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sailing
sailing as a sport, the art of navigating a sailboat for recreational or competitive purposes.
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"sailing." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "sailing." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-sailing.html "sailing." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-sailing.html |
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sailing
sailing covers a great range of activity from ocean racing to 12-foot dinghy competitions, or merely messing around in boats. At the top end of the sport is the America's Cup, preserve of millionaires and syndicates, and named after the famous yacht which caused such a sensation when it visited Cowes in 1851. The Fastnet race, started in 1925, is from Cowes to Ireland and back to Plymouth. Yachting was admitted to the Olympics in 1908. The governing body is the Royal Yachting Association, which organizes Cowes week in August. There is a Dinghy Cruising Association, and large numbers of local competitions are arranged by clubs, in rivers and estuaries, gravel pits and reservoirs.
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JOHN CANNON. "sailing." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "sailing." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-sailing.html JOHN CANNON. "sailing." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-sailing.html |
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sailing
sailing covers a range of activity from ocean racing to 12–foot dinghy competitions, or merely messing around in boats. At the top end of the sport is the America's Cup, named after the famous yacht which caused a sensation when it visited Cowes in 1851. The Fastnet race, started in 1925, is from Cowes to Ireland and back to Plymouth. The governing body is the Royal Yachting Association, which organizes Cowes week in August. There is a Dinghy Cruising Association, and local competitions are arranged by clubs, in rivers and estuaries, gravel pits and reservoirs.
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JOHN CANNON. "sailing." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "sailing." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-sailing.html JOHN CANNON. "sailing." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-sailing.html |
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sailing
sailing n.
1. the action of sailing in a ship or boat: a sailing club. 2. an act of beginning a voyage or of leaving a harbor. |
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"sailing." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "sailing." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-sailing.html "sailing." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-sailing.html |
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sailing
sailing, see yachting.
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"sailing." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "sailing." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-sailing.html "sailing." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-sailing.html |
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sailing
sailing See yacht
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"sailing." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "sailing." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-sailing.html "sailing." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-sailing.html |
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sailing
sailing
•brambling, rambling
•hatchling • brandling
•gangling, wrangling
•crackling • sapling
•fatling, Gatling
•mantling, scantling
•darling, sparling, starling
•sampling • starveling
•dwelling, misspelling, self-propelling, spelling, swelling, telling, upwelling
•trembling • vetchling • fledgling
•nestling, wrestling
•storytelling
•failing, grayling, mailing, paling, railing, sailing, tailing, unavailing, veiling, wailing
•changeling • boardsailing
•parasailing
•appealing, ceiling, Darjeeling, dealing, feeling, Keeling, peeling, revealing, self-sealing, shieling, wheeler-dealing, wheeling
•reedling, seedling
•weakling • Riesling
•deskilling, filling, grilling, killing, Pilling, quilling, Schilling, self-fulfilling, shilling, Trilling, unfulfilling, willing
•sibling • kindling • piffling
•inkling, sprinkling, tinkling
•Kipling, stripling
•princeling • witling
•brisling, quisling
•painkilling
•filing, piling, reviling, tiling, unsmiling
•motorcycling • hairstyling • rockling
•gosling
•calling, Pauling
•lordling • porkling
•cowling, fowling
•foundling, groundling
•ruling, schooling
•intercooling • wirepulling
•grumbling
•buckling, duckling, Suckling
•youngling • coupling • dumpling
•puzzling • swashbuckling
•shearling, yearling
•hireling
•towelling (US toweling)
•gruelling (US grueling)
•babbling, dabbling
•marbling • scribbling
•mumbling, rumbling
•sanderling • middling • doodling
•underling • rifling • shuffling
•strangling • fingerling
•enamelling (US enameling)
•rustling • rattling
•bitterling, chitterling
•titling
•sterling, Stirling
•nurseling, nursling
•earthling
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"sailing." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "sailing." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-sailing.html "sailing." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-sailing.html |
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