1.   The stormy weather gave rise to difficulties for many of the competitors in the yacht race.

2.   The thing flapped around like a sail in a transatlantic yacht race, you could have gone surfing on it.

3.   On the high seas the Round the World yacht race is reaching a dramatic climax.

4.   An autopsy has failed to pinpoint the cause of death of world champion yachtsman Larry Klein, who perished in the San Francisco Bay during a weekend yacht race.

5.   Because of a string of violent, relentless gales, so far it has been a difficult, and miserable, yacht race.

6.   Before the race was through, America One looked as if it had been involved in demolition derby, not a yacht race.

7.   After wartime service he became a labor union official and a government clerk, earned an economics degree, built boats and sailed in major yacht races.

8.   But a fellow competitor in the BOC single-handed yacht race around the world, Alan Nebauer of Australia, saved the day, as well as Hall.

9.   But such is the case when it comes to the BOC Challenge, the yacht race round the world for solo sailors.

10.   Competing in a round-the-world single-handed yacht race, the author ended up rescuing a fellow sailor and battling six-story waves.