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• n  water travel for pleasure
• v  travel in a yacht

• The world's most renowned regatta is the English yachting festival known as Cowes Week.
• Du Font's background includes America's Cup yachting, Phillips Exeter, Princeton and Harvard Law School, and a stint as an executive in the family's chemical company.
• Missing a mark in yachting is a mistake roughly comparable to shooting at the opponents' hoop in basketball or stealing an occupied base in baseball.

• boating
• yacht

News & Articles

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• GYC to host three-day Challenge Cup
  Gulfport Yacht Club will host the Gulf Yachting Association's Challenge Cup Regatta this weekend.
  June 14, 2013 - The Biloxi Sun Herald
• ON THE WATER: Dad’s Love For Boats Lives On
  If my Dad was alive, he would be 100 years old on Father’s Day. He taught me my love of boats, the people who sail them and the value of being part of a yachting clique.
  June 14, 2013 - Gazettes.com
• Concert scrubbed due to illness
  Newport Waterfront Events at the Newport Yachting Center announces that the Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings concert, scheduled for July 6 as part of the Nantucket Nectars Sunset Music Series, has been canceled.
  June 13, 2013 - The Standard-Times

Quotes

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• Ma Ying-jeou in AsiaOne
  The marinas will be able to accommodate 190 recreational yachts,Ma said. "By then, Taiwan will not just be Asia's No. 1 and the world's No. 5 yacht maker but it will also be a country open to yachting."
• Murray McCully in New Zealand Herald
  It will bring together Yachting New Zealand's high-performance programmes into a single hub at a purpose-built facility on the edge of Takapuna beach,he said. "The Ocean Water Sports Centre will also be an outstanding venue for hosting...
• Helen Clark in BYM News (press release)
  Prime Minister Helen Clark said: "Congratulations to Louis Vuitton and Emirates Team New Zealand for organising this exciting international yachting event. New Zealand is very pleased to be hosting this regatta and Auckland with its beautiful...