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Much bigger and a yacht cannot move around the west coast's tight, craggy anchorages, so most of the 100 craft taking part in the fortnight-long regatta tend to be modestly proportioned, around 30ft, and are crewed by between two and four people.

His long "Eggemoggin Reach Regatta," in which one of the striped sails actually pokes through the piece's frame, exemplifies the first quality, while "Duck and Cover" bisected by a bolt of lightning turns out to make fun of Cold War thinking.

When the finals started last Sunday, after Prada had earned the right to tangle with the Kiwis -- after a four-month-long challenger's regatta in which they posted a 31-8 record, including a dramatic triumph over Paul Cayard's America One in the series final -- a sweep by either team seemed impossible.

Festivities are anchored by the weekend-long Columbus Day Regatta, sponsored by Bacardi.

They're part of our long-term vision for this regatta".

The regattas has come a long way since the first race was held one afternoon in shells that had been left out all night on lawns in front of village inns.

The Henley Royal Regatta is a five-day-long rowing event held in the mostly inert town of Henley-on-Thames Henley-on-Thames Henley-on-Thames

It was the first victory of the regatta for Oracle, which still has a long way to go to keep the oldest trophy in international sports.

David H. Vogel, head coach of the men's heavyweight crew at Yale, called the regatta a grueling race, about 20 minutes long, instead of six minutes for the standard college competition.

Bringing this event to Portsmouth, where another World Series regatta will be held next summer, has been a long-term project, the brainchild of influential individuals such as Sir Keith Mills – deputy chairman of the London Organising Committee of the 2012 Olympics – and private investors including Sir Charles Dunstone, the cofounder of Carphone Warehouse.

"It's been a really long week and me and Stuart have worked so hard for this regatta.