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  2. Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race - Wikipedia

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    During the 1985 sail race, the whole fleet experienced heavy weather. The 35-foot yacht Tomahawk was damaged and her crew of eight abandoned ship. They were rescued from their life raft by Charles Bayer, skipper of the yacht Old Bear. Tomahawk sank 28 miles northwest of Tobermory, Ontario.

  3. Tomahawk (missile family) - Wikipedia

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    The Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System (TTWCS) added the capability for limited mission planning on board the firing unit (FRU). [25] Tomahawk Block IV introduced in 2006 adds the strike controller which can change the missile in flight to one of 15 preprogrammed alternate targets or redirect it to a new target. This targeting flexibility ...

  4. List of Clipper Round the World Yacht Race results - Wikipedia

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    Approaching the starting line on a leg of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 12 June 2008. The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race was conceived in 1995 by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston [1] and together with William Ward (CEO), founded Clipper Ventures, a company that would run the race.

  5. Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac Race is often confused with the Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race. They were held on the same weekend until 1939, when both clubs agreed to alternate the date of their Mackinac races, scheduling them a week apart. The 104th running of the race began on July 21, 2012. [3] 320 boats were entered in the race ...

  6. American boat 11th Hour Racing declared winner of ... - AOL

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    The U.S.-based 11th Hour Racing Team won the around-the-world Ocean Race on Thursday, thanks to a jury that awarded the hobbled sloop the equivalent of a second-place finish in a leg it couldn’t ...

  7. HNoMY Norge - Wikipedia

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    The sailing schedule for the Royal Yacht varies from year to year. When the King is competing in major international yacht races, he uses Norge as a base. The King and Queen also make use of the Royal Yacht for official events in Norway and abroad. In 2004 the King used the yacht on his trip to France for the 60th anniversary of D-Day.

  8. Sunday Times Golden Globe Race - Wikipedia

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    In March 1967, a 28-year-old British merchant marine officer, Robin Knox-Johnston, realised that a non-stop solo circumnavigation was "about all there's left to do now".". Knox-Johnston had a 32 foot (9.8 m) wooden ketch, Suhaili, which he and some friends had built in India to the William Atkin Eric design; two of the friends had then sailed the boat to South Africa, and in 1966 Knox-Johnston ...

  9. When is the Boat Race? Start time, TV channel and how to ...

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    The Boat Race returns to the River Thames today as the light blue of Cambridge University take on the dark blue of Oxford University. In the men’s race last year, Oxford ended three years of ...