Steinlager was involved in yacht racing with the maxi-ketch Steinlager 2, which was skippered by Peter Blake, won all six legs of the 1989-90 Whitbread Round the World Race, and again in 1995 with Team New Zealand with their " Black Magic " boat, which won the Americas Cup by beating Dennis Conner's defending boat Stars & Stripes, also known as Young America, 5-nil in the finals ' series.

Vettriano ’ s painting, entitled, Sunshine and Champagne II, is the study for a larger painting of the same title that featured in Vettriano ’ s Homage a Tuiga series of works, created to mark the centenary of the Yacht Club of Monaco ’ s world-famous yacht, Tuiga.

In 2011, the 100-foot maxi yacht Rambler 100 capsized after her keel broke off between Fastnet Rock and the Pantaenius Buoy ( a temporary race mark placed southwest of the Fastnet Rock ).

It is also sometimes used as a mark for yacht races from local sailing centres such as Schull and Baltimore.

Status ‘ On ’ indicates that the leading yacht has entered a zone of two or three boat lengths from the mark.

Status ‘ On ’ indicates that the bow of the overtaking yacht is overlapping the stern of the leading yacht and there is no restriction on the leeward yacht to steer a direct course for the next mark.

The leeward yacht may point higher than the direct course to the next mark causing the windward yacht to either tack or sail higher than needed to the next mark.

Status ‘ On ’ indicates that the depth of the overlap has increased to the point where the yacht to leeward must now steer a proper course to the mark and hence cannot point higher and force the overtaking yacht to either tack or sail a higher course to the next mark.

The rules of racing define what tactics / maneuvers are permissible when a yacht nears a mark and also when a trailing yacht starts to overtake the boat in front.

The maximum speed of a yacht is directly related to its wetted length: Gipsy Moth IV is overall, whereas a clipper ship such as Cutty Sark is.

Because the yacht is heeled over when sailing upwind the leeward foil is closer to vertical and provides additional side force, reducing the leeway angle, hence making the boat sail upwind more efficiently.

The phrase ' advanced composites ' in FRP construction may indicate the addition of carbon fibre, kevlar ( tm ) or other similar materials, but it may also indicate other methods designed to introduce less expensive and, by at least one yacht surveyor's eyewitness accounts, less structurally sound materials.

Aside from this fairly standard design, built in numbers and using methods approaching mass production by the large yacht-building firms of Europe and North America, there are some common variations to suit a yacht for a more particular role or to emphasise one aspect of performance rather than the wide range of abilities needed in a standard design.

At the other extreme are " single handed " races, where one person alone must control the yacht.

* Weekender yacht ( one or two basic cabins, basic galley appliances and plumbing )

The uses of these islands vary: Davids ' Island, the former location of the U. S. Army ’ s Fort Slocum, is currently unoccupied but is slated for use as passive parkland ; Glen Island is a County park for passive and active recreation ; Huckleberry Island is largely undeveloped and has one of the largest rookeries for some shore bird species in western Long Island Sound ; Columbia Island was the former site of CBS television broadcast antennas and is currently unoccupied ; Echo Island is used by a private yacht club ; Execution Rocks is the site of a 19th century lighthouse listed on the National Register of Historic Places ; Pea Island is owned by Huguenot Yacht Club but remains undeveloped ; Goose Island is undeveloped ; Clifford, Harrison and Tank Islands are part of a nature preserve and city park ; and Oak and Pine Islands are used as private residences.

At times, Bảo Đại maintained residence in southern France, and in particular, in Monaco, where he sailed often on his private yacht, one of the largest in Monte Carlo harbor.

In 2006, automated control was taken to the point where sailing can be operated by one person using a central control unit on the boat the " Maltese Falcon " a yacht built by the Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tom Perkins.

This race is one of the pinnacles of yacht racing, mostly professionally crewed.

* William H. Hand, Jr. ( 1875-1946 ), one of the most prolific yacht designers of the twentieth century, and whose office was in Fairhaven

* Genemuiden has a big yacht basin, Zwartsluis a smaller one.

Riverton is home to the Riverton Yacht Club, one of the oldest and still active yacht clubs in the country.

They were followed by the Dutch van Buren family ( distant descendants of the American President ), who discovered the place by anchoring one night in the yacht basin on a trip south and then visiting the land, deciding to build a home and retire, which proved the wisdom of Ken Ellsworth ’ s original scheme.

Johansen and one crewmate return to the yacht and set sail, but note with horror that Cthulhu has entered the water to pursue the vessel.

Although such small sloops are rare, today ( the one pictured at right is a 19th Century survivor ), the design was scaled down to produce the Bermuda Fitted Dinghy, a class of racing vessel used in traditional competition between Bermudian yacht clubs.

* Samar ( yacht ), one of longest motor yachts

In particular, her name is linked with the 1924 scandal aboard Hearst's yacht when one of his guests, film producer Thomas Ince, is rumored to have been shot dead by Hearst in a rage when he caught Davies embracing an unidentified male figure.

