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Sir Francis Chichester was an English yachtsman and airman. He was born in 1901 and died in 1972. In 1931 he made the first east-west solo flight from New Zealand to Australia across the Tasman Sea, he won the first single-handed transatlantic yacht race in 1960, and came second in the second race in 1964, and in 1966 to 1967 he sailed alone round the world in the ketch Gipsy Moth IV.
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Gaius Valerius Catullus was a Roman lyric poet. He was born at Verona in 84 BC and died in 54 BC. He was the friend of Marcus Cicero, of Plancus, Cinna, and Cornelius Nepos; to the last he dedicated the collection of his poems. Almost all the known details of his life are derived by inference from his works, and relate to such matters as his passion for Lesbia, his journey to Bithynia, and voyage home in his yacht, his pleasant villa on Lake Benacus, etc. He was the first of the Romans who successfully caught the Greek lyric spirit, and gave to Roman literature its most genuine songs.
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Staying Afloat is a spy mystery starring Larry Hagman, Eric Christmas, Gregg Henry and Claire Yarlett in a story about an heir with money problems who starts a new career working as an undercover agent from his yacht off the Florida coast. Staying Afloat was directed by Eric Laneuville in 1993.
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SY is an abbreviation for Syrian Arab Republic (Syria)
SY is an abbreviation for Steam Yacht
SY is an abbreviation for Seychelles
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YACHT is an abbreviation for Youth And Community Help Trust
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The Fastnet Race is an offshore yacht race sailed biennially over a 968 km course from Cowes, Isle of Wight, round the Isles of Scilly to the Fastnet Rock off the south-west coast of Ireland and back to Plymouth.
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The Round the Island Race is an annual yacht race held in June, and taking place around the Isle of Wight. The Round the Island Race operates a handicap system (most boats being measured and allocated a time allowance based upon their size), enabling different classes of boats to compete against each other, thereby enabling an individual boat to win its own class and despite finishing in a slower time than a boat from a faster time, achieving a higher position than the faster boat through the handicap system.
The Round the Island Race has been organised since 1931 by the Island Sailing Club - the first race involved 25 boats, the 2009 race over 1500 boats. The race starts at West Cowes, the boats racing westwards (anti-clockwise) around the Isle of Wight, keeping as close inshore as they dare, before crossing the finishing line at East Cowes about 55 nautical miles and some hours later, the winning crew receiving the Gold Roman Bowl prize.
The classes of boats include: IRC rated boats, Non-IRC rated monohull boats (racing under ISC Rating System), Classic Racing Yachts (racing under ISC Rating System), Sportsboat Rule, Original and Modern Gaffers, Multihulls (Grand Prix and MOCRA Racing Classes), and Bridgedeck Catamaran Cruisers.
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The Bezaan was a Dutch pleasure yacht built in 1630 and presented to King Charles II by the Dutch East India Company. The Bezaan was about 15 feet long with a single mast and carried a crew of two, and was the precursor of modern leisure yachts.
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HMS Enchantress (formerly HMS Bittern) was a British escort vessel and Admiralty yacht of 1085 tons displacement launched in 1934. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; four 3-pounder guns and eight smaller guns. She was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 18.75 knots and carried a complement of 125.
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The Illiria was an Italian gunboat and former Albanian Royal Yacht, of 654 tons displacement launched in 1918. The Illiria was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 11 knots and was armed with two 3-inch guns.
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