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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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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.
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.
It is hoped that an additional JPY 7 trillion will come in from non-tax revenues, such earnings of the central bank, fees charged for boat racing, and some taking from previous special government accounts.
In third place was the American boat Chessie Racing, skippered by George Collins, 12.5 minutes behind Merit Cup.
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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He earlier led a different boat to an ocean-racing victory in which six competing sailors died.
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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.
The racing is just as spirited, but bragging rights ultimately go to the boat with the prettiest lines, not the fastest record.
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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