Time off: Planning to sail around the world this fall on his yacht, Sayonara.
As a result of Turkey's disloyalty, the advanced 4th Mechanized Infantry Division had to sail around the Arabian peninsula to Kuwait to join the fight.
After becoming the first Arab to sail around the world, Al Busaidi became a national hero in Oman and an ambassador for the "Omani Sail" project.
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Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first person to sail around the world in 1969 in a 9.8 meter yacht, said there was a real possibility Yrvind would complete the voyage.
Another is Petter Stordalen, the owner of Nordic Choice Hotels, the largest hotel chain in Norway, who chartered it in August to sail around the Greek islands with his wife, the model-cum-physician Gunhild.
Sure, you still have to do the typical Facebook game maintenance tasks (sail around, collect floating trash, sell trash, buy bigger boat, repeat), but the emphasis is on story, which is driven by in-game action.
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The maritime alternative is to sail around the Arabian Peninsula, braving the pirate-infested waters off the coast of Yemen then up through the Suez Canal past the Egyptian hot spot of Sinai where a military operation remains under way.
The kites sail from around 600 to 1, 000 meters above the ground while tethered to the cables.
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Ellen MacArthur had become the fastest person to sail solo around the world.
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Stranger still, the error continued to appear on maps long after navigators had tried to sail entirely around it and with what must have been a sense of utter bafflement failed.
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The result was a remarkable image of the vibrant white, blue and yellow sail billowing around the seemingly tiny deck, later used as the poster for Victory's America's Cup campaign.
Many around Chicago sail the Mac year after year, enjoying its social opportunities as much as its sporting challenge.
The nine single-handed yachtsmen who set off at different times in 1968, bidding to be the first to sail non-stop around the world, shared knowledge and friendship.
"It was a real challenge to finish once we had lost the foil, our speed dropped so much so we knew we had to do something drastic to fix it, " said Moshin Al Busaidi, the 37-year-old Omani sailor who shot to fame in 2009 when he became the first Arab to sail non-stop around the world in just 76 days.
CNN: Oman sails into history in first transatlantic yacht race
The Audi Sailing Team Germany (STG) uses Sail Better, a mobile solution to help sailors and coaches increase training efficiency and share performance-critical data around boat control and sail trim settings.
Around 60m Europeans set sail for the resource-rich and labour-scarce Americas in the century following 1820, three-fifths of them to the United States.
Laura Dekker, 14, who won a legal battle to sail earlier this year, left at around 0900 GMT aboard her 11.5m (38ft) boat Guppy, Dutch media said.
Founded in 1996 by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston -- the first person to sail solo, non-stop, around the world in 1969 -- the Clipper Race revolves around the notion anyone can circumnavigate the globe, regardless of their experience.
It is true that if the Social Security system can somehow stay afloat through the '80s, it will sail into calmer waters for a long period beginning around 1990.
Powered by wind, solar panels, gel batteries and a foot crank, Yrvind Ten will set sail from Ireland in a 48, 000 kilometer return journey around the globe.
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