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What is Sailing

Sailing, as a tool for mankind to fight against nature in the early days, has slowly evolved into today's sailing sport, which integrates competition, entertainment, spectacle and adventure, and is highly respected by many elite men. Sailing not only strengthens the body and mind, but also challenges the spirit of self-expression while riding the wind and waves, and feeling the spirit of masculinity.

Sailing is a sport that more and more people in China have started to try in recent years. Rather than being a sport, sailing is more like an active and healthy lifestyle. Because compared with surfing and windsurfing, sailing not only requires enthusiasts to exercise a healthy body and skill, but also requires them to cultivate a good mindset, an enduring passion and a spirit of exploration and teamwork.

Besides that, it also requires knowledge of mechanics, astronomy, meteorology and other aspects besides skills, and it is also a gentlemanly and addictive sport than surfing and windsurfing, which make people go deeper and farther in the sea. In China, sailing is rapidly developing and popularizing, and many people are beginning to use sailing and yachting as a place for socializing and doing business. Respecting the rules of etiquette of sailing and respecting nature can help people to better improve themselves and achieve a better life in the sea.

Not for the rules of the "limit" of the sea sports

Now the world's longest history, the most prestigious, most influential sailing events when the "America's Cup". Along with the Olympic Games, the World Cup and Formula One, it is one of the four most influential traditional sporting events in the world. There are also the Volvo Ocean Race, the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, the World Round the World Yacht Race, the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, and of course the Olympic Games. " etc., and of course the Olympic Games and a number of World Sailing Championships.

Casual attire is appropriate on a sailboat, but not too casual - a T-shirt with a collar and slacks is a more appropriate choice.

Because sailing can be from big to small, from two or three people to play to the team sailing around the sea, from the draught depth to the sail area and so on to points, the kinds of level is very much, these different competitions are for different levels of players and different specifications of the sailing boat and organized. Nowadays, some cities in China have also started to organize annual regattas for sailing enthusiasts, such as the City Club Open Regatta (CCOR), the China Club Cup, the Lushang Cup, the Sinan Cup, and so on, so that more people can have the opportunity to compete and exchange ideas with other sailing enthusiasts.

Additionally, there is really a wider range of participants is the leisure sailing, which contains a more entertaining and interesting content, such as scenery, fishing, diving, sailing, adventure, and so on, but also a type of sailing can best reflect the gentlemanly temperament of the boat.

Sailing competitions are mostly held in the wide sea, long time, long voyage, meteorological and hydrological conditions are ever-changing.

The reason why sailing has been called "aristocratic sport", in addition to the high cost of the general public can not afford, I am afraid that the sport itself is complex and gentlemanly rules and etiquette requirements. The rules of sailing have been described as "as beautiful as a lyric, as logical as a legal code", which elegantly illustrates the true meaning of sailing - a sport that has been practiced since the beginning of time.