Thailand. One of RVYC's co-founders, Prince...
yachtracing team, Land Rover BAR. The yacht was fully carbon fibre and featured Princess’ Active Foil System, resulting in Princess’ fastest yacht to...
racing schedule or a weekend racing schedule organized by the membership. Many yacht clubs field teams to compete against other clubs in team racing....
2015, Hinze became the first female boat owner to win the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. "Kristy Hinze" Archived 27 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Vogue...
The Racing Rules of Sailing (often abbreviated to RRS) govern the conduct of yachtracing, windsurfing, kitesurfing, model boat racing, dinghy racing and...
) Vanderbilt achieved the pinnacle of yachtracing in 1930 by defending the America's Cup in the J-class yacht Enterprise. His victory put him on the...
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