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Dubai Maritime City garners major award during Arabian Gulf Yachting Awards 2008 (AME Info)
Dubai Maritime City has announced that it has received the ‘Best Industry Initiative in the Middle East - Most Anticipated Project’ award during the Arabian Gulf Yachting Awards 2008 held recently at the Mina A’ Salam Hotel in Dubai.

Yachting Monthly’s bonus feature section (Yachting Monthly)
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2012 Olympic class sparks RYA criticism (CNN)
A decision not to change a sailing class for the 2012 Olympic Games has drawn criticism from Britain’s Royal Yachting Association (RYA).

Yachting: Peyron regains Vendee Globe lead (Channel NewsAsia)
PARIS: Frenchman Loick Peyron regained the leadership of the Vendee Globe round-the-world solo yacht race as the flotilla approached the Cape Verde islands off the western coast of Africa on Monday.

Event brings area into yachting spotlight (The Palm Beach Post)
The yachts have arrived.

Second leg of Volvo Ocean Race under way (People’s Daily)
Ericsson 4 led the Volvo Ocean Race as the yachting fleet embarked on the second leg of its continent-hopping tour on Saturday. It is the first time in the race’s 35-year history that teams will race to Cochin, India and along with towering seas and icebergs the yachts are expected to dodge local fishing fleets and pirates off the east coast of Africa. &$ &$Yachts sail off the coast of Cape …

Grand Harbour Marina to generate yachting industry (Times of Malta)
A historic sailing venue and a well-known stop-over in the heart of the Mediterranean, Malta is becoming a favourite yacht destination. Camper and Nicholsons’ Grand Harbour Marina is sheltered in deep waters and Malta Superyacht Services is located in the creek next to it within the Grand Harbour.

George Hamilton tells all in autobiography (AP via Yahoo! News)
The recent spate of male movie stars writing their life stories — including Tony Curtis, Robert Vaughn and Robert Wagner — offers something that would have been verboten in their studio years: sex, sex and more sex.

Funeral services set for Bill Taylor (The Bay Area Citizen)
James William (Bill) Taylor, who started the July 4 Fireworks Over Clear Lake back in 1976, died Friday, Nov. 7, after a long illness. He was 76.

Vendée Globe: Sam Davies barrels downwind (Yachting and Boating World)
Sam Davies has been working hard this week keeping up with the newer boats, but she’s been finding time to shoot some video of the sailing. Here are some of the latest clips, giving a taste of life on Roxy.