Sequels featured Peller yelling at a Fluffy Bun executive on his yacht over the phone and approaching fast food drive-up windows ( including one with a golden arch ) that were slammed down before she could complete the line.

Keeping with the town's location, there are four beaches ( one in Dolliber Cove, one in Marblehead Harbor, and two along the southern shore of town ), as well as six yacht clubs and several boat ramps.

A yacht designed primarily for racing can typically point from 30 or at most 40 degrees from the wind direction, whereas one designed for cruising may only be able to point 40 to 50 degrees from the wind direction.

Costa Verde Trophy, linking Póvoa and Viana do Castelo, is one of the regattas organized by the club and Rally Portugal yacht racing is a sailing and sightseeing event along the west Iberian coast.

Beresford joined the Research still as a sub-lieutenant in 1867, and then in the summer of 1868 was one of the sub-lieutenants on the royal yacht Victoria and Albert.

The race is run in co-operation with the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, and is widely considered to be one of the most difficult yacht races in the world.

The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race has grown over the decades, since the inaugural race in 1945, to become one of the top three offshore yacht races in the world and it now attracts maxi yachts from all around the globe.

George David's maxi Rambler shattered the 2012 Newport to Bermuda yacht Race record, shaving 14 hours off the previous fastest time recorded in the 635 mile race.

Human stubbornness may have caused businessman Harvey Conover to lose his sailing yacht, the Revonoc, as he sailed into the teeth of a storm south of Florida on January 1, 1958.

The Montoneros were inspired by the British and Italian wartime commando raids on warships, and on 1 November 1974 the Montoneros successfully blew up General Commissioner Alberto Villar, the chief of the Argentine federal police in his yacht.

* The San Diego Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as America³ defeats Italian challenger Il Moro de Venezia, from the Compagnia della Vella yacht club, 4 races to 1

The 9. 1 metre yacht was restored by Sean Langman

The voyage of the Golden Rule inspired anthropologist Earle L. Reynolds and his family to undertake a similar journey, and on July 1, 1958, their yacht, Phoenix of Hiroshima, entered the test zone at Bikini Atoll.

*, yacht used by the US Navy during World War 1

The No 1 dock and outer basin were re-excavated or dredged out to provide some 350 yacht berths, surrounded by extensive modern waterside homes and several marine engineering yards.

King George III insisted on meeting Duncan personally, and on 30 October set out for Sheerness in the royal yacht HMY Royal Charlotte before strong winds and waves forced him back to port on 1 November.

After the Olympics, the site was turned over to the private sector ( Seirios AE ), and will become a marina with a 1, 000 + yacht capacity, as part of Athens ' revitalized waterfront.

The plan, which has been declared a " significant project " by the Queensland Government, includes a 300-room resort hotel, 300 resort apartments, 1, 700 villas, a 560-berth marina and ferry terminal, a championship golf course, yacht club, sporting ovals, childcare facilities, chapel and cultural centre.

In 1977 the yacht Merlin, designed by Bill Lee, set an elapsed time record of 8 days, 11 hours, 1 minute.

On 1 November 1974 Nicoletti placed a remote-controlled bomb under the yacht of the police chief of the Argentine Federal Police, Alberto Villar, who was killed together with his wife.

Brown of Dobbs Ferry, NY ( the 1940 census has him as a live-in servant of Franklin Brown of Dobbs Ferry and in Greer's Warren Commission testimony he said that he worked for a " private family " in Dobbs Ferry for " 13 years " before enlisting into the Navy in 1942 ), Greer enlisted in the U. S. Navy in World War II, was assigned to the presidential yacht in May, 1944, was discharged on September 18, 1945 and then joined the United States Secret Service on October 1, 1945.

In 2004, in a joint proposal with Yachting Monthly and Gipsy Moth IVs owners, The Maritime Trust, the yacht was purchased by the United Kingdom Sailing Academy ( UKSA ) for the sum of £ 1 and a Gin and tonic ( Sir Francis ' favourite tipple ).

The world land speed record for a wind powered vehicle was broken on 26 March 2009 by Richard Jenkins in his yacht Greenbird with a speed of 126. 1 mph ( 202. 9 km / h ).

In 1900 the Duke of Sutherland owned about 1, 358, 000 acres ( 550, 000 hectares ) and the steam yacht Catania, which was chartered by some of the super-rich of that era.

Fay financed the creation of KZ 1, a large single-hull yacht which complied with the original Deed of Gift but was much larger and hence faster than the 12-metre class boats which had been used for America's Cup competition for many years.

KZ 1 was a sailing yacht used to challenge for the 1988 America's Cup.

-For a standard 27 ' ( 8. 23m ) yacht: the cube root of 27 is 3, 3 squared is 9 plus 1 = 10.

The case dealt with four crewmembers of an English yacht, the Mignonette, who were cast away in a storm some 1, 600 miles from the Cape of Good Hope.

* HMS Plymouth was a yacht launched in 1814 as HMS Admiralty, renamed HMS Plymouth in 1830, used on harbour service and renamed YC 1 from 1866, and was sold in 1870.