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Pages in category "Yacht clubs in Texas" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Corinthian Sailing Club;
One of the largest international events in the sport are the European championships, in which competitors of all classes from all over Europe travel to a sand yachting venue for a week-long competition. The Wirral Sand Yacht Club, on Hoylake beach, hosted the event in September 2007. [25]
This category is being considered for renaming to Category:Yacht clubs in Texas. This nomination is part of a discussion of several related categories.
Houston Yacht Club, Texas: All Unknown [8] 1971 International Championship Bellport Bay Yacht Club, New York Pat Hamilton & Nora Hamilton [9] 1972 National Championship Tampa Sailing Squadron, Florida Denis Fontaine & Unknown [10] 1973 National Championship Old Point Comfort Yacht Club, Virginia Denis Fontaine & Unknown [11] 1974 National ...
The America's Cup is a sailing competition and the oldest international competition still operating in any sport. [1] [2] [3] America's Cup match races are held 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 for the cup (the challenger).
The first round-the-world yacht race was the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race of 1968–1969, which was also a single-handed race with the only winner, Robin Knox-Johnston on Suhaili; this inspired the present-day Velux 5 Oceans Race (formerly the BOC Challenge / Around Alone) and the Vendée Globe. Single-handed racing has seen a great boom in ...
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[a] The two clubs had been the most active racing clubs in Corpus Christi. CCSC's first regatta , a 12 boat Snipe competition, took place June 15 and 16, 1946. [ 4 ] In this class, Billy Wicker, commodore of the Southwestern Yacht Club, and Robert Vetters won the United States Snipe National Championship , hosted at the club in 1948.