yacht race

collocation in English

meaningsofyachtandrace

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yacht
noun[C]
uk
/jɒt/us
/jɑːt/
a boat with sails and sometimes an engine, used for either racing or travelling on ...
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race
noun
uk
/reɪs/us
/reɪs/
a competition in which all the competitors try to be the fastest and to ...
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There was a similar complaint recently about ayachtrace.
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Fortunately there were no fatalities (in contrast to the 1998yachtrace, in which six died).
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In 1866, he won the first trans-oceanicyachtrace.
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Before the advent of radio, pigeons were used by newspapers to report yacht races, and some yachts were actually fitted with lofts.
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Today, the capes feature prominently in ocean yacht racing, with many races and individual sailors following the clipper route.
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Sailing is the main variety of yachting, and competitive sailing the main variety of yacht racing.
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Unfortunately due to weather conditions the yacht races in 1896 where cancelled and much information of that event is not longer available.
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Aside from figure skating, he participated in yacht racing and won several sailing regattas in the 1950s.
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Meanwhile, yacht racing continued to evolve, with the development of recognised classes of racing yachts, from small dinghies up to huge maxi yachts.
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The club is very active in yacht racing and high-performance catamarans have been developed specifically for the lake.
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Many of its members also are engaged in yacht racing and yacht cruising around the world.
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Yacht races often have more than one prize, one of which is the line honours trophy.
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Team competition in baseball, tennis, ice hockey, indoor polo and yacht racing also had been established around this time.
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International-standard race management has been combined with lively beach parties on most nights during regatta week to create a world-renowned yacht racing event.
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International-standard race management has been combined with lively beach parties most nights, to create a world-renowned yacht racing event.
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In yacht racing, he was known for having devised a new ranking system based on the length of vessels and their area under sail.
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Each year, the best sailing teams from universities all around the world meet and compete in thrilling yacht races.
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The lake has also been used for model yacht racing.
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He would outrun them all, in informal races that predate any organized yacht racing.
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He has also been instrumental in developing several international yacht racing rules.
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