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...Yacht racing has been compared to tearing up $10 bills while standing in the shower. In the case of America's Cup racing, make that $1,000 bills. Nine teams spent tens of millions of dollars apiece just to enter the competition - and only one will get the chance to challenge the current Cup holder, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. It's a good thing, then, that the hope of beating the Kiwis, who have held the Cup since 1995, enticed the fabulously rich to open their wallets. The competition includes teams funded by Oracle's Larry Ellison, Microsoft...
...kick up their well-shod heels at Leila and Reina, exclusive night-clubs with both summer and winter venues. Their summer spots on the Bosporus are among Europe's largest open-air discos, with a capacity of 3,000. Mooring services available for those arriving by yacht. Leila: Muallim Naci Caddesi, 44, tel. +212 259 5919. Reina: Muallim Naci Caddesi, 141/142...
Also looking to continue on the road to national competition, junior John Mulcahy raced in the Last Chance Single Elimination, hosted by Savin Hill Yacht Club...
DIED. MILES DABORD, 35, a prime suspect in the disappearance of his brother, former NBA center Bison Dele, who was last seen sailing on a yacht in the South Pacific with Dabord and two others, who are also missing; after being found in a coma from an apparent drug overdose in Tijuana, Mexico; in Chula Vista, Calif...
...Tahiti. The 55-ft. boat Hakuna Matata embarked in late May from Auckland, New Zealand, bound for Tahiti and Hawaii. Dele was joined onboard by his girlfriend Serena Karlan, 30, who was a former New York City real estate agent, and Bertrand Saldo, 32, a Frenchman and professional yacht captain. Dabord, a computer programmer from California, turned up uninvited. In emails to her parents and friends, Karlan "didn't sound all that excited about him being there," says her best friend, Stacey Steele...