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Symonette was a founding member of the Nassau Yacht Club and an
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438:Bobby Symonette served formerly as
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1463:United Bahamian Party politicians
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549:, Time Magazine, 8 September 1967
1375:2021: Cancelled due to COVID 19
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473:Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
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1478:Olympic sailors for the Bahamas
344:Robert "Bobby" Hallam Symonette
353:, businessman and politician.
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590:World champions in 5.5 Metre
536:, Time Magazine, 4 July 1960
1468:Children of prime ministers
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160:Robert Hallam Symonette
534:A Crew and Its Skipper
433:Free National Movement
412:off Key Biscayne, FL.
392:, England, in 1973 in
444:House of the Assembly
133:United Bahamian Party
87:Alvin Rudolph Braynen
477:Sports Reference LLC
417:Sir Roland Symonette
152:Personal information
75:Asa Hubert Pritchard
739:no champion decided
446:from 1962 to 1967.
216:World Championships
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203:Medal record
122:(1998-03-01)
120:1 March 1998
82:Succeeded by
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1433:1998 deaths
1428:1925 births
1321:Johannessen
1069:van Niekerk
751:M. Tolhurst
747:F. Tolhurst
325:1981 Nassau
249:1986 Sydney
230:1980 Sydney
70:Preceded by
1422:Categories
1269:Gustafsson
1265:F. Marazzi
1201:F. Marazzi
1153:F. Marazzi
1137:F. Marazzi
1109:F. Marazzi
1085:R. Marazzi
1081:F. Marazzi
1077:B. Marazzi
909:Stokkeland
450:References
268:1962 Poole
108:1925-01-31
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1001:Rosenburg
893:Francisco
885:Gregorini
861:Symonette
832:A. B. Fay
799:Symonette
727:O’Donnell
647:Lindemann
639:Mik-Meyer
627:Straulino
528:Olympedia
376:in 1964,
372:in 1960,
368:in 1956,
366:Melbourne
351:yachtsman
44:In office
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1361:Nergaard
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402:Bénodet
394:Lysekil
358:Bahamas
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489:2012
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