yacht racing
Competitive sailboat sport
Yacht racing is competitive sailing, typically involving sailboats racing around a marked course.
Races range from casual club regattas to elite international competitions like the America's Cup.
The sport combines tactical skill, weather reading, and seamanship: She got into yacht racing after years of recreational sailing.
- America's CupPremier international yacht racing prize
- regattaOrganized boat racing event
- catamaranDouble-hulled sailing craft
- spinnakerDownwind sailing sail
- sloopOne-masted fore-and-aft rigger
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- Yachtingregattas, sailboats, sailing vessels, sloops, cruising
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