SAILING

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SAILING

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The 100-strong fleet sail past the historic
three-masted clipper "James Craig" after the
start of the annual 628 nautical mile Sydney
Hobart Yacht Race on December 26, 2008. (TORSTEN
BLACKWOOD/AFP/Getty Images)
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A crew member of the Puma racing team pulls in a
sail during the Volvo Ocean in-port race in
Alicante, Spain, Saturday Oct. 4, 2008. The
2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race, Covering 10 legs and
36,995 nautical miles, started Oct. 11 in
Alicante and is scheduled to end in St.
Petersburg, Russia, on June 27, 2009. (AP
Photo/Alberto Saiz)?
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The 100-strong fleet sail past the historic
three-masted clipper "James Craig" after the
start of the annual 628 nautical mile Sydney
Hobart Yacht Race onDecember26, 2008. (TORSTEN
BLACKWOOD/AFP/Getty Images)?
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Richard Branson's boat "Virgin Money" sails in
the ocean after departing New York, in an attempt
to break the transatlantic mono-hull sailing
record, October 22, 2008. About 30 hours into the
voyage, the crew started having problems and
ripped the boat's main sail. Not long after that,
the voyage was aborted. (REUTERS/Chip East)?
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The tall ships Lady Washington, right, and
Hawaiian Chieftain, left, sail on San Francisco
Bay, Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. The tall ships
arrived from Grays Harbor, Wash., and were on an
educational visit to the Bay area. (AP Photo/Eric
Risberg)?
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The Ericsson Racing Team - Ericsson 4 sails
during the start of the first leg of the Volvo
Ocean Race from Alicante to Cape Town on October
11, 2008 in Alicante, Spain. The fleet of eight
teams participating in the Volvo Ocean Race will
race arround the world over ten legs to finish in
St Petersburg in late June, 2009. (Jasper
Juinen/Getty Images)?
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Australian supermaxi "Wild Oats XI", skippered by
Mark Richards, is seen sailing past Tasman Island
at sunrise as it approached the finish line of
the 64th annual 628-nautical mile Sydney Hobart
Yacht Race on December 28, 2008. "Wild Oats XI"
won Australia's premier blue water classic for a
record fourth consecutive year in an elapsed time
of one day, 20 hours, 34 minutes and 14 seconds.
(DANIEL FORSTER/AFP/Getty Images)?
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A red-sailed ship is seen sailing toward
Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts on July 9th, 2008
(Boston Globe)
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Ben Ainslie with the JP Morgan Extreme 40 sailing
team sail the Extreme 40 catamaran on the River
Thames to celebrate Ben Ainslie's triple Olympic
gold medal success on September 5, 2008 in
London, England. (Cate Gillon/Getty Images)?