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yachting

[ yot-ing ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

ˈyachting

/ ˈjɒtɪŋ /

1. the sport or practice of navigating a yacht
2. ( as modifier )
  yachting clothes

First recorded in 1830–40; yacht + -ing ¹

I heard the question right: Cannes is famous for its film festival, but also has a yachting festival in September.

The Little Barrier Island, though possessing no harbour, has several yachting anchorages.

Steam yachts having abnormally high speed are occasionally seen in a large yachting fleet.

A yachting tribunal was instituted in Paris to make rules and arrange the details of racing.

Yachting in Canada dates back as a pastime almost to the first days of its colonisation.

Fashion always runs to extremes; now that fashion has attacked yachting, the belle of one season is extinguished in the next.

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