Through a spectacular racing boat, RACE FOR WATER aims to promote innovation with universities by developing tools and systems to measure the water footprint and micro-plastic pollution in the oceans.

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Health care entrepreneur Randall Pittman quickly discovered his 140-foot cruiser, Whirlaway, was better suited for a voyage to the Galapagos than for quick maneuvering. (He has a 90-foot racing boat, Genuine Risk, to console himself.) A 66-footer collided with New York real estate owner Harry Macklowe's 111-foot Unfurled and limped off with a hole in its side.

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The sport dates back thousands of years, but some of these warriors are modern-day breast cancer survivors racing in a dragon boat festival on Lake Peachtree south of Atlanta, Georgia.

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The recommendations come after Andrew Simpson, a British two-time Olympic medalist, died after the boat of Swedish team Artemis Racing capsized during a May 9 practice run.

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He earlier led a different boat to an ocean-racing victory in which six competing sailors died.

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Six years later DeGeorge and a business associate, Paul Ebeling, were aboard a 57-foot racing vessel off the coast of Genoa, Italy one dark night when the boat hit a submerged object and sank.

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The show was to have featured displays of boats across the city's docks and a programme of demonstrations including championship sailing, wake-boarding, power boat racing, and water-skiing.

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David was a tough act to follow: A Harvard grad and international yachtsman, David has captivated the press with his marital and maritime adventures (including an ugly divorce from a Swedish countess in 2009 and a near-death experience in the 2011 Fastnet regatta, when his 100-foot racing boat capsized).

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