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Sailing relies on natural wind to push the ship forward on the sail. Sailing competition is a sport in which athletes compete for speed within a specified distance, and sailing is one of the water sports. Sailing competition is usually a small and light single-masted ship, also known as speedboat, which consists of hull, mast, rudder, stabilizer and rigging.
Sailing originated from the water transportation of ancient people living in Haihe River area. Modern sailing started in Holland. 1870, the United States and Britain held the first transatlantic America's Cup regatta. 1896 was listed as the first Olympic Games, but it was not held because of bad weather. 1900 is listed as an Olympic event again. Originally a mixed event, men and women were separated from each other from the 1988 Olympic Games.
Nautical history
The history of navigation can be traced back to ancient times. Navigation is the witness of the struggle between human beings and nature, and the history of navigation is as long as the history of human civilization. Sailing as a competition event, the earliest written records can be found in the works of Virgil, an ancient Roman poet, more than 900 years ago. /kloc-In the 3rd century, Venice began to hold regular sailing competitions. At that time, there was no uniform specification and grade for regatta.
Sailing originated in Holland. Ancient Holland was very low-lying, so many canals were dug, and people usually used small sailboats to transport or fish. This kind of boat is made of a single raft or bamboo raft, and it is the earliest sailing boat in the world. 1662, the king of England held a sailing race between England and Holland, and the route was from Greenwich to Grousson and then to Greenwich. This is an early large-scale sailing competition.
/kloc-in the 0 th and 8 th centuries, sailing clubs and sailing associations were born one after another. Around 1720, Britain, the United States, Sweden, Germany, France, Russia and other countries have successively established sailing clubs or sailing competition associations, and large-scale sailing competitions are often held among countries. For example, in 1870, the United States and Britain held 1 the famous "America's Cup" transatlantic yacht race. 1900 held the first large yacht race in the world.
1906, British B. Smith and Sisk Steiner made a special trip to Europe and America to discuss the competition level and rules of international sailing, and proposed to establish an international sailing competition federation.
1907, the International Sailing Federation, the world's first international sailing organization, was formally established. The full name of the FIA is the International Sailing Federation, or "ISAF" for short. ISAF is one of the largest individual sports federations in the world, with 122 member countries (or regions) and 8 1 sailing classes under its jurisdiction. ISAF established the International Federation of Disabled Sailing (IFDS) to engage in sailing for the disabled.