yacht: Quick Facts

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New York Yacht Club

Diagram of a two-person racing yacht, with detail of sails

Great Ocean Yacht Race

View the thrilling highlights of the 2013 Airlie Beach Race Week in Queensland, Australia

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Topics

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Key People

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William Francis Gibbs

American architect and engineer

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Ben Lexcen

Australian yachtsman

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Nathanael Greene Herreshoff

American naval architect

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Olin James Stephens II

American architect

Nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Carl vinson plows through the Indian ocean as aircraft on its flight deck are prepared for flight operations 3/15/05.

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