Volunteer was an American racing yacht built in 1887 for the America's Cup races. She was the victorious American defender of the seventh America's Cup...
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Gallatin, Tennessee The Volunteer State, nickname for Tennessee Volunteer (yacht), winner of the 1887 America's Cup HMS Volunteer, the name of more than...
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Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve Yacht Club (RNVRYC) is a Yacht club recognised as a Service Yacht Club in the United Kingdom. The Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve...
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HMY Britannia (redirect from Royal Yacht Britannia)
Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia is the former royal yacht of the British monarchy. She was in their service from 1954-97. She was the 83rd such vessel since...
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An armed yacht was a yacht that was armed with weapons and was typically in the service of a navy. The word "yacht" ("hunter"; Dutch "jacht"; German "jagd"...
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Royal Motor Yacht Club Royal Naval Sailing Association Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Yacht Club Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Royal Perth Yacht Club, Western...
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between two sailing yachts: one from the yacht club that currently holds the trophy (known as the defender) and the other from the yacht club that is challenging...
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A yacht ensign is a flag allowed by some nations to be hoisted as the national ensign (instead of the civil ensign) by yachts. As with any other civil...
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USS Potomac (AG-25) (category Presidential yachts of the United States)
(AG-25), formerly USCGC Electra, was Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidential yacht from 1936 until his death in 1945. On August 3, 1941, she played a decoy...
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Royal Yachting Association (redirect from Royal Yacht Association)
is a United Kingdom national governing body for sailing, dinghy sailing, yacht and motor cruising, sail racing, RIBs and sportsboats, windsurfing and personal...
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Sundowner is a motor yacht formerly owned by Charles Lightoller, former second officer of the RMS Titanic. She participated in the Dunkirk evacuation...
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The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac is a 333-mile (289 nmi; 536 km) annual yacht race starting in Lake Michigan off Chicago, Illinois, and ending in...
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challenger of the seventh America's Cup in 1887 against American defender Volunteer. The cutter Thistle was designed by George Lennox Watson, with interiors...
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The Maritime Volunteer Service (MVS) is a United Kingdom wide charity. Prince Michael of Kent is the charity's royal patron and honorary commodore.[citation...
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AmeriCorps VISTA (redirect from Volunteer in service to America)
as Volunteers in Service to America in 1965, and incorporated into the AmeriCorps network of programs in 1993. VISTA is an acronym for Volunteers in Service...
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The Algoa Bay Yacht Club (ABYC) is a yacht club in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Port Elizabeth is part of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan...
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Landing of the Granma (redirect from Granma (yacht))
Granma is a yacht that was used to transport 82 fighters of the Cuban Revolution from Mexico to Cuba in November 1956 to overthrow the regime of Fulgencio...
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Defender (America's Cup) (redirect from Defender (yacht))
Yacht Club Charles Jackson Paine, Mayflower 1887 New York City New York Yacht Club Charles Jackson Paine, Volunteer 1893 New York City New York Yacht...
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allowed to be hoisted as the national ensign by members of the following yacht clubs: Bermuda, uniquely among British overseas territories, uses the Red...
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Royal Perth Yacht Club (RPYC) is a yacht club in Perth, Western Australia. It is the third oldest yacht club in Australia after the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria...
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in 1851 by the British Royal Yacht Squadron for a race around the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom. The winning yacht was a schooner called America...
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The Neva Yacht Club (Yacht-club Neva or simply Club Neva) is a sailing club located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, close to the Neva River. It was founded...
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Kaz II (redirect from Ghost yacht)
Kaz II, dubbed "the ghost yacht", is a 9.8-metre catamaran which was found drifting 88 nautical miles (163 kilometres) off the north-eastern coast of...
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Cambridge University Yacht Club at the University of Cambridge in 1893, the Harvard University Yacht Club in 1894, and Brown University Yacht Club in 1896. Harvard...
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Kingsley V.R.D. A.R.I.N.A. (30 January 1910 – 13 February 1996) was a British yacht designer and surveyor. His early life was spent on the Isle of Wight where...
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Pusey & Jones Shipyard Co Henry C. Haff Volunteer New York Yacht Club United States 2–0 Thistle Royal Clyde Yacht Club Scotland James H. Bell George Lennox...
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Triangle of Sadness (section Part 2: The Yacht)
the yacht's captain, Thomas Smith, spends his time drunk in his cabin. Paula gets Thomas to sober up and attend the captain's dinner as the yacht passes...
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1965), Japanese yachtswoman MPC · 5432 5433 Kairen 1988 VZ2 Imakiire's Yacht MPC · 5433 5434 Tomwhitney 1989 ES Thomas (Tom) D. Whitney (born 1941),...
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would build a boat and go sailing. He spent a year teaching himself about yacht design and started night school to learn welding, since he had decided to...
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Manoel Island (section Yacht Marina and Yacht Yard)
were both vandalized. Manoel Island currently houses a yacht yard and a yacht marina. The yacht marina, which has been under new management since 2011...
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