voile sportive
English translation: competitive sailing
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| 08:14 Apr 8, 2008 |
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|  Selected response from: Graham macLachlan Local time: 02:15 | ||||||
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| 4 +3 | competitive sailing |
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| 4 | Sailing, sail-racing |
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| 3 | yacht racing |
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Sailing, sail-racing Explanation: Sailing, sail-racing, yachting and cruising latest news and updates from Greece ... has plans to make a special visit in September to the Monaco Yacht Show. ... sailingwhat.blogspot.com/2007/04/yacht-carrier-at-monaco-yacht-show_12.html - 83k - |
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yacht racing Explanation: I think the 'racing' part, which translates 'sportive' would be required to show that this is not simply yachting for pleasure but is competitive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yacht_racing |
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57 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3competitive sailing Explanation: I presume they are using "voile sportive" as an opposite to "la plaisance" The third level of competitive sailing sits between the grass roots sailing at the. bottom and the elite sailing at the top. ... www.rya.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/39FD1DC1-D135-434A-9063-DD3B9A5... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 58 mins (2008-04-08 09:12:49 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Yacht racing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaYacht racing is the sport of competitive sailing. There is a broad variety of kinds of races and sailboats used for racing. Much racing is done around buoys ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yacht_racing |
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