Given the question: Given the following passage  "The city provides for yachting and water sports, with a number of marinas. From 1977 to 2001 the Whitbread Around the World Yacht Race, which is now known as the Volvo Ocean Race was based in Southampton's Ocean Village marina.",  answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text.  Question: What is the characteristic of Southampton?
The answer is:
with a number of marinas