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At the center of it all is the Royal Yacht Squadron, the Vatican of sailing.
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The Royal Yacht Britannia was scrapped and the Queen did not press for a replacement.
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Nowadays royal tours of the Western Isles are undertaken by plane and helicopter, not by royal yacht.
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Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said he did not agree with the idea of the taxpayer funding a new royal yacht.
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In times of austerity, questions would be raised over the cost of any new royal yacht at the expense of the taxpayers.
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One ship which has become a major tourist attraction is the Royal Yacht Britannia, which has been permanently moored on the Leith waterfront in Edinburgh.
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By the late 1800s the Royal Yacht Squadron had become a social nexus abuzz with the beautiful mistresses of King Edward VII and with American heiresses on the prowl for British aristos.
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The fleet will sail in formation ahead of HMS Illustrious at 13:30 BST on Sunday in time for the start of the race, off the Royal Yacht Squadron Line in Cowes at 16:30 BST.
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The same year, Marconi installed radio equipment on Queen Victoria's Royal Yacht so that the Queen, who was staying at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, could communicate with the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) who was convalescing on board.
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Artemis Racing represents the Royal Swedish Yacht Club, KSSS, Sweden's largest and oldest sailing club.
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Previously a member at the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club in Burnham-on-Crouch, Hughes, who is now permanently based down in Weymouth at the Olympic sailing venue for 2012, is enjoying the relocation.
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The European-only housing estate of Woodley, the Royal Golf Club, the Yacht Club, the Impala Club, the Agricultural Show Grounds (used by large-scale farmers) and so forth were built on Kibbr, the Nubian homeland.
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