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A story here is a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out to the people who reported it. Nothing is reprinted whole. The photographs stay with whoever took them. A Dutch yard writes in Dutch and it stays in Dutch here. The link goes straight to them.

— Olivia Stay, Antibes and Tokyo Bay

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Oriole Completes Another Season of Classic Racing

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Built in 1905, Oriole, a New York 30 (sail number NY11), continues to compete on the classic yacht racing circuit more than 120 years after her launch. The yacht is sailed by the Eguiagaray family.

